Post Tagged with: "mpaa"

The Power of Lobbying: How Hollywood Got a Canadian Movie Piracy Bill in Under Six Months

A video discussing how anti-camcording legislation got introduced in Canada.

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June 1, 2007 Comments are Disabled Video

MPAA Trumpets Spiderman 3 Camcording Crackdown

Jon Healey of the LA Times points to a joint release today [pdf] from the MPAA and the National Association of Theatre Owners trumpeting their success in stopping the camcording of Spiderman 3.  The release notes that the industry stopped 31 camcording attempts worldwide, which it credits with helping lead […]

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May 18, 2007 11 comments News

Canwest Reports Camcording Bill on the Way

Canwest News reports this morning that the Conservatives will introduce anti-camcording legislation this spring with the hope of moving the bill quickly through the Parliamentary process.  Given the recent statements from MPs from all parties this comes as no surprise, though it is still remarkable to see the power of […]

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May 11, 2007 6 comments News

The Globe on Camcording

Others have noted the Globe and Mail's one-sided coverage of the camcording story, however, there is one paragraph in today's story that requires an additional comment.  In its front page story, the Globe reports: Canada – particularly Montreal – is known as one of the world's worst offenders for piracy, […]

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May 9, 2007 8 comments News

MPAA Says NYC Source of 40 Percent of Camcording

After months of claiming that Canada is the source of up to 50 percent of camcording of films, a report out of New York now claims that the Big Apple is responsible for more than 40 percent of camcorded films.  Given that the head of the U.S. National Association of […]

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May 2, 2007 6 comments News