MPAA Sues Websites Over Online Piracy

Continuing its war on Internet file-swapping sites, the Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it has filed lawsuits against a half-dozen hubs for TV show trading.

The trade association said that piracy of TV programming is growing quickly online, and that shows are as important to protect as big-budget films. This is the first legal action from the group that has focused most heavily on TV content.

"Every television series depends on other markets (such as) syndication and international sales to earn back the enormous investment required to produce the comedies and dramas we all enjoy," MPAA Chief Executive Officer Dan Glickman said in a statement. "Those markets are substantially hurt when that content is stolen."
Open-source divorce

The latest round of suits retains a focus on BitTorrent technology, which has been widely used online to distribute movies and films.

The suits are focused on the sites that serve as traffic directors for BitTorrent swaps, rather than on individual computer users uploading and downloading content. The MPAA also has sued individuals, but has not said how many people have been targeted.

The six sites sued Thursday include ShunTV, Zonatracker, Btefnet, Scifi-Classics, CDDVDHeaven and Bragginrights.

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This is why all the torrent sites have disappeared!

ONE WEEK before the GG finale, and three weeks before LENA OLIN comes back on alias.

FUCK.

God this is so screwed up.

I am deeply unhappy.

And relatedly, this is interesting reading.

Also, i found out today that Days of Our Lives has finally ended, after about 42 seasons. WOW. Haha I used to watch that show about 5 years ago, and then intermittently for periods of about 5 minutes after which I'd get bored or stupefied by the weirdness. But I remembered most of the characters in my brief reminiscing-session with Smriti today during Daisy. DAYS(IES) OF OUR LIVES. ohmygod. don't tell me how unfunny that is. But seriously. Daisy is very soapy.