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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: MPAA tries to shut down illicit movie site -- based in Iran




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Date sent:      	Mon, 10 Jun 2002 07:55:59 -0700
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: MPAA tries to shut down illicit movie site -- based in Iran
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[Next steps? MPAA files for injunction against dot-com registry
Network Solutions, trying to get film88.com deleted. Or MPAA applies
pressure, legal or extralegal, to the backbone providers carrying
traffic to film88.com, asking them to blackhole that range of IP
addresses. Or MPAA seeks help from Congress in requiring domain name
registrars to delete names that have piracy as their "primary
purpose." --Declan]

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From: "Paul Music" <pmusic@cox.net>
To: "DeClan" <declan@well.com>
Subject: Internet site beams U.S. movies, from Iran!
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 03:33:04 -0500


ESCAPE FROM HOLLYWOOD
Internet site beams U.S. movies from Iran
Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, June 6, 2002

URL:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/06/BU154153.DTL

An Internet company that lets viewers watch pirated hits like "Harry
Potter" and "The Mummy Returns" for $1.50 or less has set up shop in a
place that might be out of the film industry's long reach -- Iran.

Film88.com, the apparent sequel to a similar Web venture called
Movie88.com that was quickly shut down by Taiwanese authorities in
February, is the latest example of Hollywood's increasing problems
with online movie piracy.

Representatives of the Motion Picture Association said the
international trade group is pursuing several legal avenues to pull
the plug on Film88.com.

But legal and technology experts said Hollywood will be hard-pressed
to reel in a Web site based in a country that is not a party to
international copyright treaties and that has not had diplomatic ties
to the United States since 1979. In fact, tensions surged again early
this year when President Bush lumped Iran in with Iraq and North Korea
as part of an "axis of evil."

"It will make it pretty near impossible," said Whitney Broussard, a
copyright law attorney with Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz LLP of New
York.

According to a note posted on the Web site, Film88.com is "operated by
Broadband Universal Corp. Ltd. under the laws and jurisdiction of
Iran, with our servers in Iran."

Film88.com streams full-length feature films via the Internet to a
viewer's computer. The service requires a high-speed Web connection
and RealNetworks Inc.'s RealPlayer multimedia playback program.

Although it's technically possible to save a streamed video, the
process is difficult. And a note on Film88.com's site reads, "No
downloading. Downloading will only create piracy. This is not our
intention."

On Wednesday, the site featured "The Mummy Returns" and "Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone" as free samples.

[...]




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