Audible Magic Awarded Patents For Content ID Tech
The content management company, whose anti-piracy applications are used by disc replicators, secures several U.S. patents for its audio and video content identification technology. via Audible Magic
View ArticleSoftware Publishers Gain Against File Sharing, Suspicious Online Auctions
In the first half of 2009, the Business Software Alliance issued more than 2.4 million ISP takedown notices related to file-sharing, while requesting the removal of 103,000 BitTorrent files. In...
View ArticleGamers Banished From Xbox Live
Microsoft has banned thousands of gamers from its Xbox Live network after determining that their consoles had been modified to play pirated content. The bans are "permanent," Microsoft tells the BBC,...
View ArticleIFPI Sweden: Anti-Piracy Legislation Leads To Legit Music Market Rebound
The IFPI’s branch in Sweden reports that music sales in the country rose 18% in the first nine months of the year, after seven years of consecutive decline, following the introduction an anti-piracy...
View ArticleStudios Offer Bounty For DVD Pirates In Downtown L.A.
The Motion Picture Association of America is teaming up with Los Angeles’ Fashion District Business Improvement District to offer cash rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the closure of...
View ArticleBiden Huddles With Hollywood On Piracy Issues
Vice President Joe Biden, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III are among the top government officials meeting with entertainment industry leaders this afternoon at the...
View ArticleAnti-Piracy Provision In Treaty Riles EU
The European Commission has pledged to make sure a global treaty known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will not force countries to disconnect people for unlawfully downloading copyrighted...
View ArticleMPAA And Bollywood Team To Fight Piracy
Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms March 18 to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in...
View ArticleWhite Paper Surveys Global IP Legislation And Enforcement Efforts
There remains no single, universal solution to the global problem of digital IP enforcement, according to a new report from the Content Delivery & Storage Association and Futuresource Consulting....
View ArticleFeds Crack Down On Movie-Sharing Sites
Federal officials seized the domain names of nine movie-sharing websites today, as the first action under a new anti-piracy initiative called “Operation In Our Sites.” A joint effort between the U.S....
View ArticleU.S. Government Grants Anti-Piracy Exemptions For DVDs, Other Digital Media
Certain DVD users may now legally circumvent a disc’s CSS encryption scheme to incorporate short portions of video into new works of criticism or comment. That’s one of six new exemptions to the...
View ArticleMPAA Schools Higher Education Institutions on Anti-Piracy Policy
In a new outreach campaign, the Motion Picture Association of America is reminding higher education institutions of their obligations to prevent file-sharing over campus networks. Colleges and...
View ArticleStudios Seek New Anti-Piracy Precedent in British High Court
Hollywood hopes to establish a new legal precedent in its global crusade against online infringement, with studios asking England’s High Court to order BT, the country’s largest broadband Internet...
View ArticleProposed Disc Manufacturing Law Headed to California Governor’s Desk [Updated]
A bill that requires California’s optical disc manufacturers to comply with stricter anti-piracy measures has passed in both houses of the state’s legislature. Following the California Assembly’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Raises Anti-Piracy Requirements for Disc Replicators [Updated]
California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law a new set of anti-piracy measures for the state’s optical disc manufacturing business, strengthening existing laws that require CD, DVD, and...
View ArticleCDSA Panel Delves Into Game Piracy Issues
by Lyndsey Schaefer Two security experts from Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios shared their perspectives on content protection during a CDSA-produced panel at Tuesday’s LA Games Conference. Aaron...
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