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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 2, 2012

Warner Bros. sues bootleg DVD sellers on Amazon

Warner Bros. has launched an assault on businesses selling counterfeit DVDs of the studio's material on Amazon's marketplace in a new effort to stamp out small-time trade in pirated materials.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Warner Bros. has launched an assault on businesses selling counterfeit DVDs of the studio's films and TV shows on Amazon's marketplace, potentially heralding a new effort to stamp out small online retailers that offer bootlegged material.


Warner's home entertainment division filed 19 copyright infringement lawsuits Monday in the Central District against people who use the e-commerce site to ...

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