KAHULUI, Hawaii, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by
InternetMovies.com:
The Supreme Court has denied to hear the case InternetMovies.com (Rossi)
vs. Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), setting the stage for
continued subjective interpretation of the good faith belief provision in the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This decision sets the standard to
threaten web site owners and unrelenting shut downs prompted from copyright
holders accusing alleged copyright violations without reasonable
investigation.
The case was originally filed in 2002 after the MPAA shut the web site
down for allegedly offering to download copyrighted materials. The MPAA
issued a cease and desist letter to the site's host service citing Lord of the
Rings: Return of the King was available for download, forcing them to shut off
http://www.InternetMovies.com under the provisions of the DMCA. The MPAA
claimed they had believed in good faith and swore under perjury that the 2003
release of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was available, in 2001, and
did not conduct any further investigation. Michael Jay Rossi, President of
InternetMovies.com Inc. said, "All I was doing was reporting news about movies
online. This now proves there are no freedom of speech or due process rights
on the Internet for the common person."
"The MPAA did not dispute it had made an error in judging the site's
content, the District Court, Ninth Circuit Court and Supreme Court have all
sided with the subjective interpretation of the DMCA and ruled in favor of
MPAA," says Rossi.
According to Rossi, "Believing material from the future is downloadable is
now a valid and reasonable belief that protects copyright holders to continue
to abuse the 'shoot now, ask later' good faith belief in the DMCA. A
Pandora's box of troubles for web site owners and individuals is open. Rossi
continued, "I am very sad to see that American rights have been an illusion
all this time. The DMCA is meant to sever our constitutional rights in my
eyes. I can only hope that copyright holders do not abuse this DMCA super
power, but as you can see they already do. Look for the book downloadable
soon: 'In Hollywood we trust, no liberty or justice for all.'"
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