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The Status Of Online Copyright Infringement Law In 2011

2011 has been a year of very large copyright infringement complaint filings.  First came word that the makers of The Expendables are suing 23,322 John Does who allegedly downloaded the movie online for free using a program called BitTorrent.  Roughly a week later, a new lawsuit against 24,583 John Does who allegedly illegally downloaded the movie […]

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Movie Studios Sue Zediva for Copyright Infringement

Zediva does not have name recognition among the general public yet, but it certainly has plans to enter every American household.  Movie studios will do everything in their power to prevent that from happening.  On April 4, 2011, multiple movie studios filed a complaint for copyright infringement in the United States District Court Central District […]

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Maker Of The Expendables Suing Over 23,000 Illegal Downloaders

On IMDb, The Expendibles has a rating of 6.7 out of 10, based on over 79,000 people rating the movie.  It is certainly not one of the more popular movies to be released in 2010, but that does not mean that nobody watched it.  In fact, a lot of people viewed the movie after its […]