IP: SEARCHES FOR ILLEGAL MOVIES

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:39:06 -0600
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Subject: Edupage, June 19, 2002

RE SEARCHES FOR ILLEGAL MOVIES
A software program called Ranger searches Web sites, chat rooms,
newsgroups, and peer-to-peer file-sharing sites for illegal movies on
behalf of film studios represented by the Motion Picture Association of
America. Ranger covers 60 countries, searching in English, Chinese, and
Korean for pirate movie sites. Some of its targets object to the
software's findings, however. Internetmovies.com has filed suit
against the MPAA because Ranger identified its Web site as a movie
pirate in 2001, prompting the company's Internet service provider to
stop access.
Washington Post, 18 June 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5144-2002Jun18.html

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