Η Lionsgate filed a lawsuit against six file-sharing websites allegedly leaking and distributing copies of The Expendables 3. The movie studio claims that these websites did not meet the takedown requests they sent. Lionsgate requires a standing order to stop further distribution of the film, as well as confiscation of the domains and bank accounts of their owners.
Last week we saw the film leaked, with its official release slated for August 15th in the US. The Expendables 3 movie leaked as a high quality DVD two weeks before the official release. Time and quality combine to make the leak one of the most famous in recent years.
Although the film studios behind the film seemed to be rather quiet, they tried to limit the damage too much. Lionsgate has even sent takedown requests to many file distribution sites. While most websites complied with the requests and removed links that violated the law, some others did not respond.
In response to this apparent lack cooperations, Lionsgate has sued six file-sharing sites – Limetorrents.com, Billionuploads.com, Hulkfile.eu, Played.to, Swankshare.com and Dotsemper.com. The complaint was filed in federal court in California and accuses the owners of the websites of "copyright infringement."
Surprisingly, Limetorrents is the only torrent site in the lawsuit, and Lionsgate points out that the Expendables movie was still in a prominent position and available to the accused website when the complaint was drafted.
