Hollywood studios sue Chinese website over movie piracy

The Motion Picture Association in Hollywood is suing a popular website in China for film piracy, seeking about $1 million US from the company responsible for the site.

The MPA accuses the Xunlei Networking Technology Co. of permitting users of its file-sharing service to download hundreds of movies from other websites, despite repeated warnings.

The move expands the MPA's campaign against movie piracy in China, which it has estimated costs Hollywood studios more than $2.7 billion US a year in lost revenue.

The MPA says Xunlei's clients have downloaded copies of many movies including Spider-Man 3, War of the Worlds and Miami Vice. It says the company ignored 78 warnings sent by MPA lawyers.

News source: Hollywood studios sue Chinese website over movie piracy (CBC News)

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