MPAA: Net neutrality could hurt antipiracy tech
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Blog: The movie industry warns federal regulators not to create any rules that would encourage  peer-to-peer "free riding" or stifle new content-filtering techniques.
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Responding to allegations of evidence destruction, a federal court sides with the MPAA in ruling that the torrent search engine TorrentSpy is liable for copyright infringement. TorrentSpy's attorney vows to appeal.
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The Motion Picture Association of America is in talks with the Internet2 research consortium, hoping both to test next-generation video delivery projects and to monitor peer-to-peer piracy on the ultrahigh-speed network.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer (P2P) software to trade movie files without permission over the internet.
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InfoWorld - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has won a lawsuit against the operators ofÂ TorrentSpy.com, with the judge ruling in favor of the MPAA because the Web site operators tampered with evidence.
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As online piracy reaches epidemic proportions, the Motion Picture Association of America is buckling down on Internet plunder. Controversy erupted on campus in October when AcIS ordered
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The file swapping network BitTorrent has lost most, if not all, of its Hub connections. The quick change in status is believed to be directly correlated with the MPAA threats of legal action if the network continued to operate.
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Those who illegally download movies and music could have their Internet service cut off under a forthcoming recommendation that could be used to craft legislation.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is following the Recording Industry Association of Americaâs (RIAA) footsteps by filing lawsuits against BitTorrent clients.
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Use of a peer-to-peer program called BitTorrent is way up--and that could be bad news for opponents of file sharing.
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(InfoWorld) - Asian regulators should think twice about followingÂ the U.S. lead on net neutrality, or risk undermining the economic incentive for Asian carriers to build and maintain faster networks, according to speakers at the CommunicAsia Summit in Singapore. Regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore show signs of enshrining a policy of net neutrality for future networks, and that's not necessarily a positive development, said Peter Waters, a partner at law firm Gilbert+Tobin. Net neutrality is a term for policies that prevent carriers from giving preference on their networks to traffic from their own sites, or charging Web sites extra for preferential treatment. "We need to back off a bit," Waters said. Regulators should wait until a problem arises before stepping in to set new policies, he said. Waters and others speaking at CommunicAsia argued that carriers must be able to collect revenue for the different types of content that crosses their networks. Asia Netcom, which operates a backhaul network in Asia, claimed the right to charge content providers for the data carried on its network, particularly when that data is valuable. For example, Google and others use Asia Netcom's network to transmit advertisements and other content that have significant value. "Why do I keep providing that [service] for free?" said Mark Simpson, the company's chief operating officer. Waters proposed a revenue-sharing model, where backhaul carriers receive a portion of the revenue from content providers for the data carried on their networks. Net neutrality is a contentious issue and is generallyÂ opposed by carriers, who argue it reduces the incentive to build new networks. However, in March, researchers at the University of Florida conducted a study using game theory analysis that found the opposite to be true. Allowing carriers to charge content providers for the data they carry provides less incentive for the carriers to expand and improve their networks, they found. "The incentive for the broadband service provider to expand under net neutrality is unambiguously higher than when the principle of net neutrality is abandoned," the researchers wrote in the conclusion of their report. Â
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Blog: Amidst thousands of comments about whether Net neutrality rules are needed, media conglomerate urges FCC to stress that broadband providers must fight transfer of copyrighted works.
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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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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has weighed in on network neutrality, and has come down on the side of caution in a debate that goes to the heart of Internet technology.
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Draconian actions from Hollywood and the recording industry have tech in its crosshairs, says Network World's Mark Gibbs. And if you think their efforts only target so-called pirates, you're just not paying attention.
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The Motion Picture Association of America is retargeting its legal battle against file swappers by launching attacks against the server operators behind the BitTorrent and eDonkey services.
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p2pnet.net News:- p2pnet.net News:- The entertainment industry - Hollywood, for short - is calling for the US Supreme Court to overturn the Grokster / Morpheus ruling that says p2p networks aren&#39;t liable for alleged copyright violations committed by users