The Motion Picture Association of America has stepped up its campaign against digital movie piracy, filing suit against a number of Web sites that let users locate bootlegged films online.
The sites, with names like IsoHunt, TorrentBox, and NiteShadow, don’t actually distribute movie files. They are search engines, helping users sift through material made available on peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent and eDonkey. Legal experts say the new lawsuits indicate that the MPAA is heading into uncharted territory: Whether indexing services can be sued for promoting piracy is not settled law. (CNET News)
