(Aug 29, 2013) In what the Motion Picture Association of America describes as a critically important step toward protecting an Internet that works for audiences and hardworking people in the creative industries, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida has found Hotfile, one of the world’s most trafficked infringing sites, liable for copyright infringement, and rejected Hotfile’s defence under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Court further held that Hotfile’s principal, Anton Titov, was personally liable for Hotfile’s infringement as well. The case marked the first time that a US court has ruled on whether so-called cyberlockers such as Hotfile can be held liable for their infringing business practices.
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