Dan Glickman, president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, said that its member studios will file lawsuits beginning Nov. 16 and will seek damages and injunctive relief. Knowingly distributing copyright films carries penalties of up to $150,000 per film.
...One P2P expert said the movie industry has learned from the blunders of the music industry, which waited years before cracking down on file traders.
"My impression is that the recording industry is extremely disappointed that file sharing is so persistent and that the legitimate marketplace has not outpaced piracy," said Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne, which charts traffic on file-sharing services. "I don't think Hollywood is yet in that position."
Although the Recording Industry Association of America has sued thousands of alleged music sharers -- including many on college campuses -- since September 2003, there's been no noticeable decline in P2P sharing.
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