MPAA chief says SOPA and PIPA “are dead; they’re not coming back”
Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, says the controversial anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA are gone for good. The MPAA’s next plan for fighting pirates has yet to be revealed.
On Oct 3, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Portugal makes landmark piracy ruling
According to Portugal’s attorney general, you are not your IP address, and sometimes torrenting is OK.
On Sep 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Battle over rapper’s sample heats up on Twitter
Did rapper Azealia Banks steal a sample from producer Munchi? The two had it out over Twitter.
On Sep 27, 2012 by Aja Romano
German Pirate Party member stops people from pirating her book
Critics suggest Julia Schramm is using the tactics she writes against to sell her book.
On Sep 19, 2012 by Michelle Jaworski
Artist sues Twitter to protect copyright
Christopher Boffoli claims he issued takedown requests that were ignored.
On Sep 12, 2012 by Aja Romano
MPAA sends pro-copyright talking points memo to congressional candidates
The memo marks the first time the movie industry’s lobbying arm has distributed a memo to candidates on the campaign trail.
On Sep 11, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Hugo Awards livestream cut off in “copyright infringement” fiasco
Broadcaster Ustream shut down the official broadcast of science-fiction’s most prestigious award show due to automated copyright-infringement software.
On Sep 5, 2012 by Aja Romano
Most BitTorrent users being monitored by copyright agencies, study finds
A Birmingham University (U.K.) study found that 10 different agencies log the IP addresses of users who download the most popular torrents from sites like The Pirate Bay.
On Sep 4, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
MPAA president supports GOP platform on Internet rights
The Republican party has found an unlikely ally in Chris Dodd.
On Aug 31, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Joel Tenenbaum, charged with downloading 30 songs from Kazaa, fined $675,000
A federal judge’s decision in the case—which began in 2007— may be final, as the Supreme Court has refused to hear Tenenbaum’s appeal.
On Aug 24, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Google fighting proposed copyright law in Germany
News aggregators also oppose the law, which would charge a licensing fee for any reposted content.
On Aug 22, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Photobucket shuts down Reddit’s nude-photo thieves
After a string of bad publicity, Photobucket is fighting fusking—the act of stealing and posting private nude photos—with a security overhaul and DMCA takedown requests.
On Aug 16, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Reported demise of French “three strikes law” greatly exaggerated
Jérémie Zimmermann, cofounder of French digital rights advocacy group La Quadrature, warned that the strict piracy measure would likely pass with some “cosmetic changes.”
On Aug 13, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Short film dramatizes the nightmarish future of copyright
Based on the arrests of Richard O’Dwyer and Kim Dotcom, the short film by Political-Prostitution.com envisions a future its creators say is not far off.
On Aug 10, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Embedding video is not copyright infringement, federal court rules
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of video bookmarking site myVidster in a copyright battle over embedded porn videos.
On Aug 6, 2012 by Kevin Collier
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