CANNES -- MPAA chief Jack Valenti warned Sunday that the movie studios may follow their music counterparts in pursuing individual file sharers through the courts, if the scourge of online film piracy continues unabated. When asked whether legal action could spawn a commensurate backlash amongst file sharers, Valenti responded: "We are not coming down on students, we are coming down on students that are stealing property." Representatives from France, China, Russia, India, Spain along with distribution executives, talent and local producers presented a unified front in the fight against piracy at a half-hour press conference following a closed door meeting at the Palais.

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