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WGAE, IFTA Warn About Dangers in Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Plan

Media
 October 12, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Hollywood guild and independent film and TV producers warn that pact will impact the way users consume content

  

What's Wrong With the Senate's Anti-Piracy Bill

Media
 October 6, 2010 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

Critics insist Sen. Leahy’s proposed bill won’t do much to shut down piracy sites -- and could endanger legal ones

  

40 Countries Agree on Anti-Piracy Plan

Movies
 October 6, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

The 21-page agreement – which China hasn't signed on to -- would create procedures for seizing pirated materials, resolving intellectual-property disputes

  

Justice Dept. Hands Out $4M to Fight Piracy

Media | Movies
 September 30, 2010 By William Yelles 2 years ago

Grantees include police agencies and district attorney's offices

  

Congress' Takeover of Net Neutrality Is Dead

Media
 September 29, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Henry Waxman says he has had failed to win over enough GOP support to his compromise to take the issue out of the FCC's hands

  

Congressmen, ISPs Moving to Take Control of Net Neutality Issue From FCC

Media
 September 27, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

A bipartisan coalition is working with service providers on a bill that would impose new conditions and leave the commission mostly as fine-levier

  

Latest Net Neutrality Supporters: the Roots, OK Go, R.E.M., Moby

Media
 September 22, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Urge action on Facebook, Twitter and in a letter to the FCC

  

Jeff Zucker: NBCU Unlikely to Join Apple 99-Cent Rentals

Media | Music
 September 22, 2010 By Reuters 2 years ago

Claims that NBC's shows for that price on the Apple TV service would undermine the value of their shows

  

Hey, Hollywood, Meet Your New Intellectual-Property Czar

Media
 September 21, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Victoria Espinel is leading the Obama administration's efforts to crack down on piracy, but first she needs to start with her cable guy

  

Angry Pirates Take Down MPAA's Site Over Anti-Piracy

Movies
 September 19, 2010 By The Hollywood Reporter 2 years ago

On the eve of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, pirates take down MPAA anti-piracy site

  

FCC Gets Hit by a Split Hollywood on Net Neutrality

Media
 August 12, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Filings bring out a major coalition of guilds on one side (against), the WGAW on the other (in favor)

  

Paramount COO Huntsberry to Keynote ShowEast

Movies
 August 3, 2010 By William Yelles 2 years ago

The opening-day address is set to center on piracy

  

Feds Seize Domain Names of Pirate Sites

Movies
 June 30, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

New "Operation in Our Sites" initiative combines law-enforcement agencies with the entertainment industry

  

Senator: Piracy Causing 'Biggest Transfer of Wealth in History'

Media
 June 23, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Discussing White House report on intellectual property theft, Congress frames problem in the most dire terms

  

Good Morning Hollywood, June 22: Leaky Boat

Movies
 June 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

“Pirates” and “The Cove” might have good news, but nobody’s going to the movies in England

  

Biden: Pirates, Beware -- We're on the Attack

Media | Movies
 June 22, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Unveils new 61-page White House plan to increase enforcement to protect intellectual property, both in the U.S. and abroad

  

Good Morning Hollywood, June 22: Hurting Lockers

Movies
 June 22, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Pirates change tactics, and toys come out to play

  

Media Chiefs Bullish on Digital -- Not That It's Paying

Media | Movies
 June 21, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Ernst & Young's Howard Bass on why CFOs believe in new technology, despite dwindling bottom lines

  

Let’s Start Calling Out Pirates for What They Truly Are: Vermin

Media | Movies
 June 13, 2010 By Mark Lipsky 2 years ago

Call a thief a thief and when the opportunity arises, premiere your film online

  

Lawyers Line Up to Help Alleged 'Hurt Locker' Pirates

Deal Central
 June 11, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation publishes list of attorneys who could help those facing subpoenas

  

'Hurt Locker' Producer Sues 5,000 Online Pirates

Movies
 May 28, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Intends to subpoena ISPs to find out who is behind copyright infringement

  

Film Piracy -- or Why a Movie Is Like a Ripe Banana

Television
 May 11, 2010 By Mark Lipsky 3 years ago

Instead of spending ridiculous amounts of time and money fighting the symptom, spend some time and a whole lot less money researching the disease

  

'Hurt Locker' Producers Prepare Antipiracy Suit

Deal Central
 May 11, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Voltage Pictures, U.S. Copyright Group target thousands of BitTorrent users

  

Pirated Copies of 'Iron Man 2' Hit Web Ahead of U.S. Debut

Media | Movies
 May 5, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

Dozens of camcorder-taped copies available on Pirate Bay

  

Early 'Iron Man 2' Opening Causes Pirating Problem

Movies
 May 3, 2010 By Brent Lang 3 years ago

Paramount's decision to release superhero film in advance of World Cup creates opportunity for torrent sites

  

Are Hollywood's Piracy Figures Reliable?

Movies
 April 12, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 3 years ago

Government study raises doubts about the validity of a key cost number used by MPAA

  
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