Kaleidescape announced that it is appealing a California Superior Court ruling that the company is in breach of the Content Scramble System (CSS) license agreement it signed with the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA).
Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox announced they are working with SanDisk and Western Digital to develop standards that will allow high definition movies to be securely distributed to, as well as stored and played back on, a range of devices.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that it seized thousands of counterfeit DVD movie discs from a booth at the Gibraltar Trade Centre in London, Ontario.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) announced that it has submitted recommendations to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual Special 301 review.
IFPI announced that it has released the 2012 edition of its yearly Digital Music Report.
The U.S. Justice Department and FBI announced that seven individuals as well as two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for online piracy through Megaupload and related websites.
The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) announced that the The Copyright Board of Canada has issued an interim Private Copying Tariff for 2012-2013.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that two individuals were sentenced this week in Atlanta for their involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring.
IFPI announced that the paysafecard group is working with the City of London Police and the recording industry to prevent paysafecard’s services from being used by websites that sell copyright infringing music.
Civolution announced that Fortium has integrated Civolution’s NexGuard forensic video watermarking technology into its PIN-Play content protection system for digital files and DVDs.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) announced that it has seized 150 website domain names that were allegedly selling and distributing counterfeit merchandise.