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Piracy Hurts Everybody

There has been much discussion about the effects of digital piracy on the large record labels, the megastar artists, and the James Camerons of Hollywood.  Piracy effects those of us in the stock music industry as well.  What most people … Continue reading

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Navy SEAL vs. Pirates?

Former United States Senator Bob Kerrey has agreed to lead the Motion Picture Association of America.  Kerrey, who some may remember from his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1992, will replace Dan Glickman as the CEO of the … Continue reading

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BitTorrent Users Can Be Identified

For those who think that file sharing over sites like BitTorrent is a private act of piracy, think again.  Researchers have devised a way to monitor users of the service over long periods of time and allows them to map … Continue reading

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Department of Justice Fight for Intellectual Property Rights

Early this week the Department of Justice added fifteen new Assistant U.S. Attorneys and twenty FBI Special Agents to the Justice’s intellectual property protection task force.  The increased manpower will allow the task force to expand it’s ability to respond … Continue reading

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Greece Cracking Down on Piracy

Recently a Greek police force arrested 11 people in connection with the popular file sharing site gamato.info.gr for violating intellectual property laws.  Gamato.info.gr had 850,000 registered members and millions of visitors. In the month following those arrests, at least 11 … Continue reading

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Congress Stepping Up to Fight Piracy

Congress has agreed to provide 30 million dollars in new funding to help fight the battle against piracy.  According to MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman, the funding will go toward new FBI agents, federal prosecutors, and local ans state … Continue reading

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