A legal dispute between digital watermark developer Verance and rival Digimarc could complicate efforts to set a standard for DVD copy-protection. Verance on Wednesday filed...

A three-judge appellate court in California has ruled that a published DVD code crack is constitutionally protected free speech. In doing so, the court rejected...

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has developed a new technology which it says prevents the copying of CD-ROM discs onto CD-R (CD-recordable) discs. When users try...

Technology industry heavyweights are trying to kill a Hollywood-backed plan heading for Congress that would require anti-piracy protections in PCs, CD players and other consumer...

China, a pirate's den of intellectual property theft, is showing signs of progress in fighting counterfeit software, some industry insiders say. The progress, albeit preliminary...

German police last month seized near here the largest underground pirate CD plant to be found in Europe, reported the International Federation of the Phonographic...

More than 100,000 pieces of counterfeit video CDs (VCDs), CD-Roms and DVDs were seized, and 15 men were arrested, as police launched raids on three...

Police seizures of counterfeit recordable compact discs (CD-Rs) surpassed 1.2 million in the U.S. during the first half of 2001, skyrocketing 133% from the same...

IFPI has broken new ground in the fight against piracy in South East Asia by signing a 'good business practices' anti-piracy agreement with PT Dynamitra...

Hits from N'Sync, Janet Jackson and Destiny's Child failed to stave off a five percent slide in first-half global music sales as slowing economies and...