Monday, November 26, 2007

Hollywood Studios Sue Chinese Movie Download Site Jeboo

Five Hollywood movie studios have sued Jeboo, a Chinese service that offers what they say are unauthorized movie downloads through Internet cafes in China, as well as an individual Internet café that offered the service, Reuters reported, citing the state Xinhua news agency. Beijing-based Jeboo, which offers nearly 30,000 movie and TV titles for download, claims that it library is "legally obtained," according to its website. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is coordinating the lawsuit, filed in the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court on Sept. 28, on behalf of member studios Fox, Disney, Paramount, Columbia and Universal.
http://dmwmedia.com/news/2007/11/26/hollywood-studios-sue-chinese-movie-download-site-jeboo

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