The ever-present threat of online piracy remains a hot topic in Hollywood. A lot has changed over the years. Piracy is arguably more mainstream now with easy to use streaming site... More
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Hollywood Wants Governments to Push Voluntary Anti-Piracy Deals (TorrentFreak)
New Coalition to Tackle Piracy Using Law Enforcement, Litigation
A new worldwide coalition of 30 entertainment companies will work with law enforcement, seek new partnerships with content protection groups, and file civil litigation against ille... More
MPAA’s Dodd: Europe Blocked Access to 845 Piracy Sites in 2016 (Variety)
Chris Dodd, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, praised European officials Monday for blocking access to 845 illegal websites in 2016 that were providing pirat... More
Six Alleged Piracy Sites Shuttered After MPAA Files Lawsuit (Deadline)
A lawsuit filed last month by the MPPA and the major Hollywood studios against operators of an alleged ring of piracy sites has been unsealed, showing that those sites have been sh... More
MPAA: More Work Needed vs. Piracy Sites
The recently released United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual 2016 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets — which identifies online and physical marketplaces world... More
MPAA: Early ‘Trusted Notifier’ Anti-Piracy Results Promising
In February, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced a partnership with Donuts Inc., which operates close to 200 domain name extensions, including .MOVIE and .TH... More
MPAA Boss: Europe’s Geo Unblocking Plans Threaten Movie Industry (TorrentFreak)
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd fears that Europe's plans to limit geo-blocking will "cause great harm" to the movie industry. In a keynote address at the CineEurope convention, D... More
Radix, MPAA Establish New Partnership to Reduce Online Piracy (MPAA)
Domain name registry operator Radix and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains operate... More