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InternetNews September 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Anti-Piracy Bill Headed for the White House Bill to tighten piracy-enforcement laws and championed by entertainment industry heads to president's desk, though objections persist. |
Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike |
Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement. |
Home Theater October 14, 2008 |
Another Bad Copyright Law Passes The newly signed Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act escalates penalties for copyright infringement. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads. |
Reason February 2009 David Weigel |
Czar Wars Don't expect an Obama administration to eliminate the new post of intellectual property watchdog |
InternetNews October 5, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Guilty Verdict in Nation's First Music Downloading Jury Case The nation's first music downloading jury case came to a close yesterday, with the record industry claiming a landmark victory in its efforts to end illegal downloads. |
InternetNews December 5, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
DOJ Sides With RIAA in File Sharing Case The Justice Department says a Minnesota woman is still on the hook for almost a quarter-million bucks in landmark file-sharing case. |
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Public Knowledge Pans AG's Copyright Proposal Digital rights group Public Knowledge picks apart legislation that puts copyright theft in criminal code. |
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Roy Mark |
Attorney General Seeking Tougher IP Laws Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed new legislation today that would strengthen penalties for copyright infringement, expand intellectual property protection and add critical enforcement tools. |
InternetNews December 6, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
New Bill Stiffens File-Sharing Penalties The U.S. House of Representatives is edging closer to laying out harsher penalties and stepping up enforcement for the illegal sharing of music and movies. |
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws. |
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works. |
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Panel Endorses P2P Criminal Penalties Judiciary subcommittee passes legislation sanctioning prison time for suspects caught trading 1,000 or more copyrighted files online. |
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
Consumer, Industry Groups Spar Over Piracy Bill PRO IP's supporters testify in Washington that the act will curb counterfeit bags and DVDs. Critics fear it will hurt fair use and new media models. |
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark |
Pirates Still Sailing By IP Protection Efforts The United States continues to flex its powerful legal muscle when it comes to intellectual property protection but even the government admits the results have been mixed. |
Home Theater December 17, 2007 Mark Fleischmann |
Congress Unrolls Copyright Wiper Look out, file sharers. Congress is about to enact draconian new legislation that would make penalties for copyright violation even stiffer. |
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Roy Mark |
DOJ Raids Private P2P Operation Authorities raided five residences and and an Internet service provider Wednesday morning in the first federal criminal enforcement action against private peer-to-peer networks. |
InternetNews November 25, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Verizon Staff Fired After Peek at Obama's Calls The Verizon Wireless employees who accessed President-elect Barack Obama's records without authorization have been fired, according to news reports. |
InternetNews May 26, 2005 |
Feds Strike Back at 'Sith' Bootleggers Nationwide raids roust distributors of bootleg "Star Wars" film. |
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
New Clashes Await Over Digital Copyright Does government need to do more to curtail piracy, or are media industries threatening the freedom of the Internet? |
InternetNews March 31, 2006 David Needle |
U.S. A.G.: Limits to Data it Can Collect U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez gave a big high five to the enforcement of intellectual property laws. |
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Roy Mark |
Conservatives Aim to Sink Pirate Act American Conservative Union says Hollywood wants to use the DOJ as its private law firm to sue copyright infringers. |
InternetNews January 5, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Lawsuits Chilling Illegal Downloads The music industry may have lost a recent round in court over its crusade against file-swapping, but a new study shows that it's got the edge in the war. |
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark |
DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet. |
InternetNews July 20, 2009 |
Music, Software Heads Stump for Tougher IP Laws New economic study highlights important role of industries like software and music and calls attention to rising threat from piracy. |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Roy Mark |
USTR Wants More Input on China Piracy United States Trade Representative office says protection of U.S. intellectual property rights is Bush administration's top priority. |
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Roy Mark |
FBI Sting Targets P2P Operation DOJ launches first peer-to-peer criminal probe by targeting a network of Direct Connect users. |
InternetNews January 2, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
The RIAA's Uphill Battle Recent research on the state of the music industry signals continued obstacles ahead for the RIAA's strategy. |
InternetNews July 25, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bush Appoints IP Eyes New senior-level government position at the Commerce Department to focus on coordinating U.S. efforts in combating worldwide intellectual property theft. |
Salon.com September 22, 2001 Damien Cave & Katharine Mieszkowski |
The end of liberty Law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to get everything they ever wanted, some say... |
InternetNews August 4, 2005 Roy Mark |
Camcording Warez Dealer Bagged by Feds The Department of Justice announces its first arrests under a new law prohibiting recording movies in a theater. |
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Dan Muse |
Lawmaker Calls for Rethinking Piracy Fight Rep. Robert Wexler admits shortcomings of efforts to defend intellectual property in what has become a generational struggle. |
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Tim Gray |
College Kids Can't Avoid The Sound of Music Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) file another round of copyright infringement lawsuits against 757 individuals. |
InternetNews August 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
Man Pays For Piracy With Jail Time In addition to jail time, Danny Ferrer faces $4.1M in restitution and forfeiture of a fleet of planes, boats and really nice cars for selling pirated software. |
InternetNews September 6, 2005 Roy Mark |
Kazaa to Continue Court Fight Down Under The peer to peer file-swapping service Kazaa loses a major round in legality of business model in Australia. |
InternetNews January 19, 2005 Roy Mark |
DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty. |
InternetNews September 13, 2006 Roy Mark |
Another Sith Pirate Meets Force of Law Third member of Elite Torrents copyright theft ring pleads guilty to Star Wars movie theft. |
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Panel Gets Tough on Spyware, P2P Piracy Judiciary Committee wants to slam prison door on peer-to-peer music swappers, spyware purveyors. |
InternetNews February 28, 2007 Roy Mark |
RIAA Sends Schools a P2P Heads Up Music industry increases pressure on colleges and universities to curb illegal music downloading. |
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Files 532 New Lawsuits The music industry files its largest batch of copyright infringement actions to date. |
InternetNews May 14, 2007 Roy Mark |
'Fastlink' Downs 50th Conspirator Feds continue law enforcement campaign targeting warez groups. |
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark |
Feds Finally Extradite Alleged Warez Kingpin Hew Raymond Griffiths, an alleged warez kingpin, appeared in a U.S. district court and was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. |
CIO April 15, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
The Pirates Among Us The entertainment industry is battling the illegal distribution of copyrighted music and movie files -- and will stop at nothing to enlist your help. |
InternetNews April 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
U.S. Lodges Piracy Complaints Against China The United States is turning to the World Trade Organization to settle two trade disputes with China involving intellectual property rights. |
PC World November 14, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
Copyright Cops Target Workplace, Schools Music industry renews piracy fight with correspondence and courts, while colleges and companies consider their liability. |
InternetNews April 23, 2004 Roy Mark |
DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy Coordinated international raids seek to dismantle syndicates distributing pirated material. |
InternetNews January 16, 2004 Roy Mark |
ISPs Ignore RIAA's New P2P Ploy A cold shoulder so far for a proposal that ISPs become agents in the battle against copyright infringement |
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Roy Mark |
RIAA Unleashes Another Round of Lawsuits For the second time this year, music industry targets more than 500 Jane and John Doe swappers for copyright infringement actions. |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Hollywood Attacks The entertainment industry's legal teams reloaded their weapons this week. The proverbial "it" is about to hit the fan. |
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Charge Five More in Warez Crackdown Five more individuals are facing criminal copyright charges as part of the Department of Justice's ongoing crackdown on warez dealers. |