Hollywood’s Unions Lobbying For Stronger Antipiracy Laws

By Steve Anderson - 08/23/2010 12:10:05 PM

Another hit to the torrent crew comes with the announcement that Hollywood's union bosses are moving on Washington to get stronger antipiracy laws put in place. On the last day of a comment period designed to get input on where the FCC should go in policing and protecting the Internet, the unions sent a letter off ...

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Avatar Not The Pirate Killer Once Thought

By Steve Anderson - 01/07/2010 2:14:55 AM

Well, folks, a lot of people had some high hopes for Avatar to represent one of the greatest milestones ever made--the hardest movie ever to pirate. See, the general consensus said that, when you show a movie in 3D, pirates can't "cam" it, or shoot it in theaters with their camcorders, because the images will come ...

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Chris Weitz Steps In To Defend Twi-Pirate Tumpach

By Steve Anderson - 12/11/2009 1:34:15 AM

The legend of the (strictly alleged)  Twi-Pirate, Samantha Tumpach, is growing as she gets a little support from a surprising quarter, New Moon director Chris Weitz. Weitz, you see, really does believe there was no malicious intent, certainly no attempt to defraud and steal from him as the studios so often like to breathlessly proclaim.  As ...

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Will Netflix’s Thirty Day Embargo on New Movies Fuel Piracy?

By Steve Anderson - 12/07/2009 2:54:26 AM

If you believe the crew out at the Washington Post--and frankly, there's not much of a reason to NOT believe them!--if Netflix actually goes through with its planned thirty day embargo on new release titles (in which no title will be available on Netflix until thirty days after its original release date), movie piracy will ...

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Tales From the Pirate Wars: Alleged Twi-Pirate Rebuts Claims

By Steve Anderson - 12/07/2009 2:53:03 AM

So there's some word back following the arrest of Samantha Tumpach, whose arrest for allegedly taping a four minute segment of Twilight: New Moon has been making headlines all over the country and beyond. Remember how we said this was pretty much ridiculous?  Turns out it's even more ridiculous than first thought--Tumpach herself says that she ...

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