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Dark Knight Cammer Gets 2 Years in Prison
In 2008, the latest Batman movie ‘The Dark Knight’ became a massive hit, setting a one-day box office record of $66.4 million on its opening day and taking $996,500,000 by the end of the year. Of course, Warner worked hard to hinder piracy, even handing out night-vision goggles in Australia to thwart cammers. Over in the United States, however, much lower-tech means were used to identify an individual attempting to record the movie.
Continue reading »Jammie Thomas-Rasset Says No to RIAA’s Proposal
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the central figure in nation’s first file sharing case against an individual to have gone to litigation has refused to pay the settlement of $25,000 proposed by the recording industry for the charges to be dropped. The initial decision, which demanded the defendant to pay damage awards of $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa, was later reduced to $54,000 by the federal judge in the case. Ultimately, following the ruling of U.S.
Continue reading »Judge blames RealNetworks for DVD-ripping ban
Snuffs antitrust claims against Hollywood A US district judge has rejected RealNetworks’ argument that Hollywood studios illegally joined forces to block the sale of its DVD-duplicating software, RealDVD.…
Continue reading »Royalty Group Sues T-Mobile for Unlicensed Ringback Tones
Broadcast Music, Inc. alleges the mobile carrier is selling ringback tones without acquiring the proper licenses. Broadcast Music, Inc.
Continue reading »JUDGE: Ringtone Not a Public Performance
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) had sued Verizon Wireless demanding that it be compensated each time a person’s ringtone played in public, calling it a “public performance.” Back in June it was first mentioned here how the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) had begun suing mobile telephone companies with the argument that the playback of ringtones on a customer’s phone requires a public performance license, and that without one they are committing copyright infringement. “When a ringtone rings in ‘public,’ it is undeniably a “public performance” as those terms are defined in the Copyright Act,” reads a brief submitted to the court. Even further startling is that it argued that they are a public performance even if it’s switched to vibrate, turned off, or located at home.
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