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Posted by: Sean F, 16:49 EST, Sat February 11, 2012 |
A new study finds that box office losses in international markets are more to do with delayed releases, than the availability of pre-release downloads on BitTorrent ... More |
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Posted by: Sean F, 19:39 EST, Wed February 8, 2012 |
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posted by: Sean F, 19:34 EST, Wed February 8, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 21st January 2012
posted by: Sean F, 17:52 EST, Thu February 2, 2012
New report shows that the entertainment industry has had an amazing decade of growth, despite the constant complaints about web piracy
posted by: Sean F, 18:20 EST, Tue January 31, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 14th January 2012
posted by: Sean F, 18:12 EST, Tue January 31, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 7th January 2012
posted by: Sean F, 00:27 EST, Fri January 27, 2012
Megaupload's intentions to launch a new service that would see artists sell directly to fans, and cutting out the major music labels, might have given the music industry extra reason to be happy to see Megaupload shut down by the FBI
posted by: Sean F, 23:23 EST, Thu January 26, 2012
White House's petition website used again, this time to call for an investigation into MPAA's Chris Dodd for bribery claims, after the former senator threatened to stop writing checks for politicians that did not come out to support SOPA/PIPA
posted by: Sean F, 22:57 EST, Sat January 21, 2012
Users who used Megaupload's services legitimately are shocked and angered by the closure of the website on Thursday
posted by: Sean F, 18:04 EST, Thu January 19, 2012
Thousands of websites take part in a planned day of action, protesting the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, as politicians start to distance themselves from the bill
posted by: Sean F, 19:24 EST, Fri January 13, 2012
MPAA attacks article showing that it misleads on piracy loss figures, and labels tech blog Ars Technica as being pro piracy
posted by: Sean F, 18:41 EST, Fri January 13, 2012
Research firm Envisional, previously hired by NBC Universal to conduct research on web piracy, says that content owners should blame themselves for web piracy, and has revealed that the firm tried to convince content owners that SOPA/PIPA "is not the way to go"
posted by: Anne N, 18:54 EST, Wed January 11, 2012
Samsung and Amazon jump on the UltraViolet bandwagon, while Netflix may be going the other way
posted by: Anne N, 18:12 EST, Wed January 11, 2012
Spending on Blu-ray, digital media up in 2011, as overall consumer spending dipped slightly, The Digital Entertainment Group reveals
posted by: Sean F, 21:31 EST, Tue January 10, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 31st December 2011
posted by: Sean F, 19:44 EST, Tue January 10, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 24th December 2011
posted by: Sean F, 19:13 EST, Tue January 10, 2012
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 17th December 2011
posted by: Sean F, 17:48 EST, Fri January 6, 2012
The MPAA may be double, or even triple, counting losses attributed to piracy, in order to scare the US government into implementing draconian copyright laws
posted by: Sean F, 18:03 EST, Tue January 3, 2012
Movie ticket sales are down in North America for 2011, but film veteran Roger Ebert says the blame is not with web piracy
posted by: Sean F, 19:06 EST, Thu December 22, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 10th December 2011
posted by: Sean F, 18:18 EST, Tue December 20, 2011
MPAA's Chris Dodd says Spain, Egypt and Sweden industries wiped out by piracy, but this does not appear to reflect the reality of these country's film industries
posted by: Sean F, 17:35 EST, Sat December 17, 2011
Louis CK bypasses the traditional media distribution method, and uses the Internet to sell his videos directly, DRM-Free, and for only $5, with great results
posted by: Sean F, 17:09 EST, Sat December 17, 2011
A new website exposes the list of downloads made by BitTorrent downloaders, but also helps to expose infringing activities at movie studios and copyright agencies
posted by: Sean F, 18:11 EST, Wed December 14, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 3rd December 2011
posted by: Sean F, 18:51 EST, Sat December 10, 2011
MPAA's boss wants the US and web companies to learn from China when it comes to censoring the Internet, and also compared movie downloads to bank robbery (saying Google is the getaway driver, in this twisted analogy)
posted by: Sean F, 17:17 EST, Thu December 8, 2011
The CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, which represents all major electronic manufacturers in the US, launches scathing attack on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act
