U.S. Supreme Court Denies to Hear Case InternetMovies.com vs. MPAA to Change the Good Faith Provision of the DMCA

U.S. Supreme Court Denies to Hear Case InternetMovies.com vs. MPAA to Change the Good Faith Provision of the DMCA

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.'"

Source: InternetMovies.com

CONTACT: Michael Jay Rossi, President of InternetMovies.com Inc., +1-808-283-2885, FreeThePress@InternetMovies.com

Web site: http://www.internetmovies.com/

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