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Pirates rounded up.(Vidbits)(video industry raids)(Brief Article)
* WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice and law enforcement agencies in 10 other countries conducted raids last week aimed at organizations and individuals allegedly operating online piracy rings known as "warez" groups, the Justic * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice...
Tags: raid, online piracy, U.S. Department of Justice, video
Research articles 2004-04-26
Fox discovers an enemy within: employee found to be part of piracy group, stored films on server.(Piracy)(20th Century Fox Home Entertainment employee online piracy case)
Anti-piracy officials at 20th Century Fox Entertainment followed a trail of bread crumbs back to their own house last month when a Fox employee was discovered to be operating an online piracy ring from studio computers. According to a sworn a...
Tags: 20th Century Fox, affidavit, computer, entertainment, Fox, home entertainment, online piracy, piracy, server
Research articles 2004-03-22
New Study by Business Software Alliance Uncovers Alarming Attitudes About Online Piracy; Education, Enforcement Needed to Reverse Damaging Trend
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
Tags: Business Software Alliance, online piracy
Research articles 2002-05-29
Threat of online piracy: the aftermath of Napster
The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Act, introduced as Senate bill 2048 by Ernest Hollings (D-SC) would require electronic software and hardware makers to build copy protection technology into their products. The bill would require the Federal Communication Commission to partner with the Register of Copyrights to ensure the establishment...
Tags: digital media, FCC, Napster Inc., online piracy, RIAA, security technology
Research articles 2002-03-28
Avast ye pirates! The copyright industries, particularly the record companies, are entering dangerous new waters. (Headliners).(the music industry seeks to stop people from downloading music without paying for it)
WASHINGTON -- No more Mr. Nice Guy. That's the message coming from Washington these days in the battle over online file-swapping. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines," Hatch told a...
Tags: RIAA, Universal Studios, online piracy, CD, file-swapping, lawsuit, computer
Research articles 2003-06-30
Meier Worldwide Intermedia: Covenant to Protect Maximum/Universal Music from Online Piracy.
HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, Oct 27, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, Oct 27, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX
Tags: online piracy
Research articles 2003-10-29
Closer weapons inspection in war against piracy: resistance as lawmakers, courts scrutinize studio tactics.(the home video industry deals with the threat of online piracy)
WASHINGTON -- Four years after Napster emerged as the scourge of the music business, the threat of online piracy is starting to catch up to the home video business, industry officials believe. However, as the studios and other video industry g ...
Tags: RIAA, MPAA, subpoena, online piracy, home video
Research articles 2003-08-11
Titans try meeting in middle with 'principles' of copyright.(AOL Time Warner and Intel Corp. online piracy prevention program)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON--In an effort to bridge the digital divide between technology companies and entertainment companies, AOL Time Warner and Intel Corp. shortly will issue a joint "statement of principles" concerning efforts to protect copyrighted WASHINGTON--In an effort to bridge the digital divide between technology...
Tags: Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Internet, Michael Eisner, online piracy, technology, technology company, Time Warner Inc.
Research articles 2002-03-18
BSA President and CEO Highlights Growing Problem of Online Piracy at Forum Hosted by Rep. Lamar Smith and University of Texas-Austin
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Education should play a key role in efforts to reduce illegal Internet file sharing on college campuses, Robert Holleyman, president and CEO of the Business Software Alliance, told a forum at the University of TexAUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Education should...
Tags: Business Software Alliance, online piracy
Research articles 2002-10-11

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Hong Kong music industry seeks tougher measures against online piracy
HONG KONG AFP — A Hong Kong recording industry body said it is seeking tougher measures against online piracy and is exploring ways to bring offenders to court. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI Hong Kong Group last month tried to curb online piracy by sending instant...
Tags: IFPI, Piracy
Research articles 2005-10-06
Hong Kong music companies want to prevent online piracy
Music companies in Hong Kong want stringent regulations for prevention of online piracy. According to a report by AFP, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI Hong Kong Group sent warning messages to those who were sharing music files on the Internet illegally. However, Ricky Fung, CEO of IFPI,...
Tags: IFPI, INTERNET, Piracy
Research articles 2005-11-01
Hong Kong music companies want to prevent online piracy.(CHINA)(Brief Article)
Music companies in Hong Kong want stringent regulations for prevention of online piracy. According to a report by AFP, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI Hong Kong Group sent warning messages to those who were sharing music files on the Internet illegally. However, Ricky...
Tags: IFPI, INTERNET, Piracy
Research articles 2005-11-01
Music industry launches new wave of online piracy suits
NEW YORK AFP ? The music industry stepped up its campaign against online piracy, filing 41 new lawsuits and sending 90 warning letters to those suspected of illegal swapping of songs on the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America -- which represents the big labels including Universal Music,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Piracy, RIAA
Research articles 2003-12-03
Justice Department Announces Four Pleas in Internet Music Piracy Crackdown
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The first guilty pleas involving members of pre-release music piracy groups from Operation FastLink, a major Department of Justice initiative against online piracy worldwide, were announced today by Assistant AttorneWASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The first guilty pleas involving members of pre-release music...
Tags: Internet music, music piracy, plea, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2006-02-28
Antioco: video stores deter piracy. (Piracy).(Blockbuster Video chairman and CEO John Antioco)
NEW YORK -- After largely staying out of the public debate over online piracy, Blockbuster Video chairman and CEO John Antioco stepped into the fray last week with a speech crediting the video rental market for helping keep a lid on bootlegging and NEW...
Tags: Blockbuster Inc., piracy, video
Research articles 2003-05-12
Lobbying leads to harder stance on net piracy
Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, yesterday hardened the government's attack on online piracy . The move came after lobbying by the film and music industry over concerns that the digital economy bill provides an in-suf-ficient deterrent.The government took the unusual step of adding to an ongoing consultation a proposal...
Tags: Internet Service Provider, Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Vertical Industries, Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Company News, Government News, Financial Times
External links 2009-08-25
Music industry and ISPs pass the buck on responsibility for piracy. (Analysis)
The illegal sharing of music files online is reportedly on the rise. But with the RIM in the US blaming ISPs, while ISPs wash their hands in the waters of customer freedom, can the two sides agree on a strategy for tackling the problem of music piracy? Within...
Tags: analysis, INTERNET, piracy, RIAA
Research articles 2003-01-30
Music industry targets ISPs in renewed anti-piracy battle. (Midem 2003 Report)
The international music industry has joined US recording companies in identifying ISPs as a key target in its battle against music piracy. Giving his keynote speech at this year's music industry event Midem, Jay Berman, CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI, set the theme...
Tags: antipiracy, IFPI, INTERNET, music, Piracy
Research articles 2003-01-23
German swoop on online piracy site nets thousands of user names
BERLIN AFP — German police said they had exposed the names of thousands of users of illegal Internet piracy sites as part of a crackdown on swapping bootleg copies of movies, computer games, software and music. A spokesman for the state crime office in the eastern region of Thuringia...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, INTERNET, Piracy, spokesman
Research articles 2004-12-12
Supreme Court says file-swapping sites may be sued for piracy
WASHINGTON AFP — Internet song-swapping websites like Grokster can be held liable for copyright infringement, the US Supreme Court ruled, siding with the entertainment industry in its effort to curb online piracy. In a unanimous decision, the highest US court overturned lower court decisions that said the developers of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, developer, file-swapping, Grokster Ltd., INTERNET, Piracy
Research articles 2005-06-27
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