Only Content Industries Can Create Content People Want, Says MPAA's Attaway
“Our industries do something that no one else can do,” the Motion Picture Association of America’s Fritz Attaway said at the Association of… Read more at paidContent »
Hotfile sues Warner Bros., claims wrongful takedowns
Warner Bros. systematically abused an automated takedown system provided by Hotfile, the file host claims in a countersuit against the studio. The claims made by Hotfile include information on the behind-the-scenes actions taken by Hollywood to enforce its rights against file sharing on cloud file hosts. Read more »
Guest post: Stealing isn’t saving
This guest post was written by Alex Swartsel, who is a member of the MPAA’s communications team, and originated on the MPAA Blog. It was written in response to Janko Roettgers’ piece “Sorry, Hollywood: Piracy may make a comeback,” which we published Thursday. Read more »
Zediva shuts down DVD-streaming service
Less than two weeks after a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against its DVD-streaming service, Zediva has suspended its operations. The shutdown is a big win for Hollywood studios, which took the company to court earlier this year. Read more »
British court orders ISP to block piracy site Newzbin
A judge in London has ruled that the country’s largest internet provide should block access to Newzbin, a filesharing service which Hollywood has been trying to shut down for years. Could the decision encourage other ISPs to institute filters against unauthorized downloading? Read more »
Hollywood wants British ISP to block Usenet site
Hollywood has set its eyes on Newzbin2, an indexing site that facilitates movie and TV show downloads from Usenet servers. However, it’s not going after the site directly, but is instead suing British ISP BT to have Newzbin2 blocked on the IP address level. Read more »
Zediva: We’re just like DVD rentals from Netflix
Zediva launched a service to stream DVDs to users’ web browsers. That raised the ire of Hollywood studios, which sued it for copyright infringement. Now Zediva has filed its response, claiming that it is no different than other DVD rental services from Netflix or Blockbuster. Read more »
MPAA Goes After DVD Streaming Service Zediva
Surprise! New video rental service Zediva is being taken to court for copyright infringement. The MPAA filed suit Monday on behalf of six Hollywood studios, claiming that Zediva illegally streams their films over the Internet without licensing the content from rights holders. Read more »
Will the MPAA Target RapidShare, Megaupload or Dropbox?
Hollywood has set its sight on file hosters like Hotfile.com, which was sued this week by the MPAA’s member studios. Many of the legal arguments made against Hotfile could also easily be applied to RapidShare, Megaupload and even cloud-based backup and file synching services like Dropbox. Read more »
Vid-Biz: AOL-HuffPo, MPAA Sues Hotfile, Thwapr iPhone App
Today on the Net: Break Media’s CEO questions AOL’s video strategy with The Huffington Post on board, the MPAA is suing cyberlocker service Hotfile and Thwapr’s new iPhone app lets users share up to 30-minute video files. Read more »
MPAA to Google, Colleges: Get Rid of The Pirate Bay
The Motion Picture Association of America wants Google to remove The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites from its search results. The organization is asking universities to step up the fight against piracy as well by blocking access to The Pirate Bay and similar sites. Read more »
Court Case Against Usenet Indexer Newzbin to Begin Tomorrow
London’s High Court of Justice will hear the opening statements in the case of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & ors v Newzbin Ltd. tomorrow. Invite-only Newzbin is part of the huge and growing Usenet phenomenon, indexing posts made to Usenet and helping to download large […] Read more »
Fight Over “Selectable Output Control” DRM Heats Up
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the advocacy group Public Knowledge sent tit-for-tat letters to the FCC yesterday over the issue of Selectable Output Control (SOC). The MPAA has petitioned for waiver on the FCC’s ban of SOC, which would allow analog outputs from […] Read more »
Vid-Biz: iPlayer, Guitar Hero, Atlanta Braves
Everything You Wanted to Know About the BBC iPlayer; the web TV service pushes out 12GB of data every second, and people are watching it on their iPhones when they go to bed; more facts in this in-depth story. (CNET U.K.) Guitar Hero TV? Talks are […] Read more »
Vid-Biz: Sezmi, KickApps, SAG
Sezmi Secures $28 Million; influx of cash comes on the heels of the set-top box company laying off 20 percent of its staff. (peHUB) KickApps Raises More than $13 Million; white-label social networking site is working on Series C round. (peHUB) SAG Seeks to Authorize Strike […] Read more »
