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A Large Studio Relies on TCS Expertise to Acquire an On-Demand Watermarking System

A Large Studio Relies on TCS Expertise to Acquire an On-Demand Watermarking System

Digital piracy is a serious problem in the media industry, and all media... Read more

6 December, 2010
An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues From Cloud Computing

An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues From Cloud Computing

...arise from digitalization for the producers and right owners of these goods. Digital piracy is accountable for massive losses in revenues of the music industry... Read more

14 June, 2011

AOL's Parsons: Beware of pirates

...of development. He then quickly described enemies the industry "dare not ignore": digital piracy and technologies that strip advertising out of content. "Our challenge as... Read more

9 April, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

Net piracy presents paradox to entertainers

...the Internet shows that the threat to the motion picture industry of digital piracy is real," said David Anderman, associate director of business affairs at... Read more

2 August, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

Euro MPs bow to big names in music

...move to toughen up copyright law in a bid to stamp out digital piracy Read more

10 February, 1999 by Chiyo Robertson

'PC tax' could replace BBC licence fee

Digital piracy and media centres to blame... The TV licence fee could eventually... Read more

3 March, 2005 by Jo Best

France passes controversial antipiracy bill

The 'three-strikes' bill ignores a measure passed by the European Parliament that prohibits EU countries from blocking internet access without a court order Read more

13 May, 2009 by Marguerite Reardon

EU votes against disconnecting file-sharers

...events and content". "[The European Parliament] underlines that on the battle against digital piracy, the solution should not be to criminalise consumers who do not... Read more

11 April, 2008 by David Meyer

Tory leader compares music piracy with child abuse

...the internet.They should be doing the same when it comes to digital piracy." And it doesn't stop there. "The music industry has done... Read more

6 July, 2007

'Joost' aims to make the internet more like TV

...video-sharing site, and BitTorrent, a company that many consider synonymous with digital piracy. Joost's nifty technology may be enough to sway the entertainment... Read more

16 January, 2007 by Greg Sandoval

Activists wring four DMCA concessions

...Library of Congress created on Tuesday four narrow exemptions to a controversial digital-piracy statute but was criticised by free-speech activists, who had hoped... Read more

29 October, 2003 by John Borland

Pushing 'shift' draws lawsuit

...violating copyright law that bans the distribution of tools for breaking through digital piracy safeguards. "We feel we were the victim of an unannounced agenda... Read more

10 October, 2003 by John Borland

Forum to target global digital standards

...Most notably, the SDMI effort that was aimed at protecting music against digital piracy collapsed two years ago under the weight of well-publicised disagreements... Read more

1 October, 2003 by John Borland

US colleges may charge for songs

University students could find an online music charge added to their fees invoice, as American colleges try to escape a legal tangle Read more

4 August, 2003 by John Borland

Broadband Britain at risk from Internet piracy

...boom is likely to falter unless more progress is made towards combating digital piracy, the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) has warned. In a report published... Read more

24 July, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

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