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MPAA Sues Movie-Swappers

Posted by timothy on from the shocked-simply-shocked dept.

aacool writes "The MPAA has filed a first wave of lawsuits against individuals they say are offering pirated copies of films using Internet-based peer-to-peer file sharing programs." From the article: "The MPAA said it would also make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs. The MPAA said the information detected by the free program would not be shared with it or any other body, but could be used to remove any 'infringing movies or music files' and remove file sharing programs."

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  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first

    1. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      WRONG!!!

  2. Re:Good News by pHatidic · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "The MPAA said it would also make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs. The MPAA said the information detected by the free program would not be shared with it or any other body, but could be used to remove any 'infringing movies or music files' and remove file sharing programs."


    This is different than terrorism how? I'd expect this shit from Al Qaeda, not the guys who back the companies that bring me my movies.

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