MPAA Sues NewsGroups & Referring Search Engines!

[DudeAsInCool]

MPAA sues newsgroup, P2P search sites

Published: February 23, 2006, 5:17 PM PST

The Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it sued a new round of popular Web sites associated with movie piracy, including several that serve as search engines but do not distribute files themselves.

The lawsuits mark an expansion of the copyright holders' legal strategy in the file-swapping world, targeting sites that help make downloading easier, but aren't actually delivering the files or the swapping technology themselves.

http://news.com.com/MPAA+sues+newsgroup%2C...l?tag=nefd.lede

[Wolfie]

I see they are expanding the scope of making an ass out of themselves. It really makes me want to buy a DVD and support them. <_>

[Malicious Intent]

I was talking to the BT guys who are getting sued according to the annoucement, but they haven't heard anything about it yet. It took some convincing that I wasn't joking.

They were obviously concerned but took it in their stride. "lawsuits are costly" seemed to be the main point.

[DudeAsInCool]

CNet takes a look at Newsgroups:

http://news.com.com/Are+Usenet+fans+vulner...l?tag=nefd.lede