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| Oct 9, 2026 | Nvidia's head of corporate communications has left after roughly four months | Nvidia's head of corporate communications has left the company after roughly four months on the job, Business Insider has learned.
Anna Soellner joined the chip giant around June, per her Linkedin profile, amid a period of explosive growth.... |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Tom Bombadil Sings Physics, Not Magic; Colbert Scripts Lord of the Rings Fix Now | By Luke McKenzie
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| Sep 8, 2026 | Avengers Doomsday Test Score Tops Endgame: Doom Diagnoses What Avengers Got Wrong | By Frederick Rodriguez
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| Aug 25, 2026 | Stunt Work Is Applied Physics: How The Fall Guy Ended a Century of Hiding It | By Mark Rutherford
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| Aug 18, 2026 | MPA Strikes First AI Copyright Pact; ByteDance Training Liability Stays in Court | By Terrence Hill
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| Jul 14, 2026 | ACE Welcomes Telekom Srbija Group as Newest Member, Expanding Anti-Piracy Fight in Southeast Europe | The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced Telekom Srbija Group as its newest member, strengthening ACE’s content protection efforts in Southeast Europe and across the glo... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | The painfully loud streaming ads interrupting your show are finally getting toned down | If you have ever scrambled for the remote because a commercial is suddenly blasting twice as loud as the show you were watching, relief is on the way.
Starting July 1, California is making it illegal for streaming platforms to run ads loude... |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Голливуд вбухал миллионы в защиту DVD, а сломал её норвежский школьник, которому просто хотелось смотреть кино на Linux | Значит так. Есть такой расхожий сюжет: жадные корпорации придумали защиту, а злые хакеры её взломали. Красиво, драматично, и конечно-же неправда. С защитой DVD всё было ровно наоборот: её похоронили не хакеры, а собственное правительство СШ... |
| May 4, 2026 | MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION APPOINTS PAUL MULLER AS VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION POLICY, ASIA‑PACIFIC | SINGAPORE, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today announced the appointment of Paul Muller as Vice President, Production Policy, Asia‑Pacific.
In this role, Muller will lead the MPA's engagement with governme... |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram’s Use Of ‘PG-13,’ Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start | Back in October, Meta announced that its new Instagram Teen Accounts would feature content moderation “guided by the PG-13 rating.” On its face, this made a certain kind of sense as a communication strategy: parents know what PG-13 means (o... |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Meta to limit PG-13 rating use for teen accounts in Motion Picture Association deal | WASHINGTON, March 31 : Meta has agreed to scale back references to the PG-13 film rating when describing its teen accounts, resolving a dispute with the Motion Picture Association, the two groups said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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| Mar 27, 2026 | /C O R R E C T I O N -- Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE)/ | In the news release, ACE Dismantles Major Illicit Anime Application "AnimePlay" in Indonesia, issued 26-Mar-2026 by Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the subheadli... |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app | Seedance 2.0 has generated controversy for allowing users to create AI videos using real people and licensed characters, raising copyright issues and threats of lawsuits.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., told ByteDan... |
| Feb 17, 2026 | AT GLOBAL IMPACT SUMMIT, RIVKIN CHAMPIONS CREATOR-CENTERED AI POLICY | AI's future depends on protecting creativity, building trust, and strengthening value for creators, MPA chairman declares
DELHI, India, Feb. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 16, the opening day of India's AI Impact Summit, Charles Rivki... |
| Jan 3, 2026 | This Week In Techdirt History: December 28th – January 3rd | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020-2021, we published a series of posts on Trump’s Presidential Commission On Law Enforcement, starting with a look at its tone that everyone but cops are to blame for the terrible state of policing, followed b... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Avatar: Fire And Ash: A Cinematic Spectacle Divides Critics, Fuels Box Office | "Avatar: Fire And Ash" launches with strong early box office numbers, securing $12 million in domestic previews and aiming for a $100 million opening weekend. The film faces mixed critical reception. Reviewers praise its visual im... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ snares $12 million in Thursday previews | Disney and James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” secured $12 million in early preview screenings domestically.
The second installment in the film series, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” made more in its Thursday preview haul in 2022.
