Anti-Piracy efforts responsible for “Dark Knight” success: Studio
Warner Bros. is claiming that the success of the Batman movie “Dark Knight” is due to its tough anti-piracy efforts.
From the LA Times:
Warner created a “chain of custody” to track who had access to the film at any moment. It varied the shipping and delivery methods, staggering the delivery of film reels, so the entire [...]
Textbook piracy worrying publishers
Earlier this month, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the story of college students pirating textbooks.
The New York Times adds to the discussion through story this weekend on how publishers may fight back against textbook piracy.
From the NY Times Digital Domain:
Compared with music publishers, textbook publishers have been relatively protected from piracy by the [...]
Internet providers in UK to send letters to file sharers
The six largest Internet providers in the United Kingdom have agreed to send warning letters to customers who are believed to be illegally downloading and sharing music.
From Reuters:
The music and film industries launched a fight back against online piracy on Thursday, persuading the six biggest Internet providers to send warning letters to those suspected of [...]
Counterfeit Dollars pictures
Forbes Magazine has a photo slide show about counterfeit dollars and the steps to prevent counterfeiting.
See the entire slide show here.
Pirated copies no match for Batman
Despite pirated copies being available on the Internet, “The Dark Knight” was able to have the biggest weekend opening for a movie.
From Epiccenter:
The Dark Knight made a mind-warping, record-breaking $155.3 million at the box office over the weekend. Thousands of people waited hours in line to sit in a dark room and watch the [...]
Piracy could cost Microsoft in China this year
An increase in software piracy could cost Microsoft in China this year, according to a new report.
From Bloomberg News:
Microsoft Corp.’s profit growth may be stunted this year by a resurgence of software piracy in China, the second-biggest personal-computer market after the U.S.
More than 8 out of 10 pieces of software in use are copied illegally in China, [...]
Eight US States create over half of US piracy losses
The Business Software Association (BSA) released a new study claiming that eight states in the United States are responsible for 52 percent of total piracy losses in the country.
From the press release by the BSA:
The national average for software piracy in 2007 was 20%, meaning that one in five pieces of PC software in use [...]
Checking that home run ball you bought on eBay
Major League Baseball has installed a new counterfeit detection tag on every baseball so that a home run ball being sold may be verified.
From Reuters:
After a player hits a home run, a security guard will approach the fan who catches the ball with a handheld computer. The guard will scan the electronic tag and enter [...]
Counterfeit detection tool could violate privacy
A counterfeit detection tool on color printers are raising concerns that it may violate a user’s privacy.
From USA Today:
More manufacturers are outfitting greater numbers of laser printers with technology that leaves microscopic yellow dots on each printed page to identify the printer’s serial number — and ultimately, you, says the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, [...]
DVD sniffing dogs background
Threat Level has a post regarding the two DVD sniffing dogs trained by the MPAA.
From Threat Level:
A few years back, John Malcolm, the Motion Picture Association of America’s anti-piracy director, was brainstorming new ways to combat piracy. Fresh on the job after serving as a federal prosecutor and a Justice Department attorney, Malcolm wanted to [...]
