Hollywood is evaluating proposals for a "digital fingerprint" that it can implant into online films in order to make it impossible for purchasers to share them with other internet users. Discussions with technology companies come as the film industry braces for the development of a string of...
NEEDHAM, Mass. -- New Membership in Business Software Alliance Complements Ongoing Initiatives PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development CompanyTM, today affirmed its strong stance against software piracy and announced that the company has become a worldwide member of the Business Software Alliance BSA. The BSA is an industry association...
Last year was marked by the looming opportunities and pitfalls of the next-generation DVD technology and by continued efforts to stem piracy and reinforce copyright protection. The Motion Picture Assn. of America's major legislative accomplishment in the area of anti-piracy in 2004...
Last year was marked by the looming opportunities and pitfalls of the next-generation DVD technology and by continued efforts to stem piracy and reinforce copyright protection. The Motion Picture Assn. of America's major legislative accomplishment in the area of anti-piracy in 2004 was putting a...
By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4--Hollywood's movie studios will announce today that hundreds of copyright infringement lawsuits will be filed against people they allege are illegally distributing feature films online, a hard-line tactic that...
By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 9--One in four Internet users has illegally downloaded a movie, and even more troubling for Hollywood is that people are attending, buying and renting movies less often, according to an...
By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--The Motion Picture Association of America is taking its campaign against movie piracy to college campuses in a ramped-up effort to educate students and parents about illegal movie downloading and...
By Ann S. Kim, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 5--So far, the recording industry's legal assault on copyright infringement has targeted people suspected of swapping files through university computer systems or conventional Internet service providers...
WASHINGTON AP -- The government Tuesday approved an anti-piracy mechanism that will make it harder for computer users to illegally distribute digital TV programs on the Internet. The goal is to speed the transition to higher quality digital broadcasts and ensure such programming remains free. Broadcasters and the...
By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--The recording industry's attempt to close the door on free online music swapping has privacy advocates singing the blues, retail watchers questioning the industry's wisdom, and some Internet providers wondering about...
By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 15--The leaders of America's music recording, software, and computer industries yesterday vowed to find voluntary solutions to the problem of music and software piracy. But already, disagreements have arisen over...
Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 2002 TTR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Nasdaq NM: TTRE), a leading developer of digital anti-piracy technologies, today announced the appointment of Samuel Brill to its Board of Directors, increasing the size of the board to seven members. Mr. Brill, 28, the company's Vice...
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 November 1999-EUROPEAN LEISURE SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION: ELSPA to star in BBC TV "Crime Squad" programme C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151199 * TV Programme's Investigations Lead to Raid ELSPA's high profile media campaign to raise public awareness ...
A panel discussion on the state of optical media piracy from the replicator's perspective highlighted last month's International Recording Media Association IRMA 29th Annual Executive Forum, held in Amelia Island, FL. Optical media piracy is a hot industry topic of debate, with issues...
To The Editor, As a replicator and chairman of the International Recording Media Association IRMA, I was shocked by Tom O'Reilly's statement in his article, Replicators In Need Of A Voice (TDB, January 1999) that the optical media replication industry "has no central...
In a shrinking world pirates seem to be closing in on digital media, what can be done? As we all know, the rapid advancement of technology is bringing people closer together. Access to information is now, almost instantaneous. Everyday, intellectual boundaries are disappearing,...
The record business and Silicon Valley have announced a peace treaty that could reshape the debate over the role Capitol Hill should play in mandating antipiracy technology being sought by Hollywood. That could make it more difficult for the movie The record business...
Byline: COLIN GIBBS While the wireless industry haggles over the price of anti-piracy software supported by the Open Mobile Alliance, Microsoft Corp. is quietly gaining traction in the mobile world with its proprietary digital rights manageme Byline: COLIN...
DVD News 03-05-2003 DVD NEWS-5 March 2003-DVDINSIDER: 20th Century Fox Unveils Industry-Supported Anti-Piracy Public Service Announcement at ShoWest Convention 20th Century Fox Chairman Jim Gianopulos unveiled a public service announcement DVD News ...
