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22 Jul 2008, 3:35 pm
The Motion Picture Association of America has long been a target of criticism for its secret, often-arbitrary, moralistic, and frequently non-sensical movie ratings. [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 11:29 am by Holly
The Writers Guild of America (“WGA”) is the combined efforts of The Writers Guild of America East and West, two labor unions representing writers and content creators for motion pictures, television, news, and digital media. [read post]
7 Sep 2015, 10:03 pm by Dan Flynn
With less than two weeks to go until sentencing, Stewart Parnell has joined Mary Wilkerson in asking to have the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case dismissed. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 8:55 am by Anupam Chander
The legislation — the Protect IP Act, which has been introduced in the Senate, and a House version known as the Stop Online Piracy Act — have an impressive array of well-financed backers, including the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Motion Picture Association of America, the American Federation of Musicians, the Directors Guild of America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Screen Actors Guild. [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 12:23 pm
If ever there was a time to question the Motion Picture Association of America's accounting of lost income to piracy, the time is now. [read post]
9 May 2008, 12:12 am
” Not to be outdone in mapping a route to the future, Fritz Attaway of the Motion Picture Association of America declared, “We need DRM to show our customers the limits of the license they have entered into with us. [read post]
3 Oct 2013, 6:33 am by Tim Sitzmann
As we all know, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has long taken an active role in the debate regarding the advantages and disadvantages of traditional midwifery and modern medical views regarding childbirth. [read post]
At last week’s US-China Film Summit in Los Angeles, the Motion Picture Association of America announced it had signed an agreement with China Film Group Corporation that will allow US rights owners to realize more money from film exhibition in China. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 11:36 am
The Motion Picture Association of America is claiming RealNetworks "actively destroyed" evidence to hide that its DVD copying software was based partly on the work of "hackers. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 1:09 pm
According to the most recent numbers by the Motion Picture Association of America, movie pirating has cost the industry $18.2 billion worldwide. [read post]
1 Jul 2007, 10:03 pm
Last week Bloomberg reported that the Motion Picture Association of America had sued two Internet sites - YouTVpc and Peekvid.com - claiming they illegally post copyrighted material. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 2:35 pm
The RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America have told the judge that it's impossible to know whether others had downloaded copyrighted music from Thomas' Kazaa share folder. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 10:50 am by David Kravets
(credit: whitehouse.gov) UPDATE: 3:35 ET: Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Chris Dodd lauds the partnership, saying: "Enacting a high-standard TPP with strong copyright protections is an economic priority for the American motion picture and television industry, which registered nearly $16 billion in exports in 2013 and supports nearly two million jobs throughout all fifty states. [read post]
1 Feb 2014, 5:58 am by Ben
A federal judge has ruled that copyright holders seeking to file suit against online pirates may not join multiple defendants into one suit, which might cause some headaches for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) who have widely used this tactic against filesharers. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 5:20 pm
The Motion Picture Association of America and the hacker it paid $15,000 for 34 pages of e-mails from BitTorrent search engine, TorrentSpy, did not violate a federal wiretap law, according to a recent California federal district court ruling. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 5:41 am by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee held two of three scheduled hearings on “The State of Patent Eligibility in America. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 4:49 pm
The Motion Picture Association of America, the film studio's litigation and lobbying arm, announced layoffs weeks ago. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 3:08 pm by David Kravets
While Newton mocked the Motion Picture Association of America, the site is best remembered for referring to the RIAA as the “Big 4 Organized Music Cartel,” the “Multi-Billion-Dollar Big 4 Record Companies,” “Hate Organizations,” the “U.S. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 2:28 pm
The internet will get a chance to watch live as lawyers spar in a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. [read post]