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18 Jan 2012, 6:31 am by Blaine T. Bettinger
  Chris Dodd, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is one of these strong supporters and has stated that today’s online protest is “yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 8:03 am
" The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents Columbia Pictures and other top Hollywood film studios, sued TorrentSpy and a host of others in February 2006 as part of a sweep against file-sharing companies. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 6:31 am by Blaine T. Bettinger
  Chris Dodd, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is one of these strong supporters and has stated that today’s online protest is “yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 10:57 am
  Will there be a tipping point with enough independent companies succumbing to the WGA demands and going back into production because of the waivers that the powerful Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) will go back to the table? [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 6:10 pm by Timothy B. Lee
In the first, the "American Motion Picture Association" announces it has hired "Senator Chris Rodd"—clearly references to the MPAA and its chairman, former Sen. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 4:15 pm by Timothy B. Lee
Today Obama is president of the United States and Dodd leads the Motion Picture Association of America. [read post]
4 May 2007, 3:38 pm
Police seized servers and other computers from the site in last year's raid, a search that followed urging from the Motion Picture Association of America. [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 6:00 am by David Kravets
In July, however, Hood and Google settled their dispute about the subpoena, which read like a page from the anti-piracy playbook of the Motion Picture Association of America. [read post]
13 Apr 2012, 12:57 pm by David Kravets
And the Motion Picture Association of America wants the data preserved because it is mulling a civil lawsuit against Megaupload. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 8:40 am
The idea for the anti-piracy campaign evolved when Oliver realized that the street-sales of pirated movies had declined following a crackdown by Mayor Michael Bloomberg with the help of the Motion Picture Association of America in 2007. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 5:49 am by Glenn Reynolds
Lieberman’s former colleague, left office a pariah, statewide and countrywide, but quickly landed on his feet by becoming chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 12:58 pm by David Kravets
Agreeing with rights holders' and the Motion Picture Association of America's doomsday predictions, the Librarian of Congress on Tuesday rejected, again, another proposal that would allow users to finally rips these items for personal use. [read post]
29 Jun 2007, 8:01 am
A good argument can be made that it is or should be illegal - in principle - to knowingly link to infringing content on the internet.Chris Tew has drawn my attention to his article at WebTVWire concerning the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) copyright infringement lawsuit against PeekVid and YouTVpc, as also discussed by Nate Anderson at ars technica (digg) and Scott M. [read post]
12 Nov 2006, 9:26 pm
Home-entertainment companies have long battled piracy in China mainly by pushing legal action against the producers of counterfeit goods, while investing little in distributing genuine copies because they deem the market hopeless. ...The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that piracy in China cost its members $244 million in lost ticket and DVD sales last year. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 9:37 pm
" This group of hackers who are also known as "Anonymous" claimed credit and also claimed that they also broke into the Motion Picture Association of America's website. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 9:02 am by Jon Brodkin
The Electronic Frontier Foundation backed him, and even the Motion Picture Association of America said it would be OK with seeing files returned to users if they weren't illegally downloaded copyrighted material. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 12:48 pm
Despite a plea deal with the government under which she was sentenced to serve 22 months in jail and pay $200,000 to the Motion Picture Association of America, the judge allowed Beshara to self-surrender in several weeks, once the Bureau of Prisons decides where she will go (she's hoping for Martha Stewart's old digs in West Virginia.) [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 9:21 am by Andrew Ramonas
At Miller, Eizenstat lobbied last year for the Motion Picture Association of America Inc. and footwear importer E.S. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 1:20 pm
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) applauded the proposal, which is embedded in a 747-page spending and financial aid bill. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 5:48 am
In January, the Motion Picture Association of America unveiled proposals to strengthen the voluntary ratings system used to tell audiences about the content of movies. [read post]