 Richard Stiennon of IT-Harvest referred to Movieland as a form of "Ransomware" due to its behaviour.As of July 2008, the MediaPipe report is still cited by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.On August 8, 2006, the FTC filed a complaint in United States District Court "to obtain preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, rescission of contracts, restitution, disgorgement and other equitable relief for Defendants' deceptive and unfair acts or practices in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act".