Film studios seek damages from Chinese online firm

Six U.S. film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking Technology Co Ltd, part-owned by Google Inc, for copyright infringement and are seeking more than 7 million yuan ($1 million) in damages and costs, the Motion Picture Association said. MPA said that Xunlei facilitated the unauthorised transmission of hundreds of Hollywood movies produced by its members, including "Spiderman 3," "War of the Worlds" and "Miami Vice." (Reuters, PR)