Verimatrix Unveils StreamMark VoD Watermarking
Verimatrix announced its new StreamMark Video-On-Demand (VOD) watermarking technology.
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MPAA Addresses Illegal Video Streaming
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced that one of its representatives testified at a hearing before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
CPCC Wants Music Levy on Memory Cards
The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) announced that it wants to extend the Canadian private audio copying levy, which currently applies to CD-R/RW discs, to include electronic memory cards.
BSA Publishes Latest Global Software Piracy Study
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that it has published its eighth annual survey of PC software piracy in 116 countries and regions around the world..
Testronic Poland CDSA Certified
Testronic Labs announced that its facility in Poland has been awarded Content Protection and Security Standard certification (CPS) by the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA).
USTR Publishes Intellectual Property Rights Report
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has published its annual Special 301 Report, which provides the agency’s opinion of the adequacy and effectiveness of the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) by U.S. trading partners.
RCMP Nabs DVD Counterfeiters
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that it shut down a significant DVD counterfeiting ring operating in the greater Toronto, Ontario area.
RCMP Collars DVD Pirate
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that it seized thousands of counterfeit DVD movie and video game discs as well as copying equipment from a home in Wallaceburg, Ontario.
Music Downloading Declines After Fall of LimeWire
The NPD Group announced that, according to its latest research, the percentage of the U.S. Internet population using a P2P file-sharing service to download music fell from 16% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2007 to 9% in Q4 2010 when LimeWire ceased its file-sharing operations.
Media Piracy in Emerging Economies
The Social Science Research Council announced that it has published its Media Piracy in Emerging Economies report, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.
RCMP Busts Counterfeit DVD Peddlers
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that it seized thousands of counterfeit DVD movie discs from a man and woman operating a booth at the Gibraltar Trade Centre in London, Ontario.