(Ynet) The Israel Anti-Piracy Organization (ALIS) which is the legal representative of the biggest US movie studios in Israel (including Disney, Sony, MGM and Warner) is suing three translators that work for a translation group called QSUBs.  QSUBS translates movie subtitles into Hebrew through crowdsourcing and has translated subtitles for several thousand movies according to estimates. ALIS is demanding that each of the three translators pay a sum of 1 Million Shekels (about $263,000) as well as write a letter of apology for the IP infringement.

This move, which has forced QSUBS to shut down their Internet site, has also caused disappointment in the local community. Israelis who have come to rely on illegal downloads of movies could also get free subtitles for almost every movie that came out. Now, something may get lost in the translation.

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