The MPAA sued additional Web sites over streaming unauthorized mo...
The MPAA sued additional Web sites over streaming unauthorized movies and TV shows to bring in revenue through advertising. The group filed in the U.S. District Court, Los Angeles. CinemaTube.net and SSupload.com don’t appear to host infringing content themselves…
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but rather provide indexing and an easy interface for streaming material hosted elsewhere. We found Good Luck Chuck, still in theaters, deep-linked at SSupload.com and streaming from its host at Google Video, and an episode of Friends with Japanese subtitles deep-linked at CinemaTube streamed from its host at Tudou.com. CinemaTube averages 24,000 users a day viewing 85,000 pages of content, and SSupload averages 55,000 users and 190,000 pages visited a day, MPAA said. “No matter how you slice it, the sole purpose of these sites is to disseminate and profit from creative content that has been illegally reproduced and distributed,” said John Malcolm, MPAA director of worldwide antipiracy operations. The industry group also has lawsuits against three similar sites, Peekvid.com, YouTVpc.com and Showstash.com (WID July 16 p5). An MPAA spokeswoman told us the trade group recently identified the operator behind Showstash, Timur Azaev, but said there may be more than one operator. The Peekvid case is in early discovery so the MPAA doesn’t know who’s behind the site yet. The YouTVpc principals haven’t responded, so MPAA will seek a default judgment, she said.