Cary Sherman of the Recording Industry Association of America has an oped in today’s New York Times: What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You.  In it he calls out the most vocal opponents of recent rogue sites legislation for using their platform to spread misinformation: “The hyperbolic mistruths, presented on the home pages of some of the [...]

As millions of Americans prepare to watch the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots (or tune in to see Monday’s most talked about commercials) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the NFL are taking steps to crack down on illegal live video streams and counterfeit merchandise.  At an NFL press conference today, [...]

The highly documented takedown of the site Megaupload.com on January 19th has provoked much speculation as well as retaliation.  We spent the last week looking over the indictment and to learn more about the takedown of Megaupload.com and what it means for future IP enforcement. Megaupload claimed to have over 150 million registered users and [...]

During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama proposed a new Trade Enforcement Initiative designed to combat unfair trade practices.  In his remarks, the President stated “It’s not right when another country lets our movies, music and software be pirated.”  According the White House, the initiative includes the formation of a new [...]

Today’s Wall Street Journal opinion page features an oped by economist Stan Liebowitz.  In it he refutes the oft-cited claim that some how piracy promotes sales and stresses that maintaining the status quo would continue to put content industries at risk while enabling for-profit pirates.  He writes:   “A balancing of competing legitimate interests is always [...]

On Thursday, federal prosecutors shut down one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites.  According to the AP, Megaupload.com is charged with violating piracy laws, costing copyright holders over $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. Read more about the takedown at the Washington Post.  Additionally, sources report that hacking group Anonymous [...]

The hours leading up to and during yesterday’s blackout of websites in the name of protesting anti-piracy legislation prompted a flurry of coverage, more stark claims about the impending death of the Internet, and knee-jerk reactions to the outcry. Much like waking up with a bad hangover, however, the morning after may provide a moment [...]

A number of Internet sites today have opted to shut down in protest of bills they say would censor the Internet. A headline-grabbing PR stunt, to be sure. But these companies and groups are making charges about the bills that are blatantly untrue, conjuring up straw man legislative demons in order to knock them down [...]

Kathy Wolfe, Founder and CEO of Wolfe Video and Wolfe Releasing –the oldest and largest exclusive distributor of LGBT films in the world– has a piece on the Huffington Post today.  In it she writes that while the Internet is essential to her business and the independent filmmakers she represents, and they “have readily embraced [...]

The Copyright Alliance has written extensively about the threat of foreign-based rogue web sites to America’s artists and creators. But consumer safety is a critical factor in the importance of legislation aimed at cutting off these sites selling unlicensed, unregulated and unsafe products to American consumers. See our overview of consumer safety issues here. The [...]