Five Hollywood studios—Walt Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Paramount, and Universal—represented by the MPA have reached a settlement (PDF) with Beijing Jeboo Interactive Science & Technology Co. over setting up Internet cafes with software that enables customers to watch pirated versions of Hollywood movies. Among the movies available via the "Jeboo Bar" were Click,Hitch, and Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest. Terms of the settlement weren’t released, Jeboo has apologized and will pay a "significant amount" in compensation to the studios.
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Hollywood Chases Chinese Piracy Site
Even Hollywood doesn’t quite have the resources to chase down every pirated video peddler on city streets, but its studios have found a way to try to reduce the flow of pirated movies another way – by hitting distributors. One major Chinese distributor is feeling the pressure lately, as five studios have come down on it with a lawsuit seeking $432,024 in damages.
According to PC World, Jeboo.com allegedly provided copyrighted movies to an Internet café in Shangai, and now faces a lawsuit in the city’s No. 2 Intermediate Court from Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney, Universal, Paramount and Columbia Pictures. The list of 12 films supposedly pirated includes Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest, Click, and Hitch.
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