The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed civil actions against the popular Google-backed Chinese-language video and music file-sharing firm Xunlei, alleging multiple acts of copyright infringement. The MPAA filed the actions on January 19 in the Nanshan District Court in the southern city of Shenzhen, seeking damages, claims for orders to stop the infringing activity, and so on. Xunlei operates streaming video and download accelerators, but its pirate links forced it to cancel an IPO back in 2011. Xunlei was also sued in 2008 by the Hollywood studios for film piracy. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Monday, 2 February2015 (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)