Well, this news isn't really a suprise. Remember the movie site Film88/Movie88 ? This site was offering streaming movies for as less as a dollar. Altough their English was really bad and they seemed to be a little obscure, they managed to keep their site up a couple days.
After that they got shut down by the US Entertainment Industry (MPAA) and a while later they were back again, claiming to be in Iran, but shut down by the Dutch authorities as they were hosting their lines there. Now the MPAA is going to sue them and seem to know who they are:
The suit largely appears to be aimed at stopping the site's owners from reappearing online in another incarnation. Film88 itself, whose operations were allegedly based at least partly out of Iran, has already been shut down and replaced with a message board and a note from the company's owners. |
"We have made clear many times that we are not pirates," Film88.com's site now reads. "We have proposed to major studios in Hollywood to pay 30% of our movie rental price as copyright compensation...However, Hollywood has reacted negatively."
According to the MPAA's complaint, the same company, called Broadband Universal, allegedly has been responsible for two sites. The suit also names a Malaysian businessman, Alex Tan, and his California-based corporation, called MasterSurf.
Well this was bound to happen, who has not been sued by the RIAA/MPAA that distributes some entertaiment ?
Source: Cnet.com
