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Studios Sue Pirate Bay, Demand Shutdown of File-Sharing Hub

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 28, 2009 - 10:01am.
Stockholm, Sweden - A coalition of Hollywood movie studios, including Disney (NYSE: DIS), Universal, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Columbia, Sony (NYSE: SNE), NBC (NYSE: GE) and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount, have filed suit in Sweden, asking a court to shutter file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay. The four operators of The Pirate Bay have already been found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to jail time and fines; that ruling has been appealed.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | TV | Paramount Pictures | Movies | Sony Pictures | Disney | Viacom | MPAA | Copyright | NBC | Universal Studios | The Pirate Bay | Warner Bros. Columbia Pictures | Monique Wadsted |