MPAA’s top legal attack dog fired
Facing charges of second-degree sexual abuse, blackmail and karma
Steven Fabrizio, a top executive at the Motion Picture Association of America, has been fired following charges of second-degree sexual abuse and blackmail.
ISPs giving up on warning pirates
It does not work
Major internet providers are ending a four-year-old system which gave “copyright alerts” to pirates when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content.
Studios conspired with Justice department in Google smear campaign
They will do what they are told
The Big Content cartel, which runs the movie and music business, planned to run a campaign to smear Google for refusing to prop-up its failing business model with censorship.
MPPA issues mysterious threats
24 hours to shut down or else
The Motion Picture Association of America has been issuing mysterious threats to those running piracy sites, telling them to shut down sites within a day or face the consequences.