Studios sue defunct $1 movie site
News The movie studios' trade association filed suit Tuesday against Film88.com, a would-be Internet video Web site that has allegedly popped up in several incarnations around the world. We have made clear many times that we are not pirates," Film88.com...
[July 11, 2002, 7:38]
Hollywood shuts down video-on-demand site
News The MPA in February worked with the Taiwanese authorities and its hosted ISP to get rid of Movie88.com, which also streamed feature films to consumer desktops for $1 each. Tehran-based Film88.com registered its Web site in April, and the company...
[June 7, 2002, 8:44]
Hollywood Net horror gets sequel
News So far, the MPAA has had success defusing projects such as iCraveTV.com, an Internet TV service launched in Canada, and Web VCR service RecordTV.com. Taiwan-based Movie88.com, which sold access to thousands of films for $1 each, went dark in mid...
[June 6, 2002, 11:32]
News Schmooze: Tech industry gets re-stated
News Dot-com failure pace slows Send your tip-offs to: mailroomuk@zdnet.com. There was a lot of money around, so you could cook the books in any way you liked, and no one minded particularly, since they were all getting £20m bonuses at the end of the...
[July 12, 2002, 11:11]
Channel 'haven' hits troubled waters
News Lackey is still listed as the "whois" administrative and technical contact for the havenco.com domain. In an interview after his speech, Lackey said that the turning point of his relationship with the Sealand royal family was a meeting in London...
[August 5, 2003, 9:30]
