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added 2007 Mon May 7 14:14:41 by charbarred
Torrents are slowly closing in on the art of reappropriating content and packaging it as your own for fun and profit. In other words, torrents first and foremost cannibalize the latent piracy market. Of course, on the other hand it turns people normally averse to illegal activity into offenders but that's another topic.
added 2007 Wed May 2 17:28:41 by ipodwheels
At present piracy of movies in Asia has become a booming business, offering entertainment to many third world countries at affordable prices. With the release of the HD DVD key we can only imagine how big it will become in the next few months.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 23:39:54 by populist
The Washington-based trade association on Monday said it planned to bestow its first-ever Anti-Piracy Leadership Award upon Jay Prahbu, a trial attorney since 2002 with the U.S. Department of Justice's computer crime and intellectual property section
added 2007 Thu Apr 5 13:05:56 by charbarred
Police in Sao Paolo, Brazil conducted a raid today on four locations used to manufacture counterfeit CDs and DVDs. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the MPAA, which supported the police action, over 30,000 pirated CDs and DVDs were seized, along with 200 burners.
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 19:39:22 by PLCMC_Training
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added 2007 Sat Mar 17 4:16:37 by Jordan
"US consumers are still downloading movies illegally despite the growing availability of subscription based movie download services according to a study conducted by Advanis Inc. Subscription based movie downloads have grown in prevalence with companies like Apple Inc., CinemaNow, MovieLink and most recently Wal-Mart offering movie downloads f
added 2007 Sun Mar 11 13:33:32 by giant_steps
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added 2007 Thu Feb 22 7:20:45 by trojanhorse
Google Inc., racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

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added 2007 Wed Feb 14 7:00:00 by unknown user
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added 2007 Wed Jan 31 16:30:35 by Karina
A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record companies accusing him of online music piracy accused the recording industry on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats.
added 2007 Thu Jan 25 20:38:16 by Wil
"Most people perceive celebrities and studios to be rich already and ... don't think of movie downloading as a big deal," he said. However, 78% said that physically stealing a DVD from a store was equally offensive, indicating that increased likeliness of getting caught red-handed is what drives people's perception of which is worse.
added 2007 Sat Jan 13 16:00:08 by Soleq
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added 2006 Thu Oct 12 16:25:16 by unknown user
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added 2006 Sat Aug 26 14:15:01 by _kam0_
When Gene Harris showed up at a Lombard theater for the premiere of "Miami Vice" last month, seeing the movie wasn't his priority. He hoped to catch a filmmaker in action.
added 2006 Fri Aug 25 19:15:21 by bluecuparoo
A man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced Friday to six years in prison in one of the largest U.S. software piracy cases.
added 2006 Thu Aug 17 9:59:40 by msaleem
China has confiscated more than eight million illegal CDs and DVDs as part of a 100-day crackdown on pirated movies and computer software.
added 2006 Wed Aug 9 18:56:24 by msaleem
The RIAA, in a more fervent effort to curb file sharing, has started sending viruses to users who unknowingly download from their honeypots. To make them think they feel safe, the viruses stay inactive for 24 hours after being downloaded. What's next?!?
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 17:00:12 by msaleem
A current list of casualties and friendlies in the RIAA war against P2P developers follows.
added 2006 Fri Aug 4 17:54:09 by Karina
For $10, Circuit City will copy a DVD to your iPod. Which is totally against the law.