The world’s major record labels have filed more than 14,000 such lawsuits since September 2003

It would be the first time that the Motion Picture Association of America has sued individuals for sharing files

This latest wave of federal litigation, filed in late October, targeted 750 computer users across the nation

The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a series of lawsuits against individuals they say are sharing pirated movies

Most of the legal actions were filed against those suspected of uploading large numbers of music files to peer-to-peer networks.

iTV company OpenTV recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Liberate Technologies in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The complaint claims that Liberate infringes two of OpenTV's U.S. patents. OpenTV is seeking an injunction and monetary damages, among other requests. The company filed the

Hollywood will join the music industry in filing individual lawsuits against downloaders

DirecTV and several of its affiliates have filed a lawsuit against NDS Group plc and two of its subsidiaries. NDS is the provider of DirecTV's conditional access system. The sealed suit was filed under U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. In the lawsuit, DirecTV alleges that NDS breached its business contract and warra