Digital piracy is content creators' and providers' migraine. The "analog hole" allow consumers to record digital content displayed on analog output devices. The content industry has scrambled for solutions to ameliorate the situation. The industry is re-mapping its strategies as it comes to the realization that lawsuits alone won't plug...
This paper analyzes the optimal choice of pricing schedules and technological deterrence levels in a market with digital piracy where sellers can influence the degree of piracy by implementing Digital Rights Management DRM systems. It is shown that a monopolist's optimal pricing schedule can be characterized as a simple combination...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The U.S. Trade Representative has called digital piracy a "global scourge." Software piracy totaled $20 billion in 2003. Meanwhile millions of songs a month are downloaded from peer-to-peer networks and first-run movies are routinely bootlegged within days if not earlier of release. Yet music companies use download...
This paper discusses about the ongoing, multi-pronged campaign to build consumer awareness about the growing threat of digital piracy to the entertainment industry, its employees, and consumers themselves. The aim of the campaign is part of a broad effort to teach the general public value of protecting copyrighted works in...
This paper analyzes the optimal choice of pricing schedules and technological deterrence levels in a market with digital piracy, when legal sellers can sometimes control the extent of piracy by implementing digital rights management DRM systems. It is shown that the seller's optimal pricing schedule can be characterized as a...
* The MPAA's public relations campaign against digital piracy reached more than 72 million TV viewers and moviegoers in less than a weak, the organization said (VB, 7-28). ... * The MPAA's public relations campaign against digital piracy reached more than 72 million TV...
WASHINGTON -- With Congress closing in rapidly on its annual August recess, Capitol Hill has come alive with a new round of conflicting digital piracy and copyright bills. Last week, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking minority member of ...
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In its biggest effort yet to school consumers about digital piracy, the Motion Picture Association of America last week unveiled details of a multi-pronged campaign that includes public service announcements on TV and in theaters and a Web site tha In its biggest effort...
By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Facing Congressional pressure, movie studios and technology companies are coming closer to agreeing on technology that would prevent digital broadcast content from being copied and distributed for free over the Internet. Lawmakers hope that d Facing Congressional pressure,...
WASHINGTON--Sen. Ernest Hollings, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, formally touched off the next great legislative battle over digital copy protection last week by introducing the Digital Television Promotion Act of 2002. The bill, WASHINGTON--Sen. Ernest Hollings,...
CUSHING, Okla. -- Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. DCA today observes its twentieth year of operations from the Cushing, Oklahoma headquarters. Since inception, DCA has focused on products and services within the media manufacturing industry, specifically for CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc production. DCA is well-prepared for the...
Company seeking protection for the business process of automatically distributing infringement notices online to those who illegally obtain copyrighted material via the Internet MALIBU, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Nexicon (Pink Sheets: NXCO), an emerging provider of next generation digital rights management and digital media intelligence...
NEW MEDIA ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS Great content is being stolen, says Ashley MacKenzie, who examines the pitfalls of the rapidly increasing digital revolution and its impact on the entertainment industry. Will TV and film be its next victims? An alien landing in Soho would probably get the...
Verimatrix , setting the standard incontent security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks,and Motorola today announced that they have entered into a comprehensivereseller agreement whereby the market-leading Verimatrix Video ContentAuthority System (VCASTM) for IPTV has been integrated with Motorola's end-to-end IPTV solution. "Our customers...
Three-Disk Hitachi Design Delivers Best-in-Class Power Ratings Without Sacrificing Performance SAN JOSE, Calif. -- With today's announcement of its second-generation one terabyte hard drive, the Deskstar 7K1000.B, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hitachi is forecasting the dawn of a new age in technology that it has...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & GLENDALE, Calif. -- Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release date of March 27, 2009. As...
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