video piracy
RSS video piracyViacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News A US judge's order for Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. Viacom responded in a statement that it needs the data to demonstrate... [04 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The European Commission is to consult on changes to the copyright levy, a surcharge on devices that hold music or video to compensate artists for potential piracy. Rumblings from the EU about the controversial copyright levy suggest this thorny... [18 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. Microsoft has said it alone is losing £250m annually in the UK from piracy. There is a lot of talk about the awfulness of software piracy but little seems to be said about the gross inconveniences that... [07 May 2008]
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News Strong copyright protections and efforts to stem piracy are critical to ensuring that our technology industries remain competitive in the global market. Would you support changing the DMCA to permit Americans to make a single backup copy of a DVD... [03 Jan 2008]
Upwardly Mobile: Why mobile DRM must die
Comment Since the Apple-EMI announcement, the naysayers have been shouting that it will mark the return of piracy. But what of video, games and the like? The brave new world of DRM-free music is in its infancy but it will surely have implications for... [01 May 2007]
Google accused of helping P2P pirates
News Google has been accused of helping website operators who are being sued for enabling online movie piracy, court documents show. Last week News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch questioned YouTube's business model and the new CEO of NBC Universal recently... [13 Feb 2007]
Piracy, patchy broadband hurting online content industry
News Piracy, the uneven adoption of broadband and the slow take-up of 3G mobile are all barriers to the growth of Europe's creative online content industries. Piracy is siphoning off potential revenue and deterring media companies from putting content... [29 Jan 2007]
BitTorrent to pimp the silver screen?
News Eric Patterson, BitTorrent's general manager of consumer services, said: "We come to the table with a solution to piracy. In February, BitTorrent will launch a video store where customers can download movies from such Hollywood studios as 20th... [29 Nov 2006]
Turning the Tide: Why new strategies are urgently needed to counter the surge in online video piracy
White Paper Now that millions of ordinary, non-geeky families are routinely downloading TV shows and movies without a second thought, digital piracy has clearly gone mainstream. These people don't see themselves as criminals. [18 Oct 2006]
Copyright tussle looming over online video?
News Opponents say the treaty would go far beyond targeting so-called "signal piracy". The proposal also embraces the legality of technological protection measures, which means there would be nothing to stop controversial copy-prevention regimes such as... [06 Sep 2006]
AOL moves into movie downloads
News For the Hollywood studios, faced with digital piracy of their products, it is an acknowledgment of the need for online distribution. AOL is adding digital movie downloads from several studios to its video site and providing more on-demand TV shows. [25 Aug 2006]
Hollywood ready for DVD burning
News The latest move by the DVD CCA fits with Hollywood's overall strategy to combat piracy by offering consumers a legal, inexpensive and convenient way to obtain digital movies so they won't bother to steal them. [11 Aug 2006]
YouTube faces copyright claim
News Passed in 1998 to protect copyright holders from technology that facilitated piracy, the DMCA also offered protection to web service providers by limiting their liability in cases where their customers were found guilty of copyright violation. [19 Jul 2006]
Is BitTorrent moving into the mainstream?
News Long considered in Hollywood as part of an extensive and despised piracy tool kit, BitTorrent's file-sharing system will be used by Warner Bros to distribute films and TV shows starting sometime this summer, the companies announced on Tuesday. [10 May 2006]
Microsoft triumphs over anti-piracy patent suit
News A Texas lawyer has lost a patent lawsuit over anti-piracy technology embedded in Microsoft's product activation program. That could let it flag two friends who were illegally running, say, a video game with the same activation key. [28 Mar 2006]
