Beijing - U.S. movie studios have won their fourth case in six months against Chinese sellers of pirated DVDs, as a Beijing court ordered a Chinese shop to pay $25,000 in damages to the studios for selling 13 pirated film titles, the Associated Press reported.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) won its suit against Beijing Cherry Blossom Star Culture Co. at the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, which ordered the store to pay the studios $1,900 for each of the pirated titles, which included "Before Sunset" and "I, Robot."

"The courts have been extremely supportive," MPAA spokesman Roberto De Vido told AP. "The evidence is quite clear in terms of copyright infringement and the courts are sharing that view."

The Chinese court rulings have come even as the U.S. has mounted complaints against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its protection of intellectual property; the MPAA claims 93% of DVDs sold in China are pirated.

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