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The Avengers Demonstrates Piracy's Overstated Effect on Ticket Sales
There?s one story that?s getting overlooked as The Avengers continues to set records left and right at the box office. The film is also allegedly the most widely pirated cam release in torrent history. An early copy of The Avengers actually leaked out onto the internet a week ahead of release, and Disney was subsequently ...
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Game Of Thrones Tops 2012 Piracy Charts, Copyright Wars Continue
The war against digital content piracy is looking more futile when considering the most recent piracy trends, facts, and figures.
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Hollywood and Wal-Mart: Keeping Their Fingers in the Dike
Streaming Media editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen is understandably exasperated by Hollywood's latest "deal" to preserve copy protection for DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs--even as sales figures suggest they should do exactly the opposite. In a time when the music industry has abandoned copy protection, the movie industry is doubling down?begrudgingly admitting that, yes, you bought that movie on optical ...
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Pirate Bay goes offline after DDOS attack by mystery hacker
The Pirate Bay, which enables people to download files, music and films without paying, was suddenly bombarded with internet traffic which overwhelmed its servers.
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The Avengers: theaters bank on the midnight mania of diehard fans
As the film industry continues to struggle with ways to fend off piracy, theaters rely increasingly on fans desperate to see it first It wouldn't have been enough for Nathan Owens simply to show up at the movies at midnight, despite having to be at his warehouse shift at 9am the next day. Owens, 21, had to get dressed up in full Captain America regalia, all in preparation to see The Avengers ...
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Copyright cartel: want to cut filesharing by 40%? Here’s how
The copyright industry could dramatically reduce piracy if it gave consumers what they wanted, research from Essential shows. Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... Read more on the... Read more on the blog...
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Why does NZ miss out on cool films?
Is it any wonder we are a nation of movie-loving pirates?
www.stuff.co.nz
UK Pirate Bay block could be easily circumvented
A UK High Court order to force ISPs to block access to an online file-sharing site may do little to stop illegal downloads
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Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super
Writer-director Joss Whedon convenes a half-dozen comic-book all-stars for a fun party too bustling to worry about greatness
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Guardiola's legacy goes beyond trophy haul
After the confirmation that Josep Guardiola is to relinquish his role as FC Barcelona coach, UEFA.com reporter Graham Hunter looks at the legacy left by the 41-year-old's tenure.
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