Petteri Pyyny
17 Jul 2003 16:16
Major Hollywood studios have launched their first legal actions against pirates in mainland China. The MPA (international sibling of the MPAA) took action last September against several video pirates in China -- some of these cases have been since settled, some of them will go to court.
Under the settlement with two Chinese companies, companies agreed to pay $30,200 in damages, apologized and have agreed to destroy all illegal copies of MPA's member companies' products.
The pending law suits are against three companies and MPA has already tried to settle with the companies, but according to its spokesman, settlement in these cases is very unlikely to happen.
Source: Reuters