MPAA Asks Swedish Court to Shutter the Pirate Bay
Wants the BitTorrent tracker site to cease and desist facilitating the unauthorized distribution of its films.
Add the MPAA to the list of copyright holders targeting Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay over allegations of unauthorized distribution.
Despite the fact that the site doesn’t host any copyright material its founders were convicted for the [...]
Vuze: Our Users are “Hollywood’s Best Customers”
BitTorrent client ommissions study that proves “once and for all” its users are “avid entertainment fans” that buy more movie tickets and DVDs than the average person.
The crew behind the BitTorrent client Vuze read with disbelief last week that Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton said he couldn’t see “anything good having come from the Internet.”
“Period,” [...]
MPAA Says Making Even “One Copy” of a DVD is Illegal
Fights Real Networks attempts to release RealDVD software that allows users to make backup copies of purchased DVDs.
Last September Real Networks launched RealDVD to allow users to make backup copies of purchased DVDs for private use. The MPAA immediately dubbed it "StealDVD" and filed a lawsuit to ban the sale of [...]
MPAA Accused of Anti-Trust Violations During RealDVD Trial
RealDVD creators, Realnetworks, is making headlines again during the trial over DVD copying software. The MPAA has been accused by Realnetworks of being a “price-fixing cartel”. All this during what has already been a very long trial where the MPAA wishes to prevent the DVD copying software from being sold in the United [...]
MPAA – Camming Movies is an Acceptable Practice (for Teachers)
The fair use community of the United States is abuzz over a video clip that shows how the MPAA feels that educational exception should operate. A number of people are already absolutely stunned not just the method the MPAA proposed, but how they presented the idea as well.
There’s plenty of places to find this [...]
MPAA Argues Fighting Piracy Saves US Jobs
Nervous after news that it had record breaking profits last year – again.
The MPAA wants to make sure lawmakers stay focused on fighting piracy in the economic downturn and trying to show that it is an important source of creative and blue collar jobs, not just in Hollywood and New York but in all 50 [...]
MPAA Enjoys Another Year of Record Profits
Says nevermind however, that “it’s nothing to apologize for” and that it’s important we don’t “give second-class citizenship to creative jobs.”
MPAA head Dan Glickman routinely tells anyone that’ll listen that Hollywood needs protection, that profits are being robbed of it by heartless pirates and that more, much more, needs to be done fight illegal [...]
Report: MPAA to Lay Off Over 10% of Work Force
The reason isn’t currently clear at this time.
There’s an interesting report on CNET which suggests that over 10% of the MPAA work force might be laid off. A spokesperson confirmed that layoffs are happening, but didn’t confirm the extent of how much of the workforce would be laid off.
From the report:
The MPAA’s leadership is [...]
MPAA Wants to ‘Automatically’ Eliminate Piracy
Oh the things that sound good on paper…
There’s a new lobbying paper posted on Change.gov that shows that the MPAA isn’t slowing down on dreaming big while lobbying the US government. The document (PDF) shows what appears to be a wish list from the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) – just in time [...]
Financier for MPAA Members Arrested – Court Battle Looms
It may get a little harder for the MPAA to play the moral card – not to mention getting funding for movie production for it’s members.
It is no secret that the copyright industry likes to talk about morals when it comes to unauthorized downloading. Unfortunately for members of the MPAA, morals might be playing [...]
