Copyright
Consumers Prefer Legal Content, New Study Suggests
WASHINGTON, February 9, 2011 – A recent report commissioned by NBC Universal shows that if given the opportunity, consumers prefer to obtain content online legally.
Copyright
Copyright
U.S. Movie Studios Launch Lawsuit Against Online Media Locker Service
LOS ANGELES, February 8, 2011 — Five of the major motion picture studios in the United States on Tuesday launched the next phase of their industry’s ongoing campaign against online piracy by filing what will be a closely-watched copyright infringement lawsuit against Hotfile.com, a so-called cyberlo
Copyright
Japanese Book Publishers Up Against Wall As IPad Spurs Cottage Industry of Book Scanning
The murky status of rights clearance is bamboozling the Japanese publishing industry’s efforts to move into the eBook market even as start-ups take matters into their own hands and start scanning books for people who want to make space in their apartments in Japan, according to a recent report in Bl
DHS
U.S. DHS Nabs 10 Domains of Web Sites That Linked to Live Sports Events Online
NEW YORK, February 2, 2011 — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday seized the domain names of 10 web sites that officials said were illegally rebroadcasting sporting events online.
EFF
Non-Profits Seek to Block Injunction Against Rebroadcaster ivi
WASHINGTON, February 1, 2011 – A group of non-profit organizations filed a brief in federal district court Tuesday, opposing an injunction that would pull Internet rebroadcaster, ivi TV, off the air pending the resolution of a copyright infringement suit against it.
Copyright
Judge Bans Hacker From Disseminating PlayStation Unlocking Code
SAN FRANCISCO, January 27, 2011 — Prize-winning science student and renowned hacker George Hotz was temporarily banned Wednesday from disseminating code that allows PlayStation 3 owners to run software that wasn’t authorized by Sony.
Asia
Top Tech CEOs At State Dinner For President Hu Jintao
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SteveBallmerMSFTSweden1.jpg The CEOs of some of the largest and most influential U.S. technology companies made the guest list at a gala White House state
Copyright
U.S.-China Trade Relations In Spotlight Wednesday As Country Presidents Meet
[https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ObamaHuDinner.jpg]https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ObamaHuDinner.jpg China’s “indigenous innovation” policies, and other trade issues with the United States will be in the spotlight Wednesday when both President Bara
Copyright
Renowned Hacker Says PlayStation Suit Highlights Absurdity of Digital Copyright Law
A reknowned hacker and 21-year-old whiz kid who was the first to unlock an iPhone says in a Thursday cable television interview that Sony’s lawsuit against him for his latest Sony PlayStation 3 hack only serves to highlight the absurdity of a landmark digital copyright law.
China
Report: China Vows Copyright Crackdown
Chinese officials vowed to step up the government’s copyright enforcement this week ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington, DC next week.
Broadband Live
Congress Prepared to Confront Range of Intellectual Property Issues
WASHINGTON, January 13, 2011 – Congress can’t get away from controversial copyright- and patent-related issues, said panelsts at the first Intellectual Property Breakfast Club of the new year on Tuesday, as the internet and intellectual property news and events service released the full length video
Broadband Live
BroadbandBreakfast.com Announces Winter 2011 Breakfast Topics
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2011 – The Washington-based internet and intellectual property policy news and events service, BroadbandBreakfast.com, https://broadbandbreakfast.com, announces its Winter 2011 series of events (January through February) for the Intellectual Property and Broadband Breakfast Cl
EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation Names Intellectual Property Team
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday formally named the members of its new intellectual property litigation team, bringing on board Yahoo’s senior legal director for copyright and an entertainment attorney from the law firm of Loeb & Loeb in Chicago.
Copyright
Interim Register of Copyrights Named As Marybeth Peters Retires
On Friday, the Library of Congress announced that it has put Senior Adviser Maria Pallante in charge as the current Register Marybeth Peters retires at the end of the year.
Copyright
Copyright Alliance Picks Time Warner Lawyer To Head Up Its Lobbying Efforts
The Copyright Alliance on Monday named Sandra Aistars as its executive director. Aistars succeeds the group’s Founder Patrick Ross, a well-respected Washington, D.C. technology journalist who left earlier this year to return to writing.
Copyright
Motion Picture Association Fills Litigation Counsel Spot
The Motion Picture Association of America on Monday announced that it has hired Karen Thorland as vice president and senior content protection counsel.
