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This page contains all the news items for the tag "Movies" for the month of August 2011. To view all news items without being the current tag filter, please click here.

 

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Dead Person Sued For Copyright Infringement, While 'The Expendables' Lawsuits Dropped

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'The Hurt Locker' producers start suing the deceased, and 'The Expendables' lawsuit dropped, only to be later refiled to make it more "judge-proof" ... Read more ...
Aug
27
2011



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 13th August 2011

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 13th August 2011 ... Read more ...
Aug
24
2011



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Is George Lucas Tinkering With 'Star Wars' Again on Blu-ray?

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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? ... Read more ...
Aug
24
2011



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Is DVD On The Way Out?

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New study shows people are increasingly using tablets and smartphones to watch full length movies, instead of using portable DVD players ... Read more ...
Aug
24
2011



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TorrentFreak: Fox's Hulu Delay Fueling Piracy Surge

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
23
2011



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Music Publishers Withdraw From YouTube Lawsuit

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Legal experts hail a win for Google as the National Music Publishers' Association withdraws from Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube ... Read more ...
Aug
20
2011



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 6th August 2011

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 6th August 2011 ... Read more ...
Aug
17
2011



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th July 2011

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th July 2011 ... Read more ...
Aug
16
2011



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New Zealand ISP Attacks Entertainment Industry's Outdated Business Model

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
16
2011



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MPAA's War of Words With GigaOm Editor Over "Promoting Piracy"

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
16
2011



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3D Glasses Vending Machine, Standardization, And 3D Channel Dropped

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
13
2011



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First It Was Grandma, Now it's the Blind Accused of Downloading Porn Videos

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A legally blind man has been accused of downloading a Japanese porn video ... Read more ...
Aug
11
2011



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UltraViolet Coming Via Warner's 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Green Lantern', HBO Go News

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
6
2011



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Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd July 2011

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Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd July 2011 ... Read more ...
Aug
3
2011



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MPAA Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Zediva

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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 ... Read more ...
Aug
2
2011