The Internet Strikes Back Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov RIAA MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure Feds Shut FileSharing Site DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA Hactivists Attack And Universal Music Following Indictments Andy Samberg Neil Gaiman Trent Reznor Aziz Ansari Adam Savage & More Tell Congress Don't Pass PIPA Or In Our Names Cato Institute Digs Into MPAA's Own Research Show That Wouldn't Save A Single Net Job Insane Entitlement EMI Sues Irish Gov't For Not Passing SOPALike Censorship Law Wikipedia Blackout Has Plenty Of Company Lamar Smith Brush Off As Just Publicity Stunt Hollywood Star Ashton Kutcher Says 'SOPA Is Problem Solution' If SOPA's Main Target Pirate Bay It's Worth Pointing Out ThePirateBay.org Immune From Disney Refused Invitation Senator Feinstein Meet With Tech Companies Over PIPA/SOPA How Far We've Come; We Need Go Why Hollywood's Idea 'Innovation' MythBuster's PROTECT IP Could Destroy Know It Translating Chris Dodd's Sanctimonious Bluster Protests English Supporters Pretend White House Statement Means Can Rush Through BooFreakingHoo Complains 'The Deck Stacked' Against Them CES Panels Union Members Sign Petition Asking Unions Stop Supporting Will Dark Wednesday AntiPiracy Bills

MPAA's Dodd warns Washington not to let pirates sink PIPA/SOPA Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision on Friday to put off a vote on the controversial Protect Intellectual Property Act in the Senate next week was hailed by Silicon Valley but brought a stern warning from Hollywood's chief lobbyist. Anonymous Retaliates Against MegaUpload Takedown, Knocks MPAA, RIAA Sites Offline Anonymous has allegedly taken down the Department of Justice website, the MPAA website, the RIAA website, and others. Thirty Years Before SOPA, MPAA Feared the VCR In 1982, Jack Valenti warned that these little tapes would brutally murder his industry. (Image via Wikipedia) Thirty years before SOPA, the MPAA was in Washington, demanding legislative protection from a new and dangerous technology: the VCR. Here's then-MPAA head Jack Valenti, testifying before a House Judiciary Subcommittee in 1982: MPAA Attacks Ars Technica For 'Challenging Efforts to Curb Content Theft' The Motion Picture Association of America doesn't like us. According to the MPAA blog on Tuesday, "Arts Technica" is a "tech blog with a long history of challenging efforts to curb content theft." (If so, we're the only such tech blog that actually encouraged a now-current MPAA lawyer to do copyright coverage for our site and that [...] MPAA: SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are 'Abuse of Power' The MPAA said today that the SOPA/PIPA blackouts are nothing but a publicity stunt and an abuse of power. MPAA comments on hacking attacks Critical of critics While MPAA watches SOPA crumble, digital rentals rise as physical rentals decline According to a new study conducted by the NPD Group, video-on-demand and streaming video from services like Netflix were on the rise during 2011 and 31 percent of all rentals in North America are attributed to digital delivery options. Alternatively, total physical DVD and Blu-ray rentals fell by 11 percent over the year due to the decline in Blockbuster as well as flat Netflix growth. Redbox is ... MPAA Fights Back Against Anonymous Attacks Eriq Gardner Hollywood trade group says it is working with the feds to identify the people responsible for the attack on its website. read more Hollywood Studios, MPAA to Attempt to Neutralize SOPA Protests With Ad Campaign [REPORT] The Motion Picture Association of America is looking to fight back against Wednesday's Internet protests over SOPA with an ad campaign aiming to address "misconceptions" about the bill, according to a report. MPAA Plans $3 Million SOPA Ad Blitz (Report) Georg Szalai The campaign is designed to hit back at opponents of the much-discussed Internet anti-piracy bill. read more
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