以下转自emule-projector.net:
The Motion Picture Association of America is expected to announce new legal
actions against operators of peer-to-peer filesharing networks tomorrow. In the US,
action is expected to be filed against operators of BitTorrent tracker servers;
in Europe, against parties responsible for the hosting of eDonkey servers.
The MPAA has not confirmed or denied that these actions are forthcoming,
but have announced that a press conference will be held tomorrow to launch a "significant expansion of the global fight against movie piracy."
Wlhile P2P networks themselves are still legal despite industry efforts
to shut them down, indexing servers that help users locate and download
pirated content are not.
The fact that the defunct Napster ran such servers, while Grokster and
Streamcast Networks, defendants in the Supreme Court case, do not,
was cited by lower courts as a key reason why Napster was ruled illegal
but the newer networks weren't. Developers of BitTorrent and eDonkey
don't run their own indexing servers. However, many individuals and groups
involved in online piracy do, and they're expected to be the targets of
the new legal crackdowns .
"If it can be demonstrated they lent substantial assistance to copyright
infringement and had knowledge of what they were doing, it's a strong case
that fits in line with Napster," explained Michael S. Elkin, head of the entertainment
and media group at law firm Thelen, Reid & Priest. Several sources close to the
MPAA confirmed the planned actions, although reps for the group weren't talking
before today's press conference in Washington, DC.
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