EFF v MPAA : Ringside Seats!
Motion Picture Association President Dan Glickman locks horns with Electronic Frontier Foundation’s John Perry Barlow over big media’s war with the internet.
“These are aging industries run by aging men, and they’re up against 17-year-olds who have turned themselves into electronic Hezbollah because they resent the content industry for its proprietary practices. And I don’t have [...]
Sony Exec: Music Industry Is Losing The Battle Against Piracy
A Sony executive in charge of the company’s technology strategy believes that the music industry is not making headway against music pirates, despite the industry’s extensive efforts to halt piracy.
In a heated debate at the Digital Media Summit in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sony executive Albhy Galuten said that he does not believe the music [...]
BEHOLD! The pyramid of internet PIRACY!!
(pdf) The MPAA’s vision of file sharers. All in red because apparently we are all going to burn in hell or something.
MPAA’s Pyramid of Piracy
About the MPAAThe Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video [...]
MPAA accused of hiring a hacker to steal information
The Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to steal information from a company that the MPAA has accused of helping copyright violators, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit (click for PDF), filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Torrentspy.com parent Valence Media, doesn’t identify the man the [...]
MPAA HOSTS TECHNOLOGY BOOTH AT TelecomNEXT
Six Tech Companies to Demonstrate Content Distribution and Filtering Technology
Los Angeles – – Beginning on Tuesday, March 21 in Las Vegas, the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) will host a technology booth at TelecomNEXT, featuring several companies who will display some of the latest online distribution platforms and filtering tools which could [...]
