News "Movies" July 2011 News Archive

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MPAA Succeeds In Forcing ISP To Block Alleged Piracy Websites

Posted by: Sean F

A monumental court decision in the UK means rights holder can now force ISPs to block access to websites that are offering pirated content ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th July 2011

Posted by: Sean F

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th July 2011 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Does Piracy Lead To Better Quality Content?

Posted by: Sean F

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 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

UK Copyright Group Wants Search Results Marked With "Traffic Lights"

Posted by: Andrew K

A new proposal by a British royalty collection organisation will see websites offering pirated content marked with a "red tick" ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th July 2011

Posted by: Sean F

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th July 2011 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Disney Delay "DVD-only" release of 'On Stranger Tides', To Promote Blu-ray, Combo

Posted by: Anne N

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 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

French "Three Strikes" Records 18 Million Incidents of Piracy, Only 10 Investigated

Posted by: Sean F

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 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

New PS3 Force Users To Use HDMI for HD Blu-ray

Posted by: Sean F

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 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd July 2011

Posted by: Sean F

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd July 2011 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

3.5 Million Blu-ray 3D Discs Sold In the U.S.

Posted by: Anne N

Blu-ray 3D discs sales have topped 3.5 million in the U.S., but half of the discs were "given away" with hardware ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

DECE Begins Licensing UltraViolet

Posted by: Anne N

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 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Copyright Fair Use A Huge Contributor To Economy, While PROTECT IP Could Kill Jobs

Posted by: Sean F

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. ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray Will Beat DVD in 2014, New Report

Posted by: Anne N

Blu-ray will beat DVD by 2014, but digital is the future, says consulting firm Futuresource ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

100+ Law Professors Protest Against Proposed Copyright Bill, PROTECT IP

Posted by: Sean F

Law professors from the most prestigious law schools around the United States have come out fighting against the proposed PROTECT IP copyright act, which will give the government the power to seize and block "bad" websites ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Graduated Response Comes To US, Five Strikes And Something Happens

Posted by: Sean F

It's not three-strikes, it's five-strikes, and all the major ISPs in the US have signed up to help the MPAA and RIAA police the Internet ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 25th June 2011

Posted by: Sean F

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 25th June 2011 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Hulu's Facebook Connects Pulled Due To Privacy Breach

Posted by: Anne N

Hulu's launch of their Facebook Connect feature bombs, as users report being able to access other user's accounts due to programming error ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

CNET Piracy Lawsuit Dismissed, But CNET Not Celebrating

Posted by: Sean F

FilmOn founder Alki David's lawsuit against CNET has been voluntarily dismissed, but maybe only because David may plan to add more plaintiffs to the lawsuit that claims CNET and CBS helped to facilitate piracy by offering LimeWire for download ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

MPAA Links Movie Downloads To Botnet, Internet Security Threat

Posted by: Sean F

The MPAA tries to use recent headlines to say that pirated movie downloads may be endangering the entire Internet ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

New Film Distribution Method Sees BitTorrent Take Starring Role

Posted by: Sean F

Film producers wants to prove that it is possible to use BitTorrent networks to promote films and gather funding before the theatrical release ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 18th June 2011

Posted by: Sean F

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 18th June 2011 ... Read more ...

Jul

2011

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