The Pirate Bay is coming under increasing pressure from rights owners after receiving writs from film companies and the Italian Music Industry Federation over the past week.

Monique Wadsted, a lawyer with MAQS in Sweden who is representing 10 Hollywood studios including Disney, Paramount and Colombia, said that her clients were suing the operators of the Swedish peer-to-peer file sharing network – Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde – and had asked the courts to issue an injunction to prevent the copying and circulation of about 100 films and TV series.

Lawyers acting for FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) and FPM (Federation against Musical Piracy), have lodged a claim for €1 million against the operators of the site, following an investigation by the Italian authorities that found that Pirate Bay had breached Italian law.

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