posted by: Sean F, 18:27 EST, Wed December 7, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th November 2011
posted by: Sean F, 17:57 EST, Tue December 6, 2011
DVD ripping and game console hacking could be made legal, much like how smart phone jailbreaking was made legal last year, if the US Copyright Office rules in favor of new petitions by Public Knowledge and the EFF
posted by: Sean F, 16:39 EST, Sat December 3, 2011
A series of events reveals the underbelly of the copyright industry, as anti-piracy video uses authorised music, and the composer's ordeal to get paid for this work embroils him in a corruption scandal
posted by: Sean F, 17:40 EST, Tue November 29, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th November 2011
posted by: Sean F, 16:37 EST, Tue November 29, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th November 2011
posted by: Sean F, 18:02 EST, Tue November 22, 2011
Australian's version of mass copyright lawsuit may be over before it even starts, as Movie Rights Group's website is taken down, and VP leaves the company
posted by: Sean F, 14:07 EST, Mon November 21, 2011
It's that time of the year, and apparently the UK is also celebrating Thanksgiving this year with their own Black Friday sales, this post highlights the best Blu-ray deals for bargain hunters
posted by: Sean F, 14:43 EST, Sat November 19, 2011
Facing angry users frustrated at Warner Bros' implementation of UltraViolet, iTunes vouchers are being handed out to users so they can actually have a working digital copy
posted by: Jason F, 17:06 EST, Fri November 18, 2011
While politicians hear from the MPAA and other pro-copyright groups on their thoughts about the controversial SOPA copyright bill, Internet users stage a day of protest resulting in over a million protest emails being sent to Congress
posted by: Sean F, 17:35 EST, Wed November 16, 2011
A who's who of Internet companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, have penned an open letter urging Congress to reconsider the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, which they say could kill off innovation and put the country at risk from cyberthreats
posted by: Sean F, 18:58 EST, Tue November 15, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 5th November 2011
posted by: Sean F, 17:55 EST, Thu November 10, 2011
Warner Bros. admit to wrongly removing files from Hotfile that it did not hold copyright to, and to removing an open source software also hosted by the file hosting website
posted by: Sean F, 17:32 EST, Thu November 10, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 29th October 2011
posted by: Jason F, 19:09 EST, Wed November 9, 2011
RIAA comes out firing, saying the DMCA gives far too much protection to websites and service providers, while the RIAA's chief defends the controversial SOPA legislation that will give power to rights holders to cut off funding to websites without the need to provide court tested evidence of wrongdoings
posted by: Anne N, 15:57 EST, Fri November 4, 2011
The creative industries tout their important to the U.S. economy, but also expose just how well they're doing and how piracy doesn't really affect them at all
posted by: Sean F, 18:22 EST, Thu November 3, 2011
Piracy may not hurt sales, and may in fact help sales, a Spanish judge rules in a piracy case
posted by: Sean F, 17:59 EST, Thu November 3, 2011
If you want your voice heard, then sign up to a new petition that calls for the White House to take action against the Stop Online Piracy Act, also dubbed the E-Parasites Act, which aims to allow the US government to censor websites the copyright lobby deems "inappropriate"
posted by: Sean F, 23:37 EST, Tue November 1, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 22nd October 2011
posted by: Sean F, 19:29 EST, Sun October 30, 2011
Zediva will have to cease operations immediately and pay the MPAA $1.8m in damages, as a judge rules against their business model
posted by: Sean F, 14:07 EST, Wed October 26, 2011
Movie studios claim $1.25 billion in damages against Russian couple who ran the Interfilm BitTorrent tracker
posted by: Sean F, 18:38 EST, Tue October 25, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 15th October 2011
posted by: Sean F, 16:01 EST, Wed October 19, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 8th October 2011
posted by: Anne N, 14:01 EST, Wed October 19, 2011
One in five in the United States are watching web content on their TVs, via services like Netflix and Hulu, and devices such as game consoles and Blu-ray players
posted by: Sean F, 14:30 EST, Mon October 17, 2011
