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RSS MPAATorrentSpy out of luck in email hacking suit
News But while a US District judge found that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had not violated the federal Wiretap Act, as TorrentSpy's attorneys had argued, the MPAA acknowledged in court... [29 Aug 2007]
P2P indexing site shutters access to US users
News The barring of US residents by TorrentSpy comes as a US district judge is expected to rule any day on whether TorrentSpy must turn over its user information to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). [28 Aug 2007]
France to legalise P2P file-sharing?
News Most alarming is the apparent disregard for the potential impact on the French cinema industry, which will be hardest hit if this vote is upheld," said Gayle Osterberg, an MPAA vice president. France could become the... [23 Dec 2005]
Hollywood buddies up with Bram Cohen
News MPAA chief executive officer Dan Glickman said in a statement: "We are glad that Bram Cohen and his company are working with us to limit access to infringing files on the BitTorrent.com website. Hollywood studios... [23 Nov 2005]
Parents and employers targeted in anti-P2P drive
News The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a London-based affiliate of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), helped develop the software with the Motion Picture Association of America... [23 Sep 2005]
Leader: Is file-sharing sacking too heavy-handed?
Leader He was invited because he had been served legal papers earlier this year by Hollywood film body the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), accusing his DVD-Core website of being a BitTorrent hub that encouraged... [04 Jul 2005]
Techie fired over Grokster comments on BBC
News Alex Hanff was served with legal papers by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) earlier this year, which claims Hanff's DVD-Core website had been helping people to illegally download copyrighted films. [04 Jul 2005]
Is BBC trumping Hollywood with free video?
Comment As the US-based MPAA moves to crack down on internet users transferring television programmes using peer-to-peer software, the world's largest public broadcaster, the BBC, has announced plans to help its viewers do... [19 May 2005]
TV piracy: Lawsuits filed against net show swappers
News CEO of MPAA, Dan Glickman, said in a statement: "Every television series depends on other markets [such as] syndication and international sales to earn back the enormous investment required to produce the comedies and... [13 May 2005]
Pirates won't stop film downloading being $977m industry
News While the MPAA announces its latest wave of action, a new report has claimed the film industry on the internet has a bright future, pirates or no pirates. Thomas said the poor quality of films uploaded, coupled with... [31 Jan 2005]
Check your kids' computers for file-swapping
News The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) also made available a new free software tool so parents can scan their computers for file-swapping programs and for movie or music files which may be copyrighted. [31 Jan 2005]
Napster looking to enter movie downloads
News Film industry body the MPAA has filed lawsuits against pirates and is also cracking down on distribution networks such as eDonkey and BitTorrent. Since the advent of broadband film downloads have surged considerably -... [24 Jan 2005]
Euro sites raided over piracy claims
News In the US, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a legal campaign against the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-sharing networks which are often used for transferring films. The MPAA is... [15 Dec 2004]
Movie-swappers: Lawsuits on the way
News Literature the MPAA distributed lists Kazaa, eDonkey and Gnutella as examples of networks where "illegal digital copies of our member companies' motion pictures" are being traded. Until now, the MPAA's... [05 Nov 2004]
File-swapping ruling heads to Supreme Court
News In a joint petition to the Supreme Court, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said that letting the lower court rulings stand would badly undermine... [11 Oct 2004]