Still, bo... |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Disney Invests in OpenAI, Tech Stocks Wobble Amid AI Concerns | Disney announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, granting access to its characters for AI-generated content. This move coincides with a market shift as investors reassess the AI boom, triggered by Oracle’s disappointing earnings. While t... |
| Dec 12, 2025 | ACE Shutters Notorious Piracy Operations in India | MKVCinemas and Illicit Cloning Tool Accounted for More Than 373 Million Global Visits Between 2024 and 2025
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world's leading antipiracy coali... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator | Disney announced it will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI.
The companies said Sora and ChatGPT Image users will also be able to make AI content with Disney’s copyrighted characters.
Some of the characters available through the ... |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Indian AI royalty proposal targets data practices of OpenAI, Google | NEW DELHI, Dec 9 : An Indian government panel has proposed requiring AI companies to pay content creators a share of revenue for using their work to train models, a setback for companies such as OpenAI and Google that back free access to pu... |
| Nov 15, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: November 9th – 15th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we looked at election polls as an example of the challenges involved in defining and handling misinformation. We noted how Trumpland seemed to have entirely forgotten about its own manufactured TikTok hyste... |
| Nov 8, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: November 2nd – 8th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about why most complaints about Section 230 are really just complaints about the First Amendment, and another with a deep dive into the implications of the presidential election for... |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Motion Picture Association demands Meta drop PG-13 label from Instagram teen filters | The Motion Picture Association has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, objecting to the social media platform's use of filters inspired by the PG-13 movie rating system for content moderation on Instagram for users under 18.
The trade g... |
| Oct 25, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: October 19th – 25th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, hypocrisy was on full display as the GOP went from whining about net neutrality to supporting Trump’s attack on social media (which the FCC was too afraid to go on record in support of while also rejecting ... |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Chinese Actress Tiffany Tang Takes the Golden Panda Best Actress in Television: Holding True with Craft, Shining Bright in Changing Times | SHANGHAI, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Golden Panda Awards, jointly hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the People's Government of Sichuan Province, is a major international film and television cultural award... |
| Oct 12, 2025 | Sora revived dead celebs in AI slop, leaving families to fight for their dignity | In less than two weeks since its release, OpenAI’s Sora 2 AI video app has been through a rollercoaster. It achieved over a million downloads faster than ChatGPT, spawned a flood of fakes, sent the entertainment industry into a tizzy, and c... |
| Oct 11, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: October 5th – 11th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, Reps. Gabbard and Gosar brought out the ridiculous House companion to one of the Senate’s anti-Section 230 bills, while Donald Trump got on board the “repeal 230” bandwagon even though it was copyright that... |
| Oct 10, 2025 | We tested OpenAI’s Sora 2 video generator to find out why Hollywood is freaking out | The launch of OpenAI’s updated Sora 2 AI video service kicked off another round of anxiety among musicians, actors and other content creators.
Sora allows users to generate short videos for free by typing in a prompt. The app is only availa... |
| Oct 7, 2025 | OpenAI’s Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says | The Motion Picture Association called out OpenAI’s new video generation model Sora 2 for copyright infringement.
MPA CEO Charles Rivkin urged OpenAI to “take immediate and decisive action” to address copyright concerns.
