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Tag Archives: anti-piracy
EU: Tor, Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts (TorrentFreak)
Google Defends its Anti-Piracy Efforts (Engadget)
If you believe Trent Reznor and a good chunk of the music industry, Google (particularly YouTube) is a giant piracy machine — it's allegedly doing little to block stolen content,... More
NBC Universal Scores Patent to Detect, Target Pirates (TorrentFreak)
Despite the growing availability of legal services, unauthorized file-sharing remains one of the core threats for entertainment industry companies. Over the past several years v... More
MPAA: Early ‘Trusted Notifier’ Anti-Piracy Results Promising
In February, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced a partnership with Donuts Inc., which operates close to 200 domain name extensions, including .MOVIE and .TH... More
Japan Is Protecting Its Anime With Anti-Piracy Hires (Motherboard)
The Japanese government is adding a new weapon in its fight against online anime (and other video) piracy: human eyes. Previously, Japan’s Ministry of Trade, Economy, and Indu... More
MPAA Boss: Europe’s Geo Unblocking Plans Threaten Movie Industry (TorrentFreak)
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd fears that Europe's plans to limit geo-blocking will "cause great harm" to the movie industry. In a keynote address at the CineEurope convention, D... More
Google Sees DMCA Takedown Notices Quadruple in Two Years (TorrentFreak)
Google is being overloaded with DMCA takedown requests. The company has seen the number of takedown notices from rightsholders quadruple over the past two years. In 2016 alone, Goo... More
‘Gloria’ Director Recalls Piracy Nightmare (CreativeFuture)
Piracy is a problem the same way that theft is a problem. Millions of people put food on the table by making what you watch on TV or in the theatre – and stealing that content ro... More
Piracy Study: The Longer the DVD Window, the Worse the Sales
The time between the theatrical release of a new film and its availability on DVD almost always sees the movie hit piracy sites, but now a new study actually puts a number to how m... More
Is the ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Idea Doomed? (Torrent Freak)
Five years ago the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with several major U.S. Internet providers, announcing their plan to shift the norms and behavior of BitTorrent pirates. The parties l... More
How BBC Responded to Piracy: Create a Culture of Security
In mid 2014, James Hurrell got a call no content executive ever wants to receive. The premier content operations manager at BBC Worldwide was informed that five scripts and unfi... More
Sony Pictures Targets Torrent Sites with Preemptive Takedowns (TorrentFreak)
Copyright holders commonly ask torrent sites to remove links to pirated content, such as the latest blockbuster movies. However, Sony Pictures Networks goes a step further. This we... More
Radix, MPAA Establish New Partnership to Reduce Online Piracy (MPAA)
Domain name registry operator Radix and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains ope... More
CDSA Panel Delves Into Game Piracy Issues
by Lyndsey Schaefer Two security experts from Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios shared their perspectives on content protection during a CDSA-produced panel at Tuesday’s LA ... More
Proposed Disc Manufacturing Law Headed to California Governor’s Desk [Updated]
A bill that requires California’s optical disc manufacturers to comply with stricter anti-piracy measures has passed in both houses of the state’s legislature. Following the C... More
White Paper Surveys Global IP Legislation And Enforcement Efforts
There remains no single, universal solution to the global problem of digital IP enforcement, according to a new report from the Content Delivery & Storage Association and Futur... More
Biden Huddles With Hollywood On Piracy Issues
Vice President Joe Biden, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III are among the top government officials meeting with entertainment industry leaders t... More