Pirate Movie Sites

Is this the beginning of the end?
UK court judge has ruled, British Telecom block pirate Newzbin2 from broadcasting through there internet connection.
Seems this site that streams movies and the like, is doing so illegally and Hollywood companies feel violated by such sites, even though the average takings for movies in in the thousands, it is the legal principal that counts.

Captain America: The First Avenger Paramount Pictures $65,058,524 $65,058,524

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $47,422,212 $273,539,281

Friends With Benefits Screen Gems $18,622,150 $18,622,150

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount Pictures $12,051,735 $325,841,185

Horrible Bosses New Line Cinema $11,884,319 $82,566,703

Zookeeper Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group $8,702,055 $59,206,255

Cars 2 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $5,655,857 $176,375,295

Winnie the Pooh Walt Disney Studios Distribution $5,162,046 $17,594,297

Bad Teacher N/A $2,610,925 $94,365,688

At the end of the summer the whys and wherefores of how this will happen,be will put in detail. In his ruling, Mr Justice Arnold stated: "In my judgment it follows that BT has actual knowledge of other persons using its service to infringe copyright: it knows that the users and operators of Newzbin 2 infringe copyright on a large scale, and in particular infringe the copyrights of the studios in large numbers of their films and television programs."

Chris Marcich, president and managing director of MPA Europe said: "This ruling from Justice Arnold is a victory for millions of people working in the UK creative industries and demonstrates that the law of the land must apply online.

"This court action was never an attack on ISPs but we do need their co-operation to deal with the Newzbin site which continually tries to evade the law and judicial sanction. Newzbin is a notorious pirate website which makes hundreds of thousands of copyrighted products available without permission and with no regard for the law."
The MPA says they will go after more ISPs.

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