[TorrentFreak] Hotfile to Sue Warner Bros. For Abusing Its Anti-Piracy Tool

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The Florida-based file-hosting service Hotfile intends to file a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for abusing its anti-piracy tool. Hotfile claims that Warner Bros. deleted files from the file-hosting service to which it didn’t hold the copyrights.[…]

Earlier this year five major Hollywood movie studios sued file-hosting service Hotfile for several copyright-related offenses.

Hotfile has evidence that Warner used an antipiracy tool provided by Hotfile at Warner’s request to improperly remove material for which Warner did not own a copyright, and that Warner removed some material without ever verifying the contents of what it was deleting. […]

Hotfile to Sue Warner Bros. For Abusing Its Anti-Piracy Tool