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Movie Studios Target Newzbin Over Usenet File-Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2009 - 9:18am.
Los Angeles - Movie studio trade group the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has set its sights on U.K.-based Usenet newsgroup search engine Newzbin for copyright infringement litigation, in a case due to be heard late this year or in early 2010, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Movies | MPA | Usenet | Newzbin |

Analysis: Is it Really Time to Rethink Copyright Law?

Authored by Paul Sweeting on May 29, 2008 - 4:59am.
Media Wonk normally tries not to get in the middle of pissing matches between other bloggers. But having disgorged at length on the economics of online music in my last post I'm going to risk sticking my nose ever so gingerly into the lengthy exchange on the same topic today between Hank Williams of Why Does Everything Suck (by way of Silicon Alley Insider) and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.
tags: Video | Law | Music | RIAA | Copyright | MPA | Hank Williams | Michael Arrington |

Australian Government Allocates $10 Million to Fight Piracy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 10, 2007 - 12:03pm.

Sydney - The Australian government has set aside about $10 million in the country's federal budget to combat piracy, Variety reported.

tags: Policy | Piracy | Copyright | Australia | MPA | Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft |