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  • August 2008

    • British Game Companies Target 25K Downloaders

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 20, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      British Game Companies Target 25K Downloaders

      (Newser) - A group of five of the world’s top computer-game makers are getting tough on illegal downloaders, the Times of London reports, demanding settlements of about $555 from 25,000 people across Britain. Those who refuse to settle will be taken to court, the companies—Atari, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump, Techland and Codemasters—are threatening. More »

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      piracy  • computer games  • Britain  • Atari

    • Music Biz Can't Dodge Piracy: Study

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 12:04 PM CDT

      Music Biz Can't Dodge Piracy: Study

      (Newser) - Offering fans cheap online access to music doesn't make a dent in illegal downloads, a new study of Radiohead’s latest album shows. Although In Rainbows was released online for whatever fans wanted to pay, it was illegally downloaded millions of times, reports the Financial Times. The study advocates accepting the inevitable. "It’s time to stop swimming against the tide of what people want," said a co-author. More »

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      music industry  • copyright  • piracy  • Radiohead  • P2P  • illegal downloading  • In Rainbows

  • July 2008

    • Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 28, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Studio Went Super-Secret to Protect Batman

      (Newser) - In a dazzling covert operation, Warner Bros. kept the lid on The Dark Knight so tight pirated copies didn’t hit the Web until 2 days after its Australian premiere—long enough to keep the film’s record opening on track, the Los Angeles Times reports. Digital piracy can keep fans online and out of theaters; early bad buzz can also kill a film’s box office in the crucial first weekend. More »

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      film  • box office  • piracy  • The Dark Knight  • intellectual property  • DVD piracy  • blockbusters

    • How Piracy Can Boost Business

      Economist  |  Jul 19, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      How Piracy Can Boost Business

      (Newser) - Intellectual piracy is bad for business, yes, but also inevitable—and companies fare better when turning it to their advantage, the Economist reports. The large (and illegal) volume of music and video exchanged online, for example, can reveal who’s popular in which countries. And Microsoft, which officially battles piracy, also derives massive benefits from bootlegging of Windows. More »

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      Microsoft  • music industry  • piracy  • intellectual property  • Nike  • knockoff

  • June 2008

    • New Releases at Home? But There's A Catch

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      New Releases at Home? But There's A Catch

      (Newser) - Hollywood is asking the government to let it control what movies HDTV watchers can see based on what hardware they’re using. Studios don’t want pre-DVD releases going over analog cables, where they can be illegally copied. In return, they’re offering to release new movies in HD on cable and satellite TV before DVD, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      television  • Hollywood  • FCC  • movies  • piracy

    • UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy

      CNN  |  Jun 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy

      (Newser) - With piracy a growing problem off the Horn of Africa, the UN will allow its members to combat pirates using “all necessary means,” including chasing them into Somali waters, CNN reports. Somalia’s transitional government supports the move. More than two dozen pirate attacks have been reported in the area in 2008, including nine successful hijackings. More »

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      United Nations  • Security Council  • piracy  • Somalia  • UN Security Council  • pirates  • Horn of Africa

    • Life Imitates Depp: Caribbean Piracy on Rise

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Life Imitates Depp: Caribbean Piracy on Rise

      (Newser) - Pirates of the Caribbean is becoming all too real for yachters, the Los Angeles Times reports, with crime against visiting boats on the rise—and “it's becoming more violent,” one analyst says. The attacks are prompting businesses to advise caution—but they worry that overstating the problem could cause paranoia among tourists, the backbone of the region’s economy. More »

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      theft  • Caribbean  • piracy  • pirates  • yachts  • Pirates of the Caribbean  • violent crime  • armed robbery

  • May 2008

    • Piracy Police Accidentally Hit Non-Pirates

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 10:34 AM CDT

      Piracy Police Accidentally Hit Non-Pirates

      (Newser) - MediaDefender’s job is to hunt down pirates. The company specializes in seeding piracy sites with fake files, or “spoofs,” frustrating would-be media thieves. There’s just one problem: Its latest victim, Revision3 Corp, isn’t actually pirating anything. An Internet TV network, Revision3 was using file sharing technology—legally—to spread its content, when MediaDefender flooded it with spoofs, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      file sharing  • piracy  • online media

    • Aussies Ditch Dueling Law

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  May 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      Aussies Ditch Dueling Law

      (Newser) - There's no longer a law against challenging somebody to a duel in Queensland, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. As part of an effort to get old laws off the books, the Australian state is also scrapping laws against piracy on the high seas, and mayors will no longer have to read the Riot Act to mobs of angry townspeople before rioters can be charged. More »