OpenAI recently anno... |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Thai Authorities, Supported by ACE, Raid and Shut Down Notorious Illegal IPTV Service | Simultaneous Raids Conducted Across Six Locations in Operation "DEV Shutdown"
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thailand Ministry of Justice's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has shut down INWIPTV, one of the... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Movie review: Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’ | By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press
On Nov. 8, 2018, the day one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history burned the town of Paradise, California, and killed 85 people, a school bus driver was sent to pick up 22 elementary school students t... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Movie Review: ‘Him’ fumbles a potent premise | By JAKE COYLE
American society probably puts more pressure on producing a good quarterback than anything else, which makes it all the more confounding that the Jets can never have one. Related Articles
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| Sep 18, 2025 | Movie Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ is an American masterpiece | By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
In Paul Thomas Anderson ’s gloriously messy, madcap roller coaster ride through modern America, objects in the rear view may go out of sight, but they don’t disappear. Related Articles
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| Aug 7, 2025 | ‘Freakier Friday’ review: A multiplied Disney reboot for the age of anxiety | The mere existence of “Freakier Friday” exerts a strong pull of nostalgia for at least two generations, with many supporting players, from Stephen Tobolowsky (as sniveling educator Mr. Bates) to Chad Michael Murray as Anna’s old boyfriend, ... |
| Aug 5, 2025 | ACE Doubles Down on Anti-piracy in Asia-Pacific, Adding Broadcasting Powerhouse Astro as its Newest Member | Malaysia's Leading Content and Entertainment Company Becomes Third Asia-Pacific Region Company to Join ACE in Recent Months
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world's leading a... |
| Aug 4, 2025 | ‘The Naked Gun’ review: Liam Neeson brings a ‘Taken’-or-leave-it air to a rougher reboot | There’s one joke in particular that captures the wildly up-and-down intentions of a 2025-era “Naked Gun,” having to do with how many white bad guys Neeson’s Drebin Jr. has taken down over the years, in relation to perps of color. It gets a ... |
| Aug 1, 2025 | ‘Together’ review: Codependency gets a little sticky in clever horror parable with Alison Brie and Dave Franco | From there “Together” escalates in cannily paced fashion, thanks to director Shanks’ forward momentum and editor Sean Lahiff’s destabilizing visual rhythm. After their underground discovery the couple isn’t the same. The teacher down the la... |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Rembrand Awarded TPN Gold Shield Certification by the MPA | Rembrand, the AI‑powered platform redefining how brands integrate into premium content, today announced it has been awarded the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) Gold Shield by the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The highest level accreditati... |
| Jul 25, 2025 | ‘The Fantastic Four’ review: In a jet age dream of Manhattan, Marvel’s world-savers take care of business | While Pedro Pascal, aka Mister Ubiquitous, makes for a solid, sensitive ringleader as the ever-murmuring Mister Fantastic, the emotional weight tips slightly toward Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm, as she weathers the travails of imminent parenth... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Study Finds Consumers up to 65 Times More Likely to be Infected with Malware When Using Piracy Sites | ACE-Commissioned Report Analyzes Exposure to Malware, Phishing, and Other Cyber Harms Associated with Piracy Use in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study released today and commissioned by the Alliance for Crea... |
| Jul 17, 2025 | ‘Eddington’ review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, once upon an early COVID time in the West | Both Eddington and “Eddington” trade in soap opera-y secrets and subterranean conspiracies involving dirty law enforcement, incest, male sexual jealousy, good lawmen getting shafted, a small clutch Eddington’s young Black Lives Matter prote... |
| Jul 12, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: July 6th – 12th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we looked at the encryption dilemma created by the EARN IT Act, while a federal case showed that cops already had plenty of options when dealing with device encryption. There was pushback against the Trump ... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’ is a witty, moving portrait of life in the aftermath of a college assault | At one point, Lydie asks her if she leaves the house much. Agnes responds verbally, but her body language, her evasive eyes and other “tells” have their own say. Lydie’s question lingers in the air, just before we’re taken back to Agnes and... |
| May 20, 2025 | Scotland's Economic Awakening: Lessons from Singapore | Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, and the call for a new economic vision is growing louder. Sir Tom Hunter, a prominent Scottish entrepreneur, has sparked a conversation that could reshape the nation’s future... |
| May 20, 2025 | Movie Review: Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ | McQuarrie, who co-wrote the script with Erik Jendresen, might have learned the wrong lessons from the past decade of overly interconnected franchise filmmaking. Or perhaps it still seemed like the right call when this two-part finale was pu... |
| May 14, 2025 | Apples Never Fall analysis outlines benefits of foreign film production in Australia | As the US government floats further tariffs on foreign-made films, research and analysis consultancy Oxford Economics has released a timely report on the benefits of local production.
While the finer details remain ‘fluid’, the US administr... |
| May 9, 2025 | The Blocky Empire: How Minecraft Became a Global Sensation | Minecraft is more than a game. It’s a cultural juggernaut. Born from the mind of Markus Persson, it started as a simple indie project. Now, it stands as one of the best-selling video games of all time. How did this pixelated world capture h... |
| May 5, 2025 | Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the movie industry in the US is dying | It’s common for both large and small films to include production in the U.S. and in other countries. Big-budget movies like the upcoming “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” for instance, are shot around the world.
