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Major film studios have filed a copyright infringement suit against Hotfile Corp., a website that lets its subscribers download from a library of thousands of movies and TV shows.

The suit has been filed Miami federal court. The plaintiffs in the case include Disney Enterprises Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Universal City Studios Productions LLP, Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.The studios describe Hotfile 's service as "unabashed theft" of copyrighted material.

The allegations are that Hotfile  encourages people to download content illegally, and sometimes pays people to upload copyrighted material and "promote" or disseminate links to a website where others can access it.

The film Studios seek damages and an injunction to shut down the service.