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Ars Technica notes that "The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed suit against two web sites that it says facilitate copyright infringement. Cinematube and Ssupload were both named in the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The MPAA accuses the sites of benefiting from rampant copyright infringement by identifying, organizing, posting, and indexing links to pirated videos and movies.

The MPAA says that both sites enjoy "significant profits" as a result of advertising displayed on the sites, as well as user donations. The association estimates that Cinematube nets over 24,000 unique visitors a day on average, with Ssupload averaging over double that at 55,000 unique visitors per day. Neither site hosts the illicit content—much of which is still in theaters, says the MPAA—but rather contains links to other sites that do. This doesn't matter to the MPAA, however, as the organization feels that they shouldn't be allowed to profit from the proliferation of pirated videos."

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With the movie business having their biggest year ever, their argument that casual online viewing of movies has hurt their business is specious at best. They would be better off going after the major pirates, who duplicate cds for sales.

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