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U.S. Judge slows MPAA file-trading suit
News A California judge says the movie studios have improperly bundled too many separate cases together.
Tags: Peer to peer
Recording, movie groups join Internet2
News Both industries join Internet2's quest for a faster online network, hoping to prevent illegal uses and "enhance" creative value.
Tags: Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Piracy, Next-generation technology/networks
Hollywood steps up antipiracy campaign
News MPAA to create student "codes of conduct" and "significantly" increase monitoring of online film trading.
Tags: Piracy
Isohunt judge says MPAA has yet to prove direct infringment
News Federal court judge says studios must convince him that Isohunt's U.S. users are violating copyright. Isohunt's attorney says he's hopeful case will go to a jury.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, TorrentSpy, BitTorrent, copyright violation, MPAA, Judge, U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Judge, Web 2.0
RealNetworks continues to develop DVD-copying device
News Though a judge made decide to retain a ban on sales of Real's DVD-copying technology, the company continues to develop film-copying device.
Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., DVD-copying, Sales, DVD, MPAA, job posting, job, Hollywood, industry
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
News During RealDVD hearing, Rob Glaser says studios could help prevent the illegal copying of rented DVDs by helping devices recognize those discs as rentals.
Tags: Piracy, Video, RealNetworks Inc., DVD, copyright violation, Associated Press, MPAA, movie, hard drive, America
Judge seals courtroom in MPAA DVD-copying case
News DVD Copy Control Association says public should be barred from the courtroom because information about the technology used to encrypt DVDs is a trade secret.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Courtroom, Haiku, U.S. Circuit Court, RealNetworks Inc., attorney, DVD-copying, Marilyn Patel, CSS, DVD
RealNetworks accuses MPAA of antitrust violations
News In court filing, Real claims that six largest film studios violated Sherman Act by conspiring against the software maker.
Tags: Piracy, Antitrust, Lawsuits, Viacom Inc., RealNetworks Inc., DVD, MPAA, software, copyright law, Hollywood
What to expect from the RealDVD decision
News Judge is known for delivering relatively speedy decisions. But, even if Real loses in this preceding, company could still prevail at trial. We have a long way to go yet.
Tags: Lawsuits, Piracy, Video, Marilyn Hall Patel, Backup, Napster Inc., attorney, RealDVD, Real, Ben Sheffner
Studios win US$100M judgment against TorrentSpy
News Los Angeles federal court judge also issues permanent injunction against former search engine of BitTorrent files.
Tags: Web sites, Multimedia, TorrentSpy, BitTorrent, Search Engine, MPAA, financial, Internet, Los Angeles, California
RealDVD case: Real introduces surprise witness
News Former Microsoft exec disputes that Hollywood banned DVD copying in license for Content Scramble System.
Tags: Copyright, Piracy, Lawsuits, Intel Corp., Google Inc., Marilyn Patel, DVD, computer, movie, software
Linux group rebuffs Hollywood piracy charge
News MPAA hits wrong target with "shoot-in-the-dark approach" in movie copyright fight, says Linux Australia.
Action! Piracy clampdown targets movies
News The movie industry is training its legal guns on the Gnutella file-sharing system in its latest efforts to combat piracy.
Broadband fans busted over Gnutella
News The movie industry is training its legal guns on the Gnutella file-sharing system in its latest efforts to combat piracy.
Movie trade group tries to block DVD cracking tool
News In a major test of a new copyright law, the Motion Picture Association of America is hunting down and eliminating from the Net a program that cracks the security on DVDs.
