bit-tech.net | MPAA is at it again… > Meet Shawn Hogan. He’s your average 30-something computer programmer, probably enjoys walks in the park, candlelit dinners, and whatnot. He also likes the movie Meet the Fockers, and bought it on DVD. > So imagine his surprise when his phone rang, and a lawyer on the other [...]
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DivX 6.2.5 Released
DivX Shiny New Features > We here at DivX like to spend our time making things work faster, better, and with some serious style. With that in mind we’ve just finished a whole bunch of work on the DivX decoder, including many performance quality enhancements that we know you’re going to love! Got to say [...]
RIAA Targets YouTube
broadband » News » RIAA Targets YouTube – Best not hum that ABBA song on video… > The RIAA & MPAA are taking a strong interest in YouTube videos of copyrighted content the past few months, judging from activity in our forums. Users are increasingly receiving the same DMCA takedown request letters frequently dished out [...]
SIRA – Double Dipping
IPac – Blog > This will be a busy week in the House — Congress goes into summer recess Friday, but not before considering the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA). Never heard of SIRA? That’s the way Big Copyright and their lackey’s want it, and it’s bad news for you. > Simply put, [...]
RIAA leaning on Universities
Recording Industry Association of America > WASHINGTON – As part of the entertainment industry’s efforts to address the ongoing theft of music and movies online by college students, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today announced a systematic program to identify and curtail campus Local Area [...]
Can’t Beat Pirates? Compete With ‘Em, Says Warner Home Video
Can’t Beat Pirates? Compete With ‘Em, Says Warner Home Video @ Alice Hill’s Real Tech News – Independent Tech > In a move that will most likely anger DVD buyers in markets such as the U.S. and Europe, Warner Home Video is trying to compete with film pirates in China as they launch a trial [...]
RIAA vs MPAA
p2pnet.net – the original daily p2p and digital media news site > The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), in its blind obsession with profit, has allowed greed to get in the way of intelligence, provoking a massive confrontation involving Hollywood and its MPAA, the American Association of Publishers and the George W. Bush administration [...]
Germany tough on piracy
Personal Tech – technology news and reviews from The Times, The Sunday Times and Times Online > GERMANS risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday. Anybody who downloads films for commercial use could be jailed for up to five years. The [...]
Huge Anti-Piracy Push By MPAA
Slyck News – Huge Anti-Piracy Push By MPAA > The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is steamrolling across the great indexing plains. Tuesday brought news the eDonkey2000 indexing server Razorback2 was taken offline by Belgian Police, in conjunction with the MPAA. Today, the MPAA has announced a tremendous escalation in their fight against online [...]
19 Charged in Alleged Software Piracy Plot
19 Charged in Alleged Software Piracy Plot – Yahoo! News > CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted 19 people on charges they used the Internet to pirate more than $6.5 million worth of copyrighted computer software, games and movies. Goodbye RISCISO. Been ages since I’ve seen a game I’d wanted at all, and [...]