Incentive program... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | MPA Hires Vice President of Content Protection to Amplify Anti-Piracy Efforts in Asia Pacific Region | Former Attaché for U.S. Embassy Will Be Based in Singapore and Manage MPA Content Protection Programs for APAC Region
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Dawn Barriteau as Vice President ... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Shifting Landscape of Entertainment: Honors and Setbacks | The entertainment industry is a vibrant tapestry, woven with threads of creativity, policy, and innovation. Recently, two significant events have captured the spotlight: the Motion Picture Association (MPA) Awards and the abrupt cancellatio... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The 2025 MPA Awards: Celebrating Creativity and Advocacy in Film | The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is set to honor key figures in the film industry at its 2025 MPA Awards. This event is more than just a ceremony; it’s a celebration of creativity, advocacy, and the power of storytelling. The MPA shines... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Spotlight on Creativity and Controversy: A Tale of Two Stories | The world of entertainment is a double-edged sword. On one side, we have the glitz and glamour of awards and recognition. On the other, we face the shadows of crime and controversy. Two recent stories encapsulate this duality: the Motion Pi... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Evolution of Cinema and Advertising: A Tale of Recognition and Innovation | The world of cinema and advertising is a vibrant tapestry, woven with creativity, policy, and technology. In 2025, two significant events highlight this dynamic landscape: the MPA Awards honoring key figures in the film industry and the str... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Venus Williams Steps Up: A New Era for Walking and Wellness | In a world where screens dominate our lives, the simple act of walking often gets lost in the shuffle. Enter Venus Williams, a tennis champion turned wellness advocate, who is now stepping into the spotlight as an investor and ambassador fo... |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 2025 MPA Awards to Honor "Wicked" Director, Key U.S. Lawmakers, and IPR Center | MPA Recognizes Chu with Creator Award, Sens. Thune and Coons and Rep. Issa with Industry Champion Awards, and IPR Center with Creative Protector Award
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association today announced ... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Urmila Venugopalan Named President and Managing Director of Motion Picture Association -Asia Pacific | Senior MPA Executive to Lead Key Growth Region While Retaining Corporate Board Liaison Role
SINGAPORE, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today announced Urmila Venugopalan, currently Executive Vice President... |
| Nov 13, 2024 | New Study Shows Filipino Consumers Who Access Piracy Sites and Services at Severe Risk of Cyber Threats | Expert, IP Office and Industry Representatives Call for Site Blocking Laws to be Passed
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) showed that Filipino consumers who a... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | MPA Hires Former FBI Agent and Cyber Task Force Leader as VP of Content Protection Enforcement, Americas Region | Bryan Willett's Appointment Reflects Expansion of MPA's Global Content Protection Footprint
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Bryan Willett, a supervisory special agent with the Federa... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Kasm Technologies Unveils Remote Browser Isolation for Production and VFX Studios | Enabling Secure Digital Content Creation and Trusted Partner Network (TPN) Compliance with Kasm Workspaces
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Kasm Technologies has announced that Kasm Workspaces Remote Bro... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Motion Picture Association Adds Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios as Newest Member | MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin Brings on Association's Second New Member During Seven-Year Tenure
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today announced Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios will... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Vietnamese Authorities, with Support from ACE, Take Down World's Largest Piracy Ring | Fmovies and Associated Domains Logged over 6.7 Billion Visits Between January 2023 and June 2024
HANOI, Vietnam, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark action defending intellectual property rights, the Hanoi Police, in collaboration w... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Entertainment industry gets behind new bill that will outlaw AI deepfakes
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| Jul 11, 2024 | DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again | Enlarge / A Redbox movie rental kiosk stands outside a CVS store.
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Since 2004, red DVD rental kiosks posted near entrances of grocery stores and the like tempted shoppers with movie (and until 2019, video game) disc... |
| May 7, 2024 | IP House Debuts to Offer Comprehensive Intellectual Property Protection Capabilities With a Global Footprint | .