Digital Digest receives take-down notice from anti-piracy firm AiPlex, asking us to remove an article from last year that talked about the brief cyber-war between Anonymous and AiPlex, over claims that the anti-piracy firm had used illegal tactics in their war against piracy websites
posted by: Sean F, 14:05 EST, Mon October 17, 2011
Freedom of Information request reveals emails that show the friendly relationship between the Obama administration and the lobbying arms of the music and movie industries, the RIAA and MPAA
posted by: Sean F, 17:28 EST, Wed October 12, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 1st October 2011
posted by: Sean F, 14:19 EST, Wed October 12, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 24th September 2011
posted by: Jason F, 18:34 EST, Thu October 6, 2011
Miramax's CEO and Netflix chief content officer warn the movie industry that they need to embrace innovation and competition, or the industry will face the same fate as the music industry
posted by: Sean F, 22:48 EST, Wed October 5, 2011
Mass copyright lawsuit sees mass dismissal, as The Hurt Locker producers complain that ISPs aren't helping them to identify users quickly enough
posted by: Jason F, 13:59 EST, Tue October 4, 2011
Mass copyright lawsuits comes to Australia, with Exetel boss revealing approaches by firm Movie Rights Group to seek the details of up to 9,000 Australians
posted by: Sean F, 16:06 EST, Sat October 1, 2011
Canada is set to reform its copyright laws, to bring in US style anti-circumvention rules which would take away existing consumer rights when it comes to copying and backing up copy protected content they've legally purchased
posted by: Anne N, 13:54 EST, Fri September 30, 2011
A new report suggests that DVD recorders (and players) may be on the way out, but this does not spell the end for the DVD disc itself
posted by: Sean F, 14:26 EST, Thu September 29, 2011
Amazon launches Kindle Fire, an Android based tablet that could threaten the iPad 2's status as king of the tablets.
posted by: Sean F, 16:55 EST, Wed September 28, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 17th September 2011
posted by: Sean F, 16:48 EST, Sat September 24, 2011
You can now convert all your 2D YouTube videos to 3D, thanks to a new feature added this week by the video sharing website
posted by: Sean F, 16:32 EST, Sat September 24, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 10th September 2011
posted by: Sean F, 23:52 EST, Fri September 23, 2011
In Italy, MPs seek to introduce a law that will blacklist users and prevent them from going online based on a single allegation of copyright infringement, while just a single allegation is putting the Swedish Film Institute in big trouble, as their IP address has been caught pirating films
posted by: Sean F, 14:03 EST, Mon September 19, 2011
Lobbying efforts have intensified in the last quarter as the RIAA, MPAA, and even RapidShare, spend millions to get politicians to support their agendas
posted by: Sean F, 14:46 EST, Thu September 15, 2011
Hotfile strikes back at one of the Hollywood studios that has sued the file hosting company for copyright infringement, by claiming Warner Bros. abused Hotfile's anti-piracy tool and tried to profit from removing files, including legal ones, it did not even own
posted by: Sean F, 19:32 EST, Wed September 14, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 3rd September 2011
posted by: Jason F, 13:35 EST, Wed September 14, 2011
BREIN wants PayPal and other payment providers to cease providing services to websites that it alleges are offering pirated movies, while also asking payment providers to help identify the operators of such websites - all without having to go through the normal legal process
posted by: Sean F, 14:32 EST, Thu September 8, 2011
The MPAA says that every pirate that stops downloading would otherwise spend $1,000 per year buying legal stuff, and that 13% of all American adults are movie/TV pirates
posted by: Sean F, 17:48 EST, Wed September 7, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 27th August 2011
posted by: Jason F, 17:06 EST, Tue September 6, 2011
Wikileaks provides details of law enforcement tactics in taking down piracy topsites, including getting content holders to provide re-release content to gain trust of topsite operators
posted by: Sean F, 16:52 EST, Thu September 1, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 20th August 2011
posted by: Sean F, 13:54 EST, Sat August 27, 2011
'The Hurt Locker' producers start suing the deceased, and 'The Expendables' lawsuit dropped, only to be later refiled to make it more "judge-proof"
posted by: Sean F, 17:27 EST, Wed August 24, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 13th August 2011
posted by: Anne N, 13:21 EST, Wed August 24, 2011
The release of Star Wars on Blu-ray is an opportunity for George Lucas to mess with the classic movies (and the prequel trilogy) - has he done it again?
