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MPA sends 54,000 takedown letters in 2001

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According to the LA times the Motion Picture Assocation (MPA), the international trade group for motion picture studios says it has issued 54,000 letters in 2001 and more than 18,000 letters in the first quarter of 2002 requesting ISPs take "appropriate action" (i.e. take down content).

The MPA says the number of bootlegs on the Internet has dropped dramatically.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000033053may10.story

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