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MPAAMPAA Fires Anti-Piracy Execs; CEO Glickman to Exit in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 11:19am.
Los Angeles
- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has fired at least three of
its top anti-piracy executives, while chairman and CEO Dan Glickman will step
down in September 2010 when his contract expires, CNET News.com reported.
Judge: MPAA Hasn't Proven Isohunt Users Broke U.S. LawsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2009 - 9:18am.
San Francisco - A federal
judge said Wednesday that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had
not proven that users of Isohunt, a search engine providing links to files on
BitTorrent file-sharing networks, are violating U.S. copyright law, CNET News.com
reported.
Pirate Bay Taken Offline; Global Gaming Deal in QuestionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 24, 2009 - 11:03am.
 Stockholm,
Sweden - As
questions rise over the ability of Global Gaming Factory (GGF) to secure
investors for its $7.8 million acquisition of The Pirate Bay, the Swedish
file-sharing hub was taken offline by local authorities on Monday, TorrentFreak
reported. Responding to a court order sought by several Hollywood
movie studios, authorities ordered Black Internet, The Pirate Bay's main
bandwidth supplier, to disconnect the site or else incur over $70,000 in
penalties.
tags: Deals | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Movies | Acquisitions | MPAA | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory | Hans Pandeya | Black Internet |
Appeals Court: DVD-Copying Kaleidescape Device IllegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 13, 2009 - 3:35am.
 San Jose,
Calif. - A federal appeals court
has overturned a favorable ruling for Kaleidescape, a maker of high-capacity
DVD home video servers, and ordered a lower court to make another
determination on whether the devices violate a license for the studios' DVD encryption technology. The 6th
District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the DVD Copy Control Association
(DVD CCA), a standards body created by the Hollywood
movie studios that own the encryption technology on DVDs, which had argued that
the Kaleidescape machine circumvents that encryption to copy DVDs to its
server.
Judge Declares RealNetworks' DVD-Copying Software IllegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 12, 2009 - 11:48am.
 San Francisco
- A federal judge has ruled that RealNetworks' (NASD: RNWK) DVD-copying RealDVD software
product violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and has banned
its distribution. "This is a victory for the creators and producers of
motion pictures and television shows and for the rule of law in our digital
economy," said Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan
Glickman.
Studios Sue Pirate Bay, Demand Shutdown of File-Sharing HubAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 28, 2009 - 10:01am.
Stockholm, Sweden - A coalition of Hollywood movie studios,
including Disney (NYSE: DIS), Universal, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Columbia, Sony (NYSE: SNE), NBC (NYSE: GE) and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount,
have filed suit in Sweden, asking a court to shutter file-sharing hub The
Pirate Bay. The four operators of The Pirate Bay have already been found guilty
of copyright infringement and sentenced to jail time and fines; that ruling has
been appealed.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | TV | Paramount Pictures | Movies | Sony Pictures | Disney | Viacom | MPAA | Copyright | NBC | Universal Studios | The Pirate Bay | Warner Bros. Columbia Pictures | Monique Wadsted |
Judge to Decide Fate of RealNetworks' DVD-Copying SoftwareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 22, 2009 - 8:49am.
 San Francisco - Testimony wrapped up this week in a case
that will determine whether a DVD-copying product from RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) violates
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), as alleged by the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA), which filed the complaint. U.S. District Judge
Marilyn Hall Patel previously issued a preliminary injunction halting sales of
RealDVD, and after hearing testimony this week will decide whether to make the
injunction permanent.
RealNetworks Sues Studios for Collusion Over DVD CopyingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 14, 2009 - 10:41am.
Seattle
- RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), which is currently embroiled in a copyright infringement
lawsuit with the major movie studios over its DVD-copying RealDVD software, has
asked the judge in the case for permission to file an antitrust complaint
against the studios.
File-Sharing Hub Mininova Begins Filtering Copyrighted MediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2009 - 11:48am.
Los Angeles
- With a court date looming, Mininova, which is considered the largest
BitTorrent tracker site on the Internet, has begun to implement technology
recommended by content owners to filter copyrighted content, TorrentFreak
reported.
MPAA Taps Daniel Mandil to Head Anti-Piracy EffortsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 12:03pm.
