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NEW YORK A HOTBED OF PIRATES, A.G. SAYS Tuesday, May 6 2008 New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, claiming that 50 percent of all pirated movies are sold in New York, has chastised judges for being too lenient with those caught taping movies in theaters with camcorders. Cuomo told a New York news conference on Monday that first-time offenders should be fined as much as $1,000 and up to a year in jail and that repeat offenders should be charged with committing a felony. (Currently movie (more) CHINESE WEBSITE SUES MPAA Thursday, March 27 2008 The Chinese movie download website Jeboo has sued the MPAA for libel following a statement by the movie organization implying that, as part of a legal settlement, the company had admitted to committing piracy. The settlement came after the MPAA had sued Jeboo accusing it of supplying Chinese Internet cafes with software that allowed users to download and watch pirated movies. The MPAA's settlement said that Jeboo had "confirmed the cessation of infringing activities." But (more) |
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Media mogul Sumner Redstone used the Seoul Digital Forum as a platform to renew his call on Asian countries to crack down on video piracy. In a keynote speech Monday Redstone said that he was "increasingly preaching to the converted" as he watched governments taking a more active interest in copyright issues "if only to protect their own homegrown content." Later, however, he took a swipe at U.S. website YouTube, which Viacom has sued for $1 billion for copyright infringement. "We cannot tolerate any form of piracy by anyone, including YouTube," he said. He repeated the oft-disputed claim that movie pirates cost his industry more than $20 billion a year. Speaking with reporters later, Redstone, who ousted Tom Cruise's production company from the Paramount lot two years ago because the actor's "conduct has not been acceptable" while promoting the latest Mission: Impossible movie, said he would not interfere if Paramount wants to sign Cruise to make another film. "I consider Tom Cruise a great actor and a good friend, and if Paramount decides to go ahead with him, I will not object," Redstone said. 
