hollywood

An anti-piracy group says they have monitored decreased usage of cyberlockers that withdrew their rewards programs in the wake of the Megaupload shutdown and increases for those that maintained them.

What is required now, the Hollywood-backed group says, is a "burden of proof reversal" which would require hosts to prove that their businesses are not built on piracy, or face being held liable.

All around the world Hollywood is influencing politics and law enforcement, mainly through local anti-piracy groups.

Aside from lobbying, they also employ private investigators to track down and bust copyright infringers. Today, one of them spills the beans.

Gavin “Tex” Warren reveals how he was instructed to boost statistics, link piracy to drug trafficking, and manipulate the police in order to secure more interest for the war on piracy.

HBO won't come to Netflix's streaming service until the latter charges customers $20 per month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

When technology leaps ahead of business models, it's often bad for profits. Cisco's new router poses just such a threat to the titans of movie making.

The WirelessHD technology developed by SiBEAM received a significant boost on Wednesday when Hollywood's content czar blessed its content-protection scheme.