Hollywood studios go after two piracy sites
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The lawsuit, filed Wednesday on behalf of the major studios, seeks to shutter cinematube.net and ssupload.com from further
The sites feature links to hundreds of titles, including recent releases such as Resident Evil: Extinction, The Brave One and Good Luck Chuck.
A "Who Is" domain search of the sites indicates both are
The domain search also indicated cinematube's servers are located in Malaysia. The site averages more than 24,000 unique users each day who view more than 85,000 pages of content.
Servers for ssupload are located in Arizona and average 55,000 unique daily visitors who view more than 190,000 pages of content per day.
"We are putting illegal Web operators on notice that they are not above the law and will face serious consequences for their activities," said John Malcolm, executive vice president and director of worldwide antipiracy operations at the MPAA.
The MPAA estimates that the industry lost $18.2 billion in 2005.
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