Company formed by industry veterans to support organizations in proactively combatting IP crime
NEW YORK, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Veteran intellectual property (IP) protection executives Steve Francis and Jan van Voorn, today an... |
| Apr 27, 2024 | "We're not the sex police": Here's what intimacy coordinators actually do on film and TV sets | More than 70% of Americans say a rewarding career or job is extremely important for them to live a fulfilling life — more important than family, friends or wealth. CBS News interviewed a broad array of workers who chose unique jobs, for a s... |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Premier League and ACE Commend Vietnam Authorities for Landmark Conviction in Online Piracy Case | Criminal Sentence for Copyright Infringement is First of its Kind in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following criminal referrals by the Premier League and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), on April... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | The Motion Picture Association Doesn’t Get To Decide Who The First Amendment Protects | Twelve years ago, internet users spoke up with one voice to reject a law that would build censorship into the internet at a fundamental level. This week, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), a group that represents six giant movie and TV s... |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA | It’s been twelve years since the big SOPA/PIPA fight. I’ve been talking with a few folks lately about how it feels like many people have either forgotten that story or weren’t paying attention when it happened. Two years ago, we did a 10-ye... |
| Apr 10, 2024 | MPA: Site-Blocking Will Stop Pirate Site Owners Who Abuse Kids & Traffick Drugs | It’s no secret that the Motion Picture Association (MPA) views site-blocking measures in the United States as the logical next step in their perpetual campaign against piracy.
Working with U.S. Congress members, the plan is to propose judic... |
| Mar 22, 2024 | DoodStream: Hollywood, Netflix, Amazon & Apple Sue “Rogue Cyberlocker” | The Motion Picture Association’s interest in file-hosting platform DoodStream first came to light in a submission to the USTR in October 2022.
The MPA described DoodStream as a video hosting service offering free storage and premium service... |
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| Dec 14, 2023 | Pirate Site Blocking Demands Intensify as U.S. Lawmakers Get Fmovies Walkthrough | For a long time, pirate site blocking was considered a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid.
This stance was a remnant of the SOPA defeat, which drove copyright holders to focus on blocking efforts in other countries instead, and ... |
| Nov 18, 2023 | MPA Recognizes France, Italy and Philippines for Site Blocking Innovations | Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet.
The practice has been around for well over 15 years and has gradually expanded to more than forty countri... |
| Nov 7, 2023 | When Even Hollywood Doesn’t Want To Expand Copyright Laws To Deal With AI… | We live in strange times. It used to be that you could set your watch to one simple thing: any time any government agency or policymaker had any question about whether or not we needed to expand copyright laws, Hollywood would answer with a... |
| Oct 6, 2023 | ACE Applauds ‘SVICLOUD’ Raids But IPTV Juggernaut Will Take Some Stopping | In a press release published on Thursday, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment celebrated action by Taiwanese Police after they carried out a raid against distributors of pirate set-top boxes.
“Taiwanese Po... |
| Aug 23, 2023 | As Hollywood strikes, battle over AI and 3D scanning has been decades in the making | VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed - An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More
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| Aug 3, 2023 | Hollywood strikes cost cities and states billions | As Hollywood writers and actors strikes stretch on, states and local businesses are suffering billions of dollars' worth of losses amid the halt in production.
Why it matters: Film and TV production hubs like California, New York and Georgi... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | 12 top investors, from Blackstone to TPG, pouring billions into production studios in a long-term bet on Hollywood's content boom | From left: Hudson Pacific Properties' Jeff Stotland, Blackstone's Nadeem Meghji, and TPG Real Estate's Avi Banyasz. Hudson Pacific Properties, Blackstone, TPG This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope | Enlarge
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| Oct 10, 2022 | Hollywood and Netflix Report Top Piracy Threats to US Govt | The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has been a key player in the anti-piracy fight for decades and this position has only strengthened in recent years.
As the driving force behind the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the MPA find... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | How Data Centers Can Avoid A Talent Collapse | Pete Jones is Chief Development Officer and Founder at Yondr and is responsible for site selection, construction and client success. |
| Mar 22, 2022 | MPA: Google’s Delisting of Thousands of Pirate Sites Works | Earlier this year, we noticed that Google had removed several popular pirate sites from its search results.
In the Netherlands, for example, The Pirate Bay and many of its mirrors and proxies were delisted by Google in response to a notice ... |
| Mar 21, 2022 | U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy | For years, U.S. lawmakers have considered options to update the DMCA so it can more effectively deal with today’s online copyright issues.
