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MPAA’s top legal attack dog fired
Published in News
Thursday, 29 August 2019 12:17

MPAA’s top legal attack dog fired


Facing charges of second-degree sexual abuse, blackmail and karma

Steven Fabrizio, a top executive at the Motion Picture Association of America, has been fired following charges of second-degree sexual abuse and blackmail.

ISPs giving up on warning pirates
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Monday, 30 January 2017 11:58

ISPs giving up on warning pirates


It does not work


Major internet providers are ending a four-year-old system which gave “copyright alerts” to pirates when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content.

Studios conspired with Justice department in Google smear campaign
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They will do what they are told

The Big Content cartel, which runs the movie and music business, planned to run a campaign to smear Google for refusing to prop-up its failing business model with censorship.

MPPA issues mysterious threats
Published in News
Friday, 01 May 2015 13:55

MPPA issues mysterious threats


24 hours to shut down or else

The Motion Picture Association of America has been issuing mysterious threats to those running piracy sites, telling them to shut down sites within a day or face  the consequences.