IFPI announced that Mexican law enforcement officers and military personnel conducted two major anti-piracy enforcement operations in March 2010. According to the statement, in the first, aimed at a cartel known as “Los Zetas”, the authorities raided five warehouses and five laboratories. The product seized by the authorities included 349 disc burners, 125,000 recorded CD-Rs …
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Kingston Technology Company, Inc. announced the completion of the Content Delivery and Storage Association’s (CDSA) Content Protection and Security accreditation. Kingston is the world’s first Flash memory entertainment provider to successfully undergo this stringent international auditing process.
IFPI announced that a survey published by Rennes University into the effectiveness of France’s new “HADOPI” anti-piracy law was premature.
RCA Label Group (UK) announced that a new campaign, Music Matters, brings people together from across the industry for the first time, to highlight the value of music and to educate consumers on how to identify legitimate music services.
An initiative to address piracy was jointly launched at the FICCI Frames entertainment convention by Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman Dan Glickman, and Hindi studio executives including Yash Chopra (Yash Raj Films), Amit Khanna (Reliance Big Entertainment), Harish Dayani (Moser Baer), Siddharth Roy Kapoor (UTV), Sunil Lulla (Eros International) and Sandeep Bhargava (Studio …
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Cinram International, Inc. announced the initiation of the CDSA Content Protection and Security certification process, which for over ten years has assisted content holders and their service providers in maintaining the most responsible practices and policies for secure handling of intellectual property for home video, music, video games and business software.
IFPI announced that Italian Fiscal Police have moved to dismantle a criminal operation that was selling pirate compilation discs through a website.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that representatives of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and seven of the largest movie studios joined federal law enforcement leaders at the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in Crystal City Jan. 26 to discuss the problem of piracy. The IPR Center, led by …
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IFPI announced that it has released the 2010 edition of its yearly Digital Music Report. First published in 2004 as the Online Music Report, the Digital Music Report provides an overview of the music industry’s changing business models, outlines the impact of digital piracy internationally, and reviews the efforts of governments to address it.
The Content Delivery & Storage Association (CDSA) announced that it has named the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) as its association management company of record. According to the statement, MESA’s first responsibility will be to manage the continued rollout of CDSA’s newly updated and expanded international Content Protection Certification Program next year.
The Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) announced an increase in new applications for certification in its recently enhanced “Content Protection and Security Standards” programs for the entertainment, games, software and information content communities. According to the statement, CDSA’s Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs (APCP) are already supported by major content owners, such as NBC Universal …