Movie studio DreamWorks the maker of successful films such as the toy story series and Shrek series have taken out an injunction through the British courts to stop the sale of pirate DVD's. The injunction has been extended against the 12 individuals that are accused of distributing the DVDs and will stop them from selling goods until the case goes to trial.
The defendants were not named in court or appeared but its thought that the DVDs they were selling were being offered through various auction sites such as eBay, the DVDs have since been removed due to studio intervention. The quality of the DVDs ranged from those recorded in a cinema with a handheld camera to high quality ones. The official release of the Shrek 2 DVD is scheduled for the 5 of November but bootlegs have been popping up everywhere and DreamWorks is trying to stop this damaging the official DVDs launch.
| Movie studio Dreamworks has taken steps to block the sale The 12 defendants have not been named in court but it is thought the DVDs were being offered for sale on auction websites such as ebay. They are no longer available following a request from the studio. None of the defendants appeared at the injunction hearing. The official Shrek DVD will not be on sale in the UK until 5 November but copies have already begun appearing on bootleg market stalls. Dreamworks is keen to protect its investment and brand in the film, which has just become the UK's most successful animated film, taking £45.6m since its release. |
Full story over at the BBC. Those 12 people will sure be sorry they sold those
dvds as the penalties for copyright infringment just get worse and worse.
Source: BBC