Los Angeles
- Movie studio lobbying group the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced
that it has named Daniel Mandil to oversee its worldwide legal affairs and anti-piracy
efforts. Mandil previously served as EVP, global general counsel and secretary
of major record label Sony BMG, and before that was a litigation partner at
Covington & Burling in New York.
RealNetworks CEO Testifies in RealDVD Disc-Copying CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 8:18am.
San Francisco
- The CEO of RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) testified in federal court on Tuesday that his
company's RealDVD disc-copying software does not facilitate piracy, and that
consumers have a legal right to back-up their movie collections, according to
published reports. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sued the
company for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, arguing that the $30 software circumvents the CSS encryption on
DVD discs.
Verdict in Pirate Bay Trial Due on FridayAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 16, 2009 - 11:18am.
Stockholm,
Sweden - A
verdict is due tomorrow in the widely-watched trial of the operators of
notorious Sweden-based file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay. An acquittal would
serve a major blow to the movie and music industry-led legal campaign against
the site, while a conviction would likely eventually lead to an appeal before Sweden's
Supreme Court. It's not clear that a conviction would lead to a shutdown of the
site; CNET notes that when Swedish police seized Pirate Bay
servers in 2006, the site was back up a few hours later.
France to Reintroduce "Three-Strikes" Law in ParliamentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 15, 2009 - 9:48am.
Paris
- French president Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party will be reintroduce a
controversial "three-strikes" anti-piracy bill after the legislation
suffered an unexpected defeat in Parliament last week, Variety reports.
TorrentSpy to Appeal Loss in MPAA Email "Hack" CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 13, 2009 - 12:51pm.
Los Angeles
- TorrentSpy, an index of files available for sharing on the BitTorrent
peer-to-peer network that was shut down after a copyright infringement lawsuit
from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has filed an appeal of
part of the case that involved the MPAA's hiring of a hacker to obtain emails
from the company, TorrentFreak reported.
MPAA: RealNetworks Destroyed Evidence in RealDVD CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2009 - 11:46am.
 Seattle
- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has accused RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) of
destroying evidence that would help its case against the company over RealDVD,
a software program that can copy the contents of a DVD, according to published
reports. A court has already granted a preliminary injunction against the sale
of RealDVD, which the MPAA argues violates a portion of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits circumvention of copy protections on a
digital device.
The Pirate Bay Trial Wraps; Prosecutor Seeks Prison TermsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 3, 2009 - 9:57am.
Stockholm,
Sweden - The
Swedish prosecutor and entertainment industry lawyers handling the case against
file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay asked the judge for prison terms for the four
defendants. The defendants also face up to $180,000 in fines for contributory
copyright infringement, as well as $13 million in damages for the 30
copyrighted media files the plaintiffs claim were offered through the site.
Anti-Piracy Group Gets ISPs to Nix 35 Blogs in Latin AmericaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2009 - 11:31am.
Los Angeles - Anti-piracy
forces of the music and movie industries have worked with Internet service
providers in Latin America to take 35 blogs
offline that were allegedly involved in music and film piracy, Billboard
reported.
TorrentSpy Appeals $111 Million Copyright JudgmentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2009 - 6:37am.
Los Angeles - TorrentSpy, the operator of a now-shuttered BitTorrent file-sharing hub that was sued for copyright infringement by the Motion Picture Association of America, has filed an appeal of the $111 million in damages it was ordered by a judge to pay the studios, CNET News.com reported. TorrentSpy was ordered by the judge in the case to turn over records on all of its U.S. users to the court; rather than comply, the site shut off access to U.S. users -- but ultimately decided to voluntarily shut the service down entirely during the course of the court proceedings. MPAA Sues Three Sites for Indexing Movie Download LinksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2008 - 1:46pm.
Los Angeles - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed suit against three sites that provide links to other sites that offer its copyrighted films for download, Wired.com reported. MPAA Petitions Obama to Adopt Anti-Piracy Web FilteringAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 11, 2008 - 1:37pm.
Los Angeles - The Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) has submitted a position paper to the Change.gov website set up by the incoming Obama administration, in which it argues for the adoption of technology that will block unauthorized sharing of movies and TV programming online, Wired.com reported. The MPAA urges the Obama administration to make "the fight against online piracy, including through automated detection and removal of infringing content," a top priority. |
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