Consumer groups slam NBC's antipiracy plea
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Blog: Media conglomerate had asked federal regulators to require broadband providers to police their networks for copyright violations, but public-interest groups say the effort is "misguided."
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Consumer groups worry about the prospect of a TV channel advertising drugs in Europe but firms say there are no such plans.
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Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.
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Blogs that monitor file-sharing and antipiracy developments online find themselves this week in a kerfuffle with a company that sells antipiracy services to major studios and recording firms. The bloggers say the firm attempted to entrap potential downloaders; the head of Media Defender denies it.
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Several lawmakers protested a spectrum auction proposal from the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), saying his plan could limit the number of bidders and raise costs to consumers.
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Business & money: Performers and labels attack government's decision not to extend protection beyond 50 years.
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Variety - NEW YORK -- Democratic politicians and consumer groups are outraged over the plan by 62 TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group to carry a primetime documentary attacking Sen. John Kerry.
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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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A Japanese entertainment group is not happy with YouTube's progress in weeding out copyrighted content, and is asking the social video site to implement stricter policies on video uploads.
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BEIJING  - Adding to pressure for China to stop rampant product piracy, two major U.S. business groups complained Thursday that abuses are getting worse and warned that lack of patent and copyright protection is hurting high-tech investment.
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Civil liberties groups bash vote as "get-out-of-jail-free card" for AT&#38;T and others accused of illegally opening their networks to the feds.
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"American Gangster" just got served. A group of ex federal agents filed a class-action lawsuit against NBC Universal on Wednesday, accusing the studio of smearing their reputations by playing with the facts in its hit crime thriller starring Oscar winn...
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Free software advocates rallied   against certain limits on copying music and films on Tuesday in   a global "Day against DRM" (Digital Rights Management), saying   consumers are robbed of their fair-use rights as entertainment   goes digital and online.
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RealNetworks&#39; campaign to grab digital-music market share away from Apple&#39;s iTunes service -- most recently, with cut-rate, 49-cent song downloads -- is raising the ire of Apple loyalists. A petition placed online by Real was swamped with ...
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Efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to regulate indecency on broadcast TV have drawn sharp criticism from network entertainment chiefs.
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Arts & entertainment: Industry calls on internet service providers and governments to take action against digital piracy
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NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's  iTunes after failing to come to  an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its  online edition on Friday.