Online Groups Brag About Movie Piracy
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In not-too-secret online forums, Wesley Snipes' latest movie, "Blade: Trinity," is the subject of intense discussion and evaluation. But unlike typical movie fan sites, the chatter from visitors to Web sites like VCDQuality.com doesn't key on the vampire film's plot, acting or bloody visual effects. Instead, computer users dish out praise or criticism on the caliber of video and sound achieved by online groups whose sole mission is to make available unauthorized copies of Hollywood films within a day or two of a movie's debut, if not before.
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The real question is whether the movie industry, unlike the recording industry, can provide an answer to P2P that is as convenient and valuable to users.
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A TRADE group representing seven movie studios has filed a wave of lawsuits against users offering pirated films using peer-to-peer (P2P) programs, announcing it plans software to find and delete movies, music and P2P programs.
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Firms including Viacom, Walt Disney and Myspace unite to set guidelines to protect copyright online.
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LOS ANGELES  - File-swappers beware. Illegally downloading movies can now get you sued. Like the recording companies, movie studios are fed up with computer users sharing unauthorized copies of
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Internet file sharing has been one of the hottest-burning controversies for years. A new survey of musicians and artists promises to throw gas on the fire.
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Young people are increasingly happy to buy pirated goods or illegal download content from the net, a survey shows.
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Questions about whether the movie industry is too concerned about piracy, companies profiting from the Iraq war and more.
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By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service and Paul Kallender, IDG News Service. The group supporting the HD-DVD optical disc format for high-definition video has received a boost in its battle against the rival
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Tell us how you see the RIAA's attack on the mild reforms in the Fair Use Act. Is the organization protecting consumers? In GadgetLab.
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Blog: File sharing is a much more popular way to obtain video than ripping DVDs.
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It's an unavoidable fact that a large number of people now experience movies through the illicit medium of pirated DVD's, which reframe the art form in interesting ways.
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In a surprise move this week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a multi-pronged legal attack on movie downloaders.
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Taking a page from the music industry&#39;s playbook, the movie industry filed lawsuits in St. Louis and elsewhere Tuesday as part of a national campaign to crack down on piracy online.
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The Motion Picture Association of America has opened a second front in its war against online sharing of movies, offering a free program that will detect the presence of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and downloaded songs or movies.
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Amazon.com and iTunes have joined the growing number of online venues selling movie files. USA TODAY's Mike Snider clicks through the latest way to get flicks.
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By MAY WONG    SAN MATEO, Calif.  -- The promise of Internet-based video has long been hamstrung by copyright and piracy worries, slow dial-up connections, technical challenges and consumer disdain for watching blotchy videos on their home computers...