Tag: MPAA

New Anti-Piracy Plan: Kindergarten Copyright Class?
The United States' largest copyright lobbies, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, have initiated a highly controversial pro...
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IsoHunt Is Back From The Dead… Sort Of
Earlier this month, IsoHunt, one of the world's largest torrent trackers, shut down after s...
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IsoHunt Settles With MPAA, Will Shut Down
IsoHunt was mine, and presumably many others, first run in with torrents and file sharing. Many have moved on, but the MPAA just couldn't leave it alone. After launching a lawsuit...
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The MPAA, RIAA Target Google Again
By now, it's pretty clear the governing bodies behind the entertainment industry will not be happy unless Google turns over their search engine index over to the RIAA and the MPAA,...
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SOPA And PIPA Are Not Coming Back
SOPA and PIPA were a major threat to the Internet. Only those in the entertainment...
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Don’t Expect To Get Your Megaupload Data Back Anytime Soon
Collateral damage is unavoidable in war. A good general tries to keep this to a minimum, however, as the people who have no stake in the fight can only suffer. It seems that those...
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Former MPAA CTO Changes His Mind On SOPA
SOPA is dead, and it's probably not coming back. The MPAA now realizes that a...
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Kim Dotcom’s Allegations Are Pure Fantasy, Claims MPAA
Kim Dotcom, the embattled owner of the cloud-based storage site Megaupload, said in a recent interview with...
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YouTube Users File Petition To Allow For The Use Of Third-Party Recording Tools
Should YouTube users be allowed to rip the content they like to their hard drive, much like a person would use a DVR to record a television show of interest? Some users believe the...
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Megaupload Lawyer Not Buying MPAA’s Sympathy
In a rather surprising turn of events, the MPAA submitted a document to the court yesterday saying that they would be fine with...
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The Pirate Bay Wants To Thank The RIAA For Censorship
It's no secret that the RIAA and the MPAA want Google and other search engines to...
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MPAA “Sympathetic” To Legitimate Megaupload Users
I can't believe it's been almost six months since Megaupload was taken down by the feds and Kim Dotcom was arrested for criminal copyright infringement and other horrible things. I...
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Chris Dodd Hints That Piracy Isn’t Theft, Still Wants SOPA
Chris Dodd has all the makings of an effective politician, if, for nothing else, his ability to talk out of both sides of his mouth. Take, for instance, his current stance on both...
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New York Yankees Make Video To Support Bully Film
As a Red Sox fan, it can be hard to find things to like about the New York Yankees. They are, after all, baseball's Evil Empire, the devil in pinstripes, the perennial rival and so...
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MPAA Versus Google, Facebook Concerning Repeat Infringer Case
There's an important copyright case being heard at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning DMCA and repeat infringers. Simply put, if a site owner responds to DMCA complaints...
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