Senator Thom Tillis was one of the most recent to take up the baton. A little over a year ago, he rel... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Ericom Software Enables Productive Web Access While Isolating VFX and Film Studio Production Networks from the Internet | Ericom’s development team has designed a number of specific security control features in our RBI solution that, when implemented correctly, help these organizations successfully achieve TPN compliance per MPA security guidelines.
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| Oct 26, 2021 | The Evolving TV Landscape: UCLA Study Finds Audiences Prefer Shows With Diversity In Casts And Among Credited Writers | Television streaming video concept. Media TV video on demand technology. Video service with internet ... [+] streaming multimedia shows, series. Digital collage wall of screen abstract compositiongetty |
| Oct 6, 2021 | ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes Control of Dozens of Pirate IPTV Domains (Updated) | Pirate IPTV and similar streaming services are considered one of the greatest threats to the global market for legitimate movie and TV show content. As a result, content companies of all kinds are going to extreme lengths to reduce unlicens... |
| Oct 5, 2021 | MPA: Piracy is Hollywood’s Greatest Threat But Site Blocking Helps | Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven a massive challenge for the entertainment industries.
It’s a global issue that’s hard to contain, but various anti-piracy group are doing their best to fight back.
The Alliance for Creativ... |
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| Jan 23, 2021 | MPA Seeks Network Engineer to Help Expose Online Pirates | In its quest to combat online piracy, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) continues to expand and evolve its anti-piracy toolbox.
This is a necessity since pirates have also learned to adapt over the years and are increasingly taking far-r... |
| Nov 30, 2020 | The COVID-19 Pandemic Complicates Film Insurance Coverage And Threatens Independent Filmmakers | Robert Pattinson, center, is seen on the set of the movie "The Batman" at St. George's Hall in ... [+] Liverpool's city center, England, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. The production had a break in filming after the star of the movie Rob... |
| Nov 3, 2020 | Movie Industry: VPNs and Tor Pose a Threat to Legitimate Streaming Platforms | The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents several of the largest movie industry companies.
Traditionally its members were restricted to top Hollywood studios such as Disney and Warner Bros, but last year streaming giant Netflix joined... |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Samsung Faces $1.3m Lawsuit Over Cinavia Anti-Piracy Tech Licensing Fees | For at least two decades, entertainment companies have been trying to prevent people from copying commercially produced DVDs and more recently Blu-ray discs.
In common with most anti-piracy technologies the protections deployed were eventua... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | EU’s Article 17 Consultation Reinvigorates ‘Upload Filter’ Debate | Last year there were fierce protests against the new EU Copyright Directive which, according to opponents, would result in broad upload filters on the web.
Despite this pushback, the directive passed, and individual EU member states began w... |
| Apr 16, 2020 | MPA and BREIN Sue Hosting Providers Over Pirate Streaming Service | Moonwalk was a massive pirate streaming operation that offered tens of thousands of pirated movies and TV-shows to more than 100 million end-users.
Despite its size, it was largely unknown to the public at large. It wasn’t a classic streami... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Revolving Door Revolves Some More: Head Of Copyright Office Leaves To Join MPAA | For many years we've been covering the rather disturbing revolving door between the US Copyright Office and Hollywood. This includes a bunch of copyright maximalists going back and forth between entertainment industry lobbying organizations... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Revolving Door Revolves Some More: Head Of Copyright Office Leaves To Join MPAA | For many years we’ve been covering the rather disturbing revolving door between the US Copyright Office and Hollywood. This includes a bunch of copyright maximalists going back and forth between entertainment industry lobbying organizations... |
| Oct 26, 2019 | The US just announced a review of SA’s place in its biggest preferential trade scheme – because its movie and music companies don’t like the controversial Copyright Bill | The Office of the United States Trade Representative has announced a review of South Africa's eligibility to participate in the Generalized System of Preferences, a duty-free trade scheme.
The review is based on a complaint by US movie, mus... |
| Sep 19, 2019 | MPAA Unifies Global Brand and Becomes MPA America | The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is known as one of the world’s leading anti-piracy organizations.
The trade association has been around for nearly a century. After its inception, the group mostly operated from California bu... |
