LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called "rogue" mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.
Time Warner Inc Warner Bros Studio sent Google Inc a "take down" notice late last week demanding that the Internet company remove from its app store Hobbit 3D Wallpaper HD, a mobile app that uses images of the Oscar-nominated film, according to a spokesman for the studio.
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