A study on whether some law breaking is socially acceptable has revealed that 70 per cent believe downloading illicit material from the Internet is acceptable. Three out four, however, felt it was completely unacceptable to then sell that product on for profit. The study, published by the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit, questioned participants on morals […]
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has expressed its support for a report produced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that spotlighted more than 30 Internet and physical markets that exemplify key challenges in the global struggle against piracy and counterfeiting. According to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, piracy and […]
The police in Dubai have raided “dozens” of buildings in the UAE targeting alleged signal distribution pirates in the region. Dubai Police’s economic crime department co-ordinated the raids having been given details of the alleged pirates by Arab Digital Distribution (ADD), a pay-TV broadcaster which specialises in supplying content for Asian viewers. “Piracy is not […]
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has cleared the way for broadcasters to charge cable and satellite providers for carrying their programmes. The CRTC had asked the court to rule on whether it had the right to establish a regime whereby broadcasters could attach a value to their signals. In a 2-1 ruling, the court […]
Among mobile phone gamers in UK and US, the mobile phone is now the primary gaming device of choice, leapfrogging video game consoles and personal computers in less than two years, according to a study by Popcap Games. ‘Smartphone’ owners are by far the most avid consumers of mobile phone games. These and other purchase […]
“BravaHDTV”, the First Pan-European Opera and Culture HD channel, has been added to the High Definition TV packages of the French DSL provider Bouygues Telecom. It is the latest addition to BravaHDTV’s footprint in France, which already included the ADSL operators SFR and FREE/Alice, the cable platform Numericable and the digital satellite and DSL pay […]
A UK Government working group is to be formed to try to find a “plan B” to avoid potential litigation arising from the blocking of websites accused of illegal filesharing. The group will comprise rights holders, ISPs and search engines, is being formed after culture secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the Digital Economy Act’s section 17 […]
Prosecutors have dealt a blow to anti-piracy initiatives by dropping their case against two men accused of pirating films online. Two administrators of FileSoup – the longest standing BitTorrent community – had their case dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). George Cartledge, from Glasgow, and Stephen Lanning, from Somerset, faced charges of conspiracy to […]
Motorola Mobility Ventures, the investment arm of Motorola Mobility Holdings, is to make a strategic investment in Catch Media, the provider of a patented licensed digital rights locker platform – Play Anywhere. Catch Media’s patented registry, tracking, routing and clearinghouse technology, together with its post-acquisition licence, provides retailers, carriers and consumer electronics vendors the ability […]
Consumers increasingly want to access video content across the various video-capable devices they own, and service providers, content owners, online video distributors and device manufacturers are all keen to provide it. However, new technologies are urgently needed to secure multiplatform video content against piracy and unauthorised access, according to a major new report – Content […]