NEW YORK -- Small movie production companies sued the Motion Picture 
Association of America Monday to try to force an end to a partial ban by 
Hollywood studios on sending special video copies to awards groups.

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The small movie production companies feel they don’t get the chance they deserve during award ceremonies as they can’t burn a DVD or make a Video of their movie and send it off to the judges.