Everybody loves watching movies for free, especially when it’s easy, involves no P2P or BitTorrent downloading, and you can actually find something worth watching. I’ve written before about how Peekvid, Movin Flicks, and Junk Nova are a few of the many good places to find movies to watch for free on-demand but, I’ve never really [...]

Wants the US Govt to crack down on copyright infringement. MPAA head Dan Glickman testified before Congress yesterday during a hearing titled “Trade Enforcement for a 21st Century Economy” about the need to better enforce intellectual property rights overseas. “The U.S. motion picture industry depends heavily on revenue from overseas market,” said Glickman. “Improvements in [...]

Jack Valenti’s memoirs detail his troubled battle to ban screener releases that in 2002 saw half of the 68 released wind up in the hands of pirates. In his newly published memoirs, Jack Valenti, former long-running MPAA boss, calls his failed attempts to ban screener releases “…a sad piece of business.” He grew angry in [...]

Argues it’s a flawed theory that merely having copyrighted content on ones PC constitutes illegal distribution. In Arista v. Does 1-21, the Boston case brought by the RIAA to obtain the identities of 21 Boston University students, a motion to block the RIAA from finding the names of the users behind the IP addresses accused [...]

SPPF sues several US-based file-sharing program developers over the fact that their software can be used to distribute copyrighted content illegally. The Society of Phonogram Producers in France (the Société des Producteurs de Phonogrammes for you Francophones) has filed a lawsuit against the developers of Azureus, Shareaza, and Morpheus for their failure to prevent the [...]

First ISP to team up with copyright holders to to keep pirated content off its network. It seems AT&T Inc is joining forces with the MPAA and RIAA to keep pirated content off its internet network, making it the first ISP to do so, and perhaps heralding a new age where providers begin to police [...]

Won’t have to worry about copies getting seized by the Feds after all as his new controversial film makes its way around BitTorrent tracker sites everywhere. A couple of days ago it was reported that Michael Moore had decided to stash a copy of his latest and greatest documentary “Sicko,” an apparently scathing expose on [...]

Will allow consumers to download an unlimited number of music tracks to their cell phones for about 3 euros ($4 USD) a week. Trying to get a jump start on the soon to be released Apple iPhone to be released on June 29th, the UK-based Omniphone has announced the launch of anew service called MusicStation [...]

Pre-litigation settlement letters sent to 19 different universities in this latest crackdown on P2P and file-sharing programs on college campuses. The RIAA has begun a new round of campus piracy crackdowns with 395 students at 19 different universities being sent pre-litigation letters. This is the latest installment of its “education and deterrence campaign” that the [...]

Also hints that record companies should get a cut of concerts, merchandising, sponsorship, song-writing, etc to make up for declining revenue in other areas. Max Hole, President, Asia Pacific Region and Executive Vice-President, Marketing and A&R for Universal Music Group International recently gave his insight as to what he sees for the future of record [...]

Now Windows users have access to the browser that Jobs claims is twice as fast as any of its competitors. Apple released a new public beta version of its Safari browser for Windows-based PCs today, pitting it against IE and Firefox for dominance in the web browser market. Apple CEO Steve Jobs claims Safari performs [...]

Will be an attempt to challenge traditional pay-per-view services offered by cable and satellite TV broadcasters. Apple is said to be in “advanced talks” talks with some of Hollywood’s largest film studios about launching an online movie rental service. Many of them have been leery in the past about offering their content on iTunes over [...]

Bored and looking for something cool to watch? TVLinks lets you play dozens of types of TV shows, anime, and cartoons on-demand whenever and wherever you like. With TVLinks you can stream House on-demand for free. There’s a cool site I found that allows you to watch many of your favorite shows “YouTube style” without [...]

Still looking for way to drum up a conviction against the the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site, Swedish authorities were granted extra time to figure out how their copyright laws were broken. In what’s surely becoming a cause for laughter amongst Sweden’s file-sharing community, Swedish authorities have been granted additional time to formulate a case [...]

The public BitTorrent tracker site says it won’t track visitors to the site as ordered by a recent federal court ruling, and would instead block sever access from the US. Jacqueline Chooljian, a federal judge for the Central District of California in Los Angeles ruled on May 29th that TorrentSpy must begin tracking users’ activity [...]

Will meet to discuss the “F word” and try to figure out how to compete in a new digital music world. In attempt to think outside the box and figure out how to effectively combat the rising threat of file-sharing in the new digital music world, UK music industry execs will hold a think tank [...]

Says they must reveal the names of 23 Irish people suspected of illegal file-sharing. The Irish Recorded Music Association took the country’s ISPs to the Irish High Court yesterday to force them to hand over the names and addresses of 23 Irish people suspected of illegal file-sharing, and by days end they had prevailed. IRMA [...]

Unlike MLB doesn’t care if users "placeshift" live or recorded games, even allowing users to share clips with family, friends, and "others." MLB has been angered by Slingbox’s ability to allow consumers to circumvent geographical boundaries, or "placeshift," which they argue undermines deals made with broadcasters on a regional basis. MLB argues that users are [...]

TriMark announces it will scan newsgroups and general websites for serial numbers and if discovered the original registered purchaser will be held liable. Just when you thought Newsgroups were the last remaining file-sharing safe haven on the planet, along comes a company called TriMark to spoil all the “fun” and remind users that caution is [...]

Says they must do more to prevent their students from illegally sharing music, movies, and other copyrighted material on campus networks. Members of the House Science and Technology Committee heard from university officials and technology “experts” on different methods available to reduce illegal file-sharing on campus networks. “Illegal file-sharing isn’t just about royalty fees. It [...]