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      Australia  • gun  • law  • piracy  • Queensland

  • January 2008

    • Online Music Sales Surge in Britain

      Reuters  |  Jan 3, 08 3:28 PM CST

      Online Music Sales Surge in Britain

      (Newser) - Online music downloads in Britain surged during the last week of 2007, more than doubling the corresponding week of 2006, Reuters reports. With physical album sales still down and digital piracy continuing, analysts saw a high note: "The news should help induce optimism that the recorded music industry may be seeing the roots of recovery," one said. More »

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      Apple  • iPod  • digital music  • piracy  • online music

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • US Pursues Hijacked Ship in Somali Waters

      CNN  |  Oct 30, 07 12:00 PM CDT

      US Pursues Hijacked Ship in Somali Waters

      (Newser) - A US warship is hot on the trail of a Japanese cargo vessel hijacked by pirates off Somalia. USS Porter sank pirate skiffs that had been tied to the Golden Mori when it sent distress signals Sunday. But after the bombardment, authorities learned that the Panamanian-flagged Mori contains benzene, a highly flammable, carcinogenic substance used to make plastic, reports CNN. More »

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      Navy  • piracy  • Somalia  • Horn of Africa

    • DVD Pirates Outwit Hollywood

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 26, 07 7:18 AM CDT

      DVD Pirates Outwit Hollywood

      (Newser) - The high-profile Oscar hopeful American Gangster opens next week—but it's already available as a pirated DVD for $5 or for free via internet file-sharing sites. American Gangster is the latest example of the upper hand that bootleggers have gained of late in their war against security measures, the Wall Street Journal reports. And the bootlegs are pristine quality, too. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • box office  • piracy  • DVD  • DVD piracy

  • August 2007

    • Dogs Have a Nose for Pirates

      Wired  |  Aug 31, 07 7:05 PM CDT

      Dogs Have a Nose for Pirates

      (Newser) - The NYPD's two cutest agents busted what cops say was a counterfeit DVD operation this week, heralding a new era in anti-piracy enforcement. Lucky and Flo, two black Labs trained to sniff out chemicals in DVDs, are just back from Malaysia, where they led authorities to 26 arrests on 35 raids. The canine cops have been called "very talented crime fighters," Wired reports. More »

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      dog  • police  • piracy  • NYPD  • DVD piracy  • canine units

    • Universal Thumbs Nose at Apple

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 11, 07 9:40 AM CDT

      Universal Thumbs Nose at Apple

      (Newser) - Universal Music will ditch the anti-piracy software on music it sells through most outlets, making it easy—but still illegal—to copy its tunes. In what one analyst calls “a bold-faced move to blunt Apple’s influence,” the plan conspicuously excludes iTunes. The company says Apple is a “control group” in its study of piracy, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • Apple  • music  • iTunes  • file sharing  • music label  • piracy  • Universal Music Group  • EMI

    • Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      New York Times  |  Aug 1, 07 10:02 AM CDT

      Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      (Newser) - The titles are unintentionally hilarious— Harry Potter and the Big Funnel, Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll —but China's thriving piracy industry is no laughing matter. The Times looks at the phenomenon of "Harry" knockoffs, a problem so widespread that one estimate puts the percentage of illegal books for sale at 40%. More »

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      China  • book  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • piracy  • knockoff

  • June 2007

    • 3-D Format Will Foil Film Pirates

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 28, 07 6:24 AM CDT

      3-D Format Will Foil Film Pirates

      (Newser) - Movie makers are preparing to launch a major assault on video piracy—in 3-D.  In two years, more than 4,000 theaters will be 3-D-ready, and top studios are gearing up to create films in the new format, which can't be recorded off the screen. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are using it, and James Cameron is filming his first feature since Titanic in the format. More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • technology  • theater  • piracy  • movie theaters  • George Lucas  • DVD piracy  • 3D  • Jeffrey Katzenberg  • Dreamworks

    • Studios Tussle with Piracy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 22, 07 8:19 AM CDT

      Studios Tussle with Piracy

      (Newser) - Hollywood is scrambling to crack down after a recent spate of online movie piracy: Disney's "Ratatouille" and Michael Moore's "Sicko" have each surfaced on the net before theatrical release. Studios have been ramping up pre-release screenings to build buzz, which the Journal says makes it easier for camcorder-wielding pirates to bootleg films. More »

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      movie  • YouTube  • piracy  • film studio

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