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...
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Justice last week unveiled a plan to bring broad new prosecutorial power to bear on intellectual property crimes, including piracy of movies, music and other copyrighted products. In a 100-page report, the department's Intellectual Property Task Force set forth a long...
WASHINGTON--So close, and yet so far. In a whirlwind of last-minute haggling before the 108th Congress headed home for the election, supporters of several major anti-piracy measures on Capitol Hill nearly managed to get their bills to the floor of the House or Senate...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * VSDA's Bo Andersen says the average video store loses $11,000 a year because of piracy. * The association is working with the MPAA on anti-piracy programs, but efforts in Washington have been slow....
Video piracy drains billions of dollars each year from studio coffers--that's why the industry is launching new pre-emptive efforts to curtail the production of illegal tapes. The Motion Picture Association of America MPAA and the National Association of Theater Owners NATO are offering theater employees cash awards of up...
Seizures of pirated videocassettes by the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA increased dramatically in 1995 because of a new emphasis on shutting down duplication operations. The MPAA conducted 1,507 seizures in 1995, an increase of 29.3% over the previous year. As a...
Ed Pistey, a security expert and 25-year veteran with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, joined the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA in 1994 to head its U.S. anti-piracy operation. He recently discussed his organization's efforts with V Ed Pistey, a security expert and 25-year veteran...
The Video Software Dealers Association is claiming a victory in last week's passage of a critical House bill that will implement antipiracy measures of the global copyright agreement known as the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO treaty The Video Software Dealers Association is claiming a victory...
The major studios are joining with the record companies and game and software publishers in adopting a new FBI-approved anti-piracy seal that will be affixed to copyright ed product. At a news conference at FBI headquarters in Los Angeles last ...
Disney's Fantasia will be difficult to pirate Although every studio is protective of its filmed entertainment properties, Walt Disney Co. is one of the most aggressive in the fight against piracy and counterfeiting. Working closely with...
WHO: Verimatrix enhances the value andsecurity of pay-TV networks with advanced technologies designed to addressthe content protection challenges of today, and those of tomorrow. Steve Oetegenn ,chief sales and marketing officer, has 25 years of industry experience. Hehas specialized in digital security and...
Persistent illegal downloaders in France are to have their internet access cut, after a controversial anti-piracy law was endorsed by the French cabinet. Under the rules, which come into effect in January, it will be "three strikes and you're out" for French Web...
PARIS AFP — France moved Wednesday to clamp down on Internet piracy with a bill that would set up a new agency to track down cybersurfers who illegally download music, videos and movies from the web. Culture Minister Christine Albanel presented the bill to cabinet, saying...
USA Video Interactive Corp. (OTCBB: USVO)(TSX-V: US) (BERLIN: USF) (FRANKFURT: USF) co-sponsored the 12th AnnualGilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference, Telecosm 2008: The Exaflood. Event hostsGeorge Gilder, Steve Forbes, and Forbes publisher, Rich Karlgaard, werejoined by the world's leading scientists, engineers, technology executives,entrepreneurs and public policy decision makers to promote investment...
Four production and distribution companies inBollywood, the world's largest film and entertainment industry, based inMumbai, India, will begin using USA Video Interactive Corp.'s (OTCBB: USVO)(TSX-V: US) (BERLIN: USF) (FRANKFURT: USF) unique digital watermarkingproduct, MediaSentinel™, to thwart piracy domestically and internationally.The four companies will begin using MediaSentinel™ through PIO TV Pvt....
MoneyTV is the nationally syndicatedtelevision program all about money and what makes it happen,( http://www.moneytv.net ), featuring informative interviews by hosts DonaldBaillargeon and Skip Lindeman with company CEOs, providing insights intotheir operations and outlooks for their futures. Free information packages from the featured companies can be requested bysending an email...
USA Video Interactive Corporation (OTCBB: USVO)(TSX-V: US) (BERLIN: USF) (FRANKFURT: USF) today announced that TwentiethCentury Fox Home Entertainment TCFHE has gone "LIVE" with its new copyprotection software, MediaEscortTM, to protect the Studio's filmedentertainment content that is streamed via the Internet to its varioustrade business partners in advance of DVD availability....
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c84839) has announced the addition of Content Exchange and Piracy - New Practices, New Tools to their offering. Content exchange online is evolving profoundly. P2P solutions are constantly being perfected. New platforms, such as news groups, stock & share platforms and video...
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