Italian music pirates given 4 and 1/2 years in jail!
A court in Naples has handed down heavy jail sentences to an Italian family involved in music piracy. The sentences send an uncompromising message to...
Movie studios target pirated DVDs
The movie studios are playing Grinch to Internet pirates selling unauthorized DVDs as holiday gifts over online auction sites. The Motion Picture Association of America...
RIAA raids alleged music pirates in New York
The Recording Industry Association of America Inc. (RIAA) and the U.S. Secret Service raided an alleged music piracy operation in New York on Monday, seizing...
Court to rule on software that copies 'protected' DVDs
A court in California will this month rule on the legality of an ingenious new software package that makes perfect copies of movies on DVDs...
SmartRight copy protection initiative gaining momentum
To strengthen their joint effort to develop a global, renewable, and cost-effective copy protection system for digital home networks, Thomson, Canal+ Technologies, Gemplus, Micronas, Nagravision,...
Police, recording industry report largest-ever pirate CD seizure in Europe
Police in Luxembourg have made the largest-ever seizure of pirate CDs in Europe, uncovering what is thought to be a huge, international illegal bootlegging ring.....
Robbie Williams CD hits net, but is it a plant?
Songs from Robbie Williams's CD "Escapology" are appearing on free file-sharing Web sites days before the release hits the stores. But there's a catch --...
Calif. High court limits lawsuits over copied DVDs
The California Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to the movie industry's bid to crack down on piracy, ruling that a Texas man could...
Universal: Rampant piracy jarrs Asian music sales
Asian music sales are expected to fall by between 10 percent to 15 percent in 2002 due to rampant piracy and a weak regional economy,...
CD counterfeiters now targets of violent robbers
Recent gunfire in offices at the center of the nation's pirate compact disc and DVD trade indicates that soaring profits are drawing violent criminals to...
