Four years ago, Hollywood's top piracy fighters were a dejected lot. They faced a new threat, one that made it easier than ever to access and share movies without paying for them. BitTorrent networks were out and file-hosting services, also known as cyberlockers, were in. Unlike BitTorrent, cyberlockers didn't require any software downloads and users didn't have to store films on hard drives. Studios feared a simplified file-sharing method would help piracy spread from a tech-savvy niche user base to a mainstream audience. "The healthier place for these types of disputes is in civil court."
But more recently, the film industry appears to have turned the situation around. For starters, Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have helped make web...
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