U.K. Court Shows Rogue Website The Pirate Bay the Plank
On Monday, a U.K. court took the wind out of The Pirate Bay’s sails via a ruling that may sink the popular file sharing website in England’s online seas. Like other courts in other countries, that...
View ArticleNew Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Intellectual Property Rights,...
I had the honor this week of participating in a panel on Capitol Hill hosted by The American Consumer Institute (ACI), whose speakers also included Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R – Tennessee), ACI’s Steve...
View ArticleNew Study: Digital Thieves’ Profits from Ad-Supported Content Theft Reached...
An alarming new report from the non-profit Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) calculates for the first time the sheer advertising revenue improperly gathered by online thieves who pirate copyrighted...
View ArticleHomeland Security Hearing Should Emphasize Intellectual Property Protections...
At 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing with new U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson entitled “The Secretary’s Vision for the...
View ArticleHouse Hearing Offers Opportunity to Combat Internet Piracy through Voluntary...
On Thursday, March 13, the House Judiciary Intellectual Property (IP) Subcommittee will conduct a hearing regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA’s) “notice and takedown” provisions. It...
View ArticleHouse Hearing Provides Progress in Combating Online Piracy and IP Theft...
Last week, we highlighted an important House Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA’s) critical “notice and takedown” provisions. The...
View ArticleCopyright Alert System – A Successful First Year for a Market Initiative to...
Copyright infringement constitutes a multi-billion dollar problem, but free market cooperation in the form of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) has enjoyed a remarkably successful first year. One year...
View ArticleNew Study: Pre-Release Movie Piracy Compounds Box Office Loss by 19%
Piracy of movies is wrong in and of itself, as it constitutes straightforward theft and deprives the creative community the right to the fruits of its labor and investment. The sheer amount of money,...
View ArticleNew Study: Online “Cyberlockers” Facilitating Piracy
Happy “International Talk Like a Pirate Day,” which can make for a bit of harmless office fun on a Friday. Unfortunately, real piracy of the online variety is no laughing matter. It costs the American...
View ArticleWhereToWatch.com – New Search Tool Locates Films and Shows on Legal Sites
We’ve written extensively on the destructive nature of illegal online piracy, as well as various market and legal avenues to combat it. In positive news this week, the Motion Picture Association of...
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