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Former Nintendo Lawyer Joins the MPAA
Movie industry trade organization the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has hired a former Nintendo lawyer to head up its efforts to combat piracy. The group is also responsible for movie...
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White House Endorses Cybersecurity Bill
President Barack Obama yesterday urged members of the U.S. Senate to pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 and encouraged representatives of Congress to draft and pass a similar bill quickly, saying:read...
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MPAA & RIAA Want U.S. Government to 'Megaupload' The Pirate Bay
When the Obama Administration's Copyright Czar Victoria Espinel sent out a request for comments on future strategies related to copyright enforcement, it came as no shock when trade groups representing...
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Google Plays Internet Cop for Rights Holders
Google has decided to play ball with rights holders, according to this Politico report. The world's biggest search engine revealed that it will now make search results from sites with "frequent...
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Kim Dotcom: MPAA Has Corrupted the U.S. Government
On Monday we reported that the MPAA and the RIAA recommended to Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel that the United States government do more to combat online piracy like...
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MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd: SOPA and PIPA Are Dead
This week former Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, who is now chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) tried to emphasize that the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act are...
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Report: Former RIAA Lobbyist Firm Hired as Independent Technical Expert to...
Next month the "Six Strikes" system to deal with online piracy and illegal file-sharing will be fully operational in the United States. The new rules - mutually agreed on by several major ISP's and...
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CCI Addresses Selection of Former RIAA Lobbyist to Review Evidence in 'Six...
Last week we wrote a story about how the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) had named Stroz Friedberg to be its "impartial and independent technology expert" to review claims of copyright...
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President Obama: Entertainment Industry Needs to Give Parents More Tools
The Washington Times (thanks to PHX Corp for pointing this out) notes that the President is not looking for more regulations on video games and movies (through research announced today through the...
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June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
It's June and that means that the Digital Media Association (DiMA), Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), and National Association of...
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Report: MPAA and RIAA Teach Copyright at California Public Schools
According to this TorrentFreak article, the trade groups representing the music and movie industry are indoctrinating kindergartners in the state of California with an "educational program" about...
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MPAA v. Hotfile Trial to Begin Next Week
Update: Hotfile has settled the case out of court and has accepted an $80 million judgment, according to Ars Technica. Hotfile has agreed to pay $80 million and to stop operating "unless it employs...
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Hotfile Goes Offline After MPAA Settlement
Only a few hours after it was revealed that cloud-based file-sharing destination Hotfile has agreed to pay $80 million to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as part of a settlement for a...
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Fraud and Embezzlement Kill Anti-Piracy Group
SMAIS, the Icelandic branch of the Motion Picture Association, has filed for bankruptcy. According to TorrentFreak, the anti-piracy organization was forced to file for bankruptcy after its board of...
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Google Sues Mississippi AG Over MPAA-Backed Investigation Into Copyright
How do you get a Mississippi Attorney General to leave you alone? Well, sometimes suing him or her will do the trick. That is precisely what Google has done to current Mississippi Attorney General Jim...
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Report: Hotfile Settlement With MPAA Was Just $4 Million
According to this TorrentFreak story, the settlement that the Motion Picture Association of America made with file-sharing site Hotfile was a lot less than the $80 million figure thrown around in...
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RIAA and MPAA lawsuits against Kim Dotcom pushed to October
The MPAA and the RIAA will have to wait a bit longer to have their day in court with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, according to TorrentFreak. A Federal judge has granted the embattled Dotcom an...
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Report: MPAA funding pro-copyright protection research to influence political...
While it should come as no great shock to anyone, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is funding pro-copyright protection research through its global research grant program. The program is...
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June is 'Entertainment Ratings Awareness Month'
The Entertainment Merchants Association has declared June as "Entertainment Ratings Awareness Month," as it does every year. As part of "Entertainment Ratings Awareness Month, the trade group...
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Emails between USTR and ESA, MPAA, and RIAA show influence on the...
One of the things that is fascinating about recently released emails between U.S. trade representatives negotiating trade treaties like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and trade groups like the...
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