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Movie studios sue Dotcom, Megaupload for copyright infringement |
April 08, 2014
Six major U.S. movie studios have sued Megaupload, the Hong Kong company running the now defunct file-sharing website of the same name, and its founder Kim Dotcom for allegedly encouraging and profiting from copyright infringement.The civil suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria charges Megaupload and Dotcom, among others, of encouraging its users to upload infringing copies of popular entertainment content, including from the Hollywood studios.An “Uploader Rewards” program, for example, is alleged to have paid Megaupload users to upload popular unauthorized and unlicensed content to Megaupload’s servers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2140940/movie-studios-sue-dotcom-megaupload-for-copyright-infringement.html#tk.rss_all
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