First Piracy, Then Profits
Mention peer to peer and file sharing, and you can almost hear the collective groan of the entertainment executive businesses. They are quick to press the speed dial button for the $1000-an-hour law firms, who in turn work with groups such as RIAA and MPAA to sue single mothers, and kids. Well, little do they [...]
Movie Industry’s Latest Brain Washing Strategy: Push Polls!
The entertainment industry really likes to trot out its explanation for suing people and treating fans like criminals, always claiming that it just wants to “educate” people on copyright issues. Of course, that education is usually incredibly one-sided, presenting a very biased case that refuses to recognize things like fair use. For years and years, [...]
Woman caught with camcorder in cinema (pirating anti-piracy trailer)
The New Zealand Federation Against Copyright (NZFACT) said today staff at a Hoyts cinema reported seeing a woman allegedly recording a movie trailer – which just happened to be an anti-piracy message – ahead of the screening of the smash hit animated film Cars.
NZFACT executive director Tony Eaton said staff members contacted management and the [...]
RIAA / MPAA adopt new stealth tactic
Evil wrapped in Miami Vice.
I HAD THE misfortune of seeing the new Miami Vice movie Thursday night, but the experience wasn’t all wasted, I stumbled upon the newest stealth rights removal reeducation campaign from the people that brought you DRM. Yes, the MPAA, RIAA or BSA, I am not sure which are behind this new [...]
Illegal downloads create unlikely defendants
Kathy Hartness is a 47-year-old grandmother, churchgoer and gardener who had never been in trouble with the law — until she was served with papers in June for something she did more than a year ago.
She is one of three Kentuckians sued so far this year by national recording companies for violating copyrights by illegally [...]
Police: Camcorder used in movie piracy
Crockett and Tubbs — the crime fighting duo of “Miami Vice” — woulda been proud.
West suburban police busted a Chicago man at a midnight showing of the new film “Miami Vice” as he allegedly tried to film the flick with a camcorder.
“We never had one like this before,” said a spokeswoman for the Lombard police, [...]
RIAA Will Drop Cases If You Point Out That An IP Address Isn’t A Person
For years, the RIAA has claimed that having the IP address of a computer that has shared unauthorized files is the equivalent of having the evidence of who was actually sharing files. That, of course, is false. The IP address simply can help you know who paid for the internet access, but not who was [...]
Another Motion to Dismiss Complaint Denied in Texas…Court has “Incomplete Knowledge of Technology”
Yet another motion to dismiss a complaint has been denied in Texas, again with the judge saying that he has “incomplete understanding of the P2P technology at this stage” to decide whether or not “the mere presence of copyrighted sound recordings in Defendant’s share file constitutes infringement.”
This was in Fonovisa v. Alvarez in Abilene, Texas.
Decision [...]
MPAA v Shawn Hogan: The Zeropaid Interview
Chris from Zeropaid recently had the chance to sit down with Shawn Hogan, who is an interesting guy fighting an MPAA settlement agreement. Shawn was accused of downloading Meet the Fockers (a DVD he actually owns), offered the traditional $2500.00 settlement, and instead opted to see the fight through to trial. We will be following [...]
Motion Picture Association declares raids a success
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) ended its “Operation Red Card” anti-piracy campaign in mid-July, declaring victory and citing a record number of illegal disc and optical disc burner seizures, the industry group said Tuesday.
Coinciding approximately with this year’s World Cup soccer tournament, the MPA worked with local law enforcement agencies throughout Asia to provide information [...]
