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STUDIOS, CLAIMING PIRACY, HIT CHINESE ONLINE SERVICE Friday, November 23 2007 
The
five
major
studios,
Fox,
Disney,
Paramount,
Sony,
and
Universal,
have
joined
in
a
lawsuit
against
the
Chinese
online
service
Beijing
Jeboo
and
the
Shanghai
East
Cybercafe,
accusing
them
of
providing
illegal
downloads
of
their
movies.
The
studios,
represented
by
the
MPAA,
claims
that
Jeboo
provides
the
means
for
illegally
downloading
and/or
streaming
content
to
Internet
cafes
in
China,
which
then
charge
users
to
watch
them.
The
lawsuit
says
that
among
the
movies
illegally
downloaded
(more)CHINESE PIRACY EXAGGERATED, SAYS STUDY Friday, November 23 2007 
A
study
published
by
the
Thomas
Jefferson
School
of
Law
in
San
Diego
has
claimed
that
the
notion
that
China
and
East
Asian
countries
account
for
a
substantial
percentage
of
piracy
is
a
"misperception,"
confirmed
by
a
not-well-publicized
2006
report
by
L.E.K.
Consulting
for
the
MPAA:
"Mexico,
the
United
Kingdom,
and
France
accounted
for
over
$1.2
billion
in
lost
revenues,
or
25%
of
the
non-U.S.
total
--
and
slightly
less
than
the
U.S.
total
of
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