The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) announced that a pair of counterfeiters who ran a £1 million illegal DVD copying operation in Milton Keynes England have been jailed for a total of more than three years.
IFPI announced its reaction to the publication of the Canadian Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-32). John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, says: “It is welcome news that the Canadian government is at last looking to update its copyright laws and join the WIPO internet treaties, recognising that unless it protects intellectual property rights …
The Government of Canada announced that it has introduced legislation to modernize the Copyright Act. According to the statement, this legislation is intended to bring Canada in line with international standards and promote home-grown innovation and creativity.
The Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) announced that Deluxe Digital Studios has become the first entertainment services company in the world to achieve the CDSA Content Protection and Security Standard certification at three of its home entertainment facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.
The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus announced that it has unveiled its “2010 International Piracy Watch List.” According to the statement, in an effort to combat international copyright piracy by calling attention to countries where piracy has reached alarming levels, the Caucus announced it will closely monitor the serious problems of copyright piracy in China, Russia, …
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that a Nigerian woman is facing state charges for her role in an international operation after authorities seized nearly 6,500 pirated DVDs from her Chicago apartment. The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
IFPI announced that it welcomed the ruling by a US Federal Court against the well-known file-sharing service LimeWire.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued comments regarding a federal court’s ruling that found LimeWire and its operators liable of copyright infringement.
According to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) installations of unlicensed software on personal computers (PC) in Canada fell from 32 to 29% in 2009, representing a commercial value of US $943 million.
NEC Corporation announced the development of a video content identification technology that detects illegal copies of video content uploaded to the Internet in a matter of seconds. According to the statement, this technology generates a fingerprint (video signature) to identify video content then compares video signatures to the signatures of original content in order to …
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The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) announced that it welcomes the appointment of 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorneys and 20 FBI Special Agents to the Justice Department’s intellectual property protection task force.