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Public Interest Groups Ask FCC to Deny HD DVR Waiver

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:45:58 -0700

Consumer Groups Blast MPAA Proposal

Stevie Converse — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:31:48 -0700

Why Do ISPs Want to Make Piracy Their Problem?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:41:53 -0700

Looking closely at new incumbent anti-piracy plans, the passage of the new Pro-IP Act and the new P4P Working Group, you'll notice we've entered a new era of copyright-enforcement where ISPs plan to play a much greater role in protecting copyright law.

Hollywood Taking Sides in Network Neutrality Debate

Stevie Converse — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:53:17 -0700

Hollywood believes the Internet is the key to its future. But its constituents are again squabbling over how to get there.

Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:11:04 -0700

Looks like our prediction in our recent HuffPo post was spot-on. Citing piracy concerns, Big Media has made its deal with broadband ISPs like Comcast to make sure its Internet video gets priority A-1 Express Lane carriage over the Internet.

Showbiz, Tech Playing Nice?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:19:16 -0700

While the past decade was marked by frosty relations between the entertainment and high-tech industries, the upcoming years are likely to see an international warming trend between them, two trade group chiefs said Thursday.

MPAA, RIAA Going Steady with ISPs

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:16:00 -0700

The content industry's budding cooperative relationship with broadband service providers will continue to develop even after their current principal common interest ceases to exist, top execs said Thursday.

Beleaguered BitTorrent Search Engine Shuts Down

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:44:36 -0700

Expensive legal battles have caused TorrentSpy, the search engine for the BitTorrent file-sharing service, to shut down.

FCC Commissioner Adelstein Says Net Neutrality Shouldn't Extend to Illegal Acts

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:54:58 -0700

While key players are slugging it out over ISP content filtering, the Federal Communications Commission has released a slew of decisions and announcements about broadband. They include a new public hearing on broadband network management practices and new rules for telecommunications services in apartment buildings.

Will the FCC Endorse Filtering?

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:44:26 -0700

FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein gave the Hollywood studios some reason for concern but more reason for cheer in comments Tuesday on Net neutrality.

Media Minutes: March 21, 2008

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Media Minutes 2008-3-21

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:56:35 -0700

The MPAA has allied themselves with cable and phone companies in their multi-million dollar fight against Net Neutrality. And the increasing disappearance of editorial cartoons from newspapers correlates with the rise of media consolidation.

MPAA: Net neutrality an Assault on Creativity

Haijing Tu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:51:41 -0700

So the movie industry is lining up four-square with Comcast on this net neutrality thing. MPAA boss Dan Glickman just gave a speech (PDF) this week, in which he announced:

Making Sense of the MPAA's Latest Retro Take on Tech

Haijing Tu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:27:28 -0700

Dan Glickman, who runs Hollywood's most powerful trade organization, has got to start watching something hipper than It's a Wonderful Life.

The Digital Freedom Campaign Responds to MPAA Boss Glickman's Remarks on Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:06:15 -0700

The Digital Freedom Campaign responded today to recent remarks made by the MPAA's Dan Glickman opposing Net Neutrality. The following statement can be attributed to Maura Corbett of the Digital Freedom Campaign:

Movie Spies Are Fun; Movies' Spying on the Internet Is Not

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:11:19 -0700

Hollywood for years has had a fascination with spies. Some are action spies, like the various incarnations of Bond, James Bond, or cerebral spies like Alec Guinness' masterfully subtle George Smiley.