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[FYI] Motion Picture Association launches Gnutella offensive
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- Subject: [FYI] Motion Picture Association launches Gnutella offensive
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:59:00 +0200
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18347.html
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Motion Picture Ass. launches Gnutella offensive
By: Tony Smith
Posted: 18/04/2001 at 13:38 GMT
The Motion Picture Association Of America has begun targeting
Gnutella users, having successfully seen off Scour. The Ass. has
started contacting US ISPs and university network administrators to
warn them that some of their users are illegally sharing copyright
movie material.
And in response to such pressure from the MPAA, Excite@Home, for one,
has begun emailing users demanding they cease their alleged copyright
infringing actions on pain of being disconnected. Says the email:
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