<P> On December 24, 2014, the Sony Pictures hack revealed that following a lawsuit in which the MPAA won a multimillion judgment against Hotfile, a file hosting website, the MPAA colluded with Hotfile to misrepresent the settlement so that the case would serve as a deterrent . The settlement was previously believed to be $80 million and was widely reported; however, Hotfile only paid the studios $4 million and agreed to have the $80 million figure recorded as the judgment and the website shut down . </P> <P> In a case resolved in 2015, the MPAA and others supported the United States International Trade Commission (ITC)'s decision to consider electronic transmissions to the U.S. as "articles" so that it could prevent the importation of digital files of counterfeit goods . While the case being considered by the ITC involved dental appliances, the ITC could have also used such authority to bar the importation of pirated movies and TV shows from rogue foreign websites that traffic in infringing content . The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals took up the matter, and ultimately ruled against the ITC . </P> <P> In 2016, the MPAA reported Putlocker as one of the "top 5 rogue cyberlocker services" to the Office of the United States Trade Representative as a major piracy threat; the website was then blocked in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> The MPAA has also produced publicity campaigns to discourage piracy . The Who Makes Movies? advertising campaign in 2003 highlighted workers in the movie industry describing how piracy affected them . The video spots ran as trailers before movies, and as television advertisements . In 2004, the MPAA began using the slogan "You can click, but you can't hide". This slogan appeared in messages that replaced file - sharing websites after they had been shut down through MPAA legal action . It also appeared in posters and videos distributed to video stores by the MPAA . Also in 2004, the MPAA partnered with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore to release a trailer shown before films in theaters equating piracy with theft . The trailer was later placed at the beginning of the video on many DVDs in such a way that it could not be bypassed (not being able to skip or fast - forward), which triggered criticism and a number of parodies . </P>

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