posted by: Anne N, 13:02 EST, Wed August 24, 2011
New study shows people are increasingly using tablets and smartphones to watch full length movies, instead of using portable DVD players
posted by: Sean F, 17:32 EST, Tue August 23, 2011
Fox no longers allows day-late airings of catch-up episodes of their shows on Hulu, and this has led to a surge in piracy for these shows, according to data obtained by TorrentFreak
posted by: Sean F, 00:32 EST, Sat August 20, 2011
Legal experts hail a win for Google as the National Music Publishers' Association withdraws from Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube
posted by: Sean F, 17:10 EST, Wed August 17, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 6th August 2011
posted by: Sean F, 16:51 EST, Tue August 16, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th July 2011
posted by: Sean F, 16:19 EST, Tue August 16, 2011
The CEO of one of New Zealand's largest ISPs say that the government should stop propping up the dying business model of the entertainment industry via copyright laws, and should concentrate more on encouraging innovation to fight online piracy
posted by: Jason F, 15:52 EST, Tue August 16, 2011
MPAA attacks journalist for simply pointing out that families struggling to pay their bills may resort to piracy to get their movie and TV entertainment needs
posted by: Sean F, 16:58 EST, Sat August 13, 2011
A roundup of some recent 3D related news, including 3D glasses vending machines, standardization finally coming for 3DTV owners, but they may have less 3D to watch as a result of ESPN 3D being dropped by AT&T's U-verse
posted by: Sean F, 01:20 EST, Thu August 11, 2011
A legally blind man has been accused of downloading a Japanese porn video
posted by: Sean F, 23:01 EST, Sat August 6, 2011
UltraViolet coming via Warner's 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Green Latern', and access to the UV cloud will be done through Flixster. Also, HBO Go is coming to game consoles and other Internet connected devices
posted by: Sean F, 18:10 EST, Wed August 3, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd July 2011
posted by: Sean F, 19:52 EST, Tue August 2, 2011
Zediva is ordered to shut down as, in the judge's opinion, it violated copyright and is a threat to traditional video-on-demand services
posted by: Sean F, 17:08 EST, Sat July 30, 2011
A monumental court decision in the UK means rights holder can now force ISPs to block access to websites that are offering pirated content
posted by: Sean F, 18:03 EST, Thu July 28, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th July 2011
posted by: Sean F, 18:04 EST, Wed July 27, 2011
A new study seems to show that, in contract to conventional wisdom, piracy actually leads to better quality content, and that tougher copyright law enforcement may not help with reducing piracy
posted by: Andrew K, 23:47 EST, Tue July 26, 2011
A new proposal by a British royalty collection organisation will see websites offering pirated content marked with a "red tick"
posted by: Sean F, 17:35 EST, Wed July 20, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th July 2011
posted by: Anne N, 16:50 EST, Wed July 20, 2011
Disney is set to delay the release of the "DVD only" edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides', and completely ditches the "Blu-ray only" edition
posted by: Sean F, 16:38 EST, Sat July 16, 2011
Over 18 million incidents of piracy has been recorded under the French "three-strikes" monitoring program, but only 10 are facing sanctions after reaching their third strike
posted by: Sean F, 21:35 EST, Thu July 14, 2011
Panic over Sony removing ability to play HD games over component cable is unfounded, but owners of new PS3s may find HD Blu-ray won't work over component anymore
posted by: Sean F, 18:59 EST, Thu July 14, 2011
Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd July 2011
posted by: Anne N, 18:22 EST, Thu July 14, 2011
Blu-ray 3D discs sales have topped 3.5 million in the U.S., but half of the discs were "given away" with hardware
posted by: Anne N, 18:03 EST, Thu July 14, 2011
UltraViolet licensing has begun, as the new format that aims to tie together the physical and digital is set to take off later this year
posted by: Sean F, 00:54 EST, Wed July 13, 2011
The economic argument for tougher copyright laws may have been dismissed by a new report showing the huge contributions of copyright fair use to the US economy. The PROTECT IP act could actually cost jobs.
posted by: Anne N, 16:39 EST, Mon July 11, 2011
Blu-ray will beat DVD by 2014, but digital is the future, says consulting firm Futuresource
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