Five major studios claim Gary George, of New Jersey, willfully violated copyright on movies, and even advertised it, through his PeekVid.com Web site, and Blazin Multimedia company, in Los Angeles Federal Court.
Animus Entertainment sued Jens Peter Christiansen and Zeal Television USA in Miami-Dade County Court, claiming it raised more than $2 million for a Univision soccer show called "El Juego Supremo," and the defendants diverted the money for their own purposes.
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