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Neil Young: Steve Jobs Listened to Vinyl, Piracy is the New Radio

January 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Neil Young says that he and Steve Jobs talked at length about improving digital audio quality, but now his work with Apple is done

  

Viacom's Philippe Dauman: Anti-Piracy Push Done for Year

January 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Hollywood is unlikely to go forward with anti-piracy legislation this year, Viacom's Philippe Dauman tells Dive Into Media Conference

  

In Wake of Megaupload Arrest, 2 File-Sharing Sites Truncate Services

January 23, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 2 weeks ago

FileSonic limits use, Uploaded.to suspends U.S. service

  

Petition Asks White House to Probe MPAA's Chris Dodd Over Warning

January 22, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 2 weeks ago

Telling politicians in wake of anti-piracy setbacks that Hollywood money will stop flowing if they don't stand up 'when my job is at stake,' amounts to bribery, signees claim

  

Anti-Piracy Protest Fallout Mounts -- Bills Delayed, Dodd Makes a Plea

January 20, 2012 By Tim Molloy 2 weeks ago

UPDATED: Temporary victory for those who complained that legislation goes too far could be bad news for Hollywood

  

How the Pirates of the Internet Are Killing Hollywood's Golden Goose

January 19, 2012 By Edward Jay Epstein 3 weeks ago

MPAA chief Chris Dodd is earning $1.5 million to arm-twist Congress, but the powerful tech industry has other plans

  

Megaupload Charged With Piracy in One of Largest Copyright Cases in History

January 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

The video-locker service allegedly committed $500 million in violations

  

Sunk! How Hollywood Lost the PR Battle Over SOPA

January 18, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 3 weeks ago

Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release. Silicon Valley had Facebook

  

British Student Faces Extradition to U.S. in Copyright Infringement Case

January 13, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 3 weeks ago

Richard O’Dwyer's TVShack website hosts links to pirated copyrighted films

  

'Fast Five,' 'Hangover II' Among Most Pirated Movies in 2011

December 27, 2011 By Kurt Orzeck 6 weeks ago

"Thor," "Source Code" and "I Am Number Four" round out the top five on TorrentFreak's list

  

Think Tank: Anti-Piracy Legislation Would Not Lead to Censorship

December 6, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 9 weeks ago

Washington group finds complaints over two Congressional bills "completely unfounded and without merit”

  

Online Piracy Act Dead? Nancy Pelosi, Darrell Issa Both Come Out Against (Updated)

November 17, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 12 weeks ago

"Need to find a better solution than #SOPA #DontBreakTheInternet," the Democratic House leader tweets

  

Google, Facebook to Congress: Don't Expect Us to Police Piracy

November 15, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 12 weeks ago

In letter to Congress, group of technology giants claims Stop Piracy Act will impose an unfair burden on them to stop rogue websites themselves

  

NinjaVideo Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement

November 3, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 14 weeks ago

With Justin A. Dedemko's guilty plea, Justice Department has successfully convicted all three of the piracy site's founders

  

House Introduces Controversial Anti-Piracy Act

October 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 15 weeks ago

House Judiciary Committee's bill would give the government broad power to disable credit-card processing and pull ads from rogue websites

  

NinjaVideo Website Operators Charged in Federal Court

September 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 21 weeks ago

The government shut down the video download site -- which offered some movies before they were released -- in June 2010

  

Chamber of Commerce, 750 Organizations to Press Congress for Anti-Piracy Bill

July 13, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 30 weeks ago

Seek to revive PROTECT IP act, introduced in May but sidelined by Oregon senator

  

Studios, Internet Providers Adopt Punitive Piracy Warning System

July 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Illegal downloaders could have their service temporarily stalled after multiple infractions

  

Anti-Piracy Bill Passes Committee; Senator's Objections May Derail It

May 26, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 37 weeks ago

The PROTECT IP Act is designed to crack down on foreign sites that offer illegal downloads

  

Diller, Emanuel Smackdown: Piracy Is 'the Cost of Doing Business'

May 4, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 40 weeks ago

Chairman of IAC contradicts chairman of WME, and says piracy has become a marginal issue compared to issues involving digital distribution

  

MPAA's Dodd: Hollywood's Blue-Collar Workers Hurt Most by Piracy

May 3, 2011 By Lew Harris & Cassie M. Chew 40 weeks ago

New chairman says it's not just the industry's elite that suffer; also dispels belief the industry is a technological dinosaur

  

Congressional Leaders Pledge Bipartisan Support for Copyright Enforcement

April 4, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 44 weeks ago

Politicians from both sides of the aisle pledged their support for legislation to better enforce copyright protection on Monday

  

Studios Sue Zediva, Charging Copyright Infringement

April 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Streaming service claims it is analogous to a DVD rental chain and does not have to pay licensing fees

  

Hollywood Coalition Implores Congress to Beef Up IP Enforcement

March 30, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 45 weeks ago

Group, which includes the MPAA, AFTRA and major studios, wants to work with Washington to strengthen piracy enforcement

  

Chris Dodd Tells CinemaCon: 'I'm a Piracy Fighter'

March 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 45 weeks ago

NATO chief John Fithian uses his part of Tuesday's keynote to warn exhibitors: "convert to digital or die"

  

Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros., Other Studios Lose Piracy Suit in Australia

February 24, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 50 weeks ago

Federal court says Internet service provider not liable for customers' illegal movie downloads

  
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