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  • Motion Picture Association Files eBay Piracy Lawsuit

    12/12/2002 5:41:35 AM PST · by new cruelty · 2 replies · 315+ views
    Vancouver Sun - Business BC; Business in The World; Pg. C6 | December 12, 2002
    LOS ANGELES -- The entertainment industry has announced new offensives in its battle with online piracy. The Motion Picture Association of America has filed lawsuits against nine ventures the association claims sold pirated titles through eBay. The Recording Industry Association of America reports that it has shut down an Internet site offering free copies of CD artwork and liner notes.
  • Tauzin Says Congress Will Have to Legislate Digital Piracy Flap (Bye-Bye To Your Recording Rights?)

    07/15/2002 2:41:10 PM PDT · by Timesink · 23 replies · 246+ views
    Mediaweek.com ^ | July 15, 2002 | Todd Shields
    BREAKING NEWS FROM ADWEEK ONLINE*MEDIAWEEK ONLINE*BRANDWEEK ONLINE -- Tauzin Says Congress Will Have to Legislate Digital Piracy FlapPrivate industry has failed to agree on how to protect digital-TV broadcasts from Internet piracy, so Congress will move to impose standards, Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), the chairman of the powerful House Commerce Committee, said Monday.Tauzin, who has been pushing for movement in the much-delayed transition to digital television, spoke upon emerging from a closed-door Capitol Hill meeting of broadcasters, movie studio executives, consumer group representatives and officials of the computer and consumer electronics industries.Tauzin said he had told his committee's staff to...