US Government Amps Up Blu-ray and DVD Piracy Warning

The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced that an updated anti-piracy warning will appear on new DVD and Blu-ray discs published by members of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

MPAA Welcomes Expansion of IP Task Force

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.

Film Industry Coalition to Address Piracy in India

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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ICE Hosts Summit on Combating Film Piracy

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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