Six further lawsuits have been filed by 20th Century Fox in connection with the illegal leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on the internet a month before its big-screen release.
The New York Times reports that legal action is being taken against several dozen people accused of selling DVDs containing the film and other Fox titles, including Marley & Me, Avatar and Bride Wars.
The studio is seeking $150,000 for each infringement.
Fox employees, working undercover, gathered the evidence over the past year. Five people have been named: Kenneth Slater of Paxton, Illinois.; Valerie Rosales of Stockton, California; Ozy Smith of Oakland, California; John Hegedus of Garfield, New Jersey; and David Chung of Chicago. Fox is now using subpoenas to get the real names of the other online bootleggers.
The complaints, filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, claim the sellers were caught peddling the discs on websites including Craigslist.org,...
The New York Times reports that legal action is being taken against several dozen people accused of selling DVDs containing the film and other Fox titles, including Marley & Me, Avatar and Bride Wars.
The studio is seeking $150,000 for each infringement.
Fox employees, working undercover, gathered the evidence over the past year. Five people have been named: Kenneth Slater of Paxton, Illinois.; Valerie Rosales of Stockton, California; Ozy Smith of Oakland, California; John Hegedus of Garfield, New Jersey; and David Chung of Chicago. Fox is now using subpoenas to get the real names of the other online bootleggers.
The complaints, filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, claim the sellers were caught peddling the discs on websites including Craigslist.org,...
- 2/5/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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