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PirateEye Is Watching You, So Illegal Camcorders Beware

April 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 weeks ago

Introduced at CinemaCon, the system of tiny cameras primarily installed at industry screenings and premieres but plans to ramp up production in next 18 months

  

Google Co-Founder Rips Hollywood on Anti-Piracy Efforts

April 15, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 5 weeks ago

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says that Hollywood "is shooting itself in the foot, or maybe worse" with its current anti-piracy lobbying

  

Former MPAA Tech Officer Now Opposes Anti-Piracy Legislation

April 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 6 weeks ago

Paul Brigner, a tech officer who has left his post with the MPAA, explains how he changed his mind and why he now opposes SOPA and PIPA

  

MPAA's Chris Dodd Extends SOPA Olive Branch to Silicon Valley

February 22, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 13 weeks ago

In a speech in Atlanta, MPAA chief Chris Dodd says "Hollywood is pro-technology and pro-Internet," but warns "a strong system of copyright protection" is necessary

  

Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Freed on Bail

February 21, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

A New Zealand judge granted Dotcom bail on Wednesday morning during a hearing about Dotcom's potential extradition to the United States

  

Piracy Fight Comes to Wire Services: AP Sues 'Parasitic' Meltwater News

February 14, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

The Associated Press filed a suit in a New York court against news aggregator Meltwater, which gets a split decision in a ruling on similar U.K. case Tuesday

  

Anti-Piracy Alliance Zings Canada for Rampant Piracy

February 10, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 15 weeks ago

The International Intellectual Property Alliance recommends that Canada be placed on a watch list for rampant online and physical piracy

  

Super Bowl Pre-Game: Feds Seize, Arrest Online Sporting-Event Pirates

February 2, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 16 weeks ago

Days before the Super Bowl, a Michigan man was arrested for streaming live events, and 16 sites seized

  

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

January 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 16 weeks 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 16 weeks 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 17 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 17 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 19 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 21 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 24 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 30 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 37 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 45 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 46 weeks ago

Illegal downloaders could have their service temporarily stalled after multiple infractions

  
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