SHANGHAI (Reuters) -
Six U.S. film studios have filed civil
complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking
Technology Co Ltd, part-owned by Google Inc, for copyright
infringement and are seeking more than 7 million yuan ($1
million) in damages and costs, the Motion Picture Association
said.
MPA, a trade group, said in a statement on Friday that the
plaintiffs were also seeking a public acknowledgement of the
infringements as well as a pledge from Xunlei to refrain from
future infringements.
A representative for Xunlei could not be reached for
comment.
MPA said that Xunlei facilitated the unauthorised
transmission of hundreds of Hollywood movies produced by its
members, including "Spiderman 3," "War of the Worlds" and
"Miami Vice."
Google said at the beginning of 2007 that it had bought a
stake in Shenzhen-based Xunlei, but declined to disclose the
size of the stake or financial details of the deal.
($1=7.180 Yuan)
(Reporting by Sophie Taylor; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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