One of the major “Cyber-lockers” that actively offers anonymous hosting of pirated films, music, and e-books is being sued by the MPAA. Hopefully this is the first of many lawsuits that will be directed toward these cloud-based storage sites where file-sharing has morphed into an illicit economy for stolen content.
After successfully suing peer-to-peer companies like Napster, Grokster and IsoHunt, the entertainment industry is turning its attention to digital storage sites. The Motion Picture Association of America filed a copyright infringement complaint against Hotfile and its operator, Anton Titov, for allegedly encouraging people to distribute pirated videos.
“Defendants are responsible — every single day — for the infringement of thousands of plaintiffs’ copyrighted works, including movies still playing in theaters,” the MPAA says in its complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Miami. To READ story on Media Post go here.