Archive for December, 2009

Moving against piracy and counterfeiting requires action, not just talk…

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

releaesd December 14, 2009 

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan Glickman and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) CEO Mitch Bainwol today joined U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer and other federal officials from the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to announce the recent results from a nationwide federal law enforcement crackdown on counterfeit products.

The enforcement action, codenamed Operation Holiday Hoax, focused on illegal vendors throughout several major U.S. cities and netted five arrests and 79,796 counterfeit CDs and 79,610 DVDs.

The full release can be viewed here.

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It’s about time! Get the ball rolling…

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

from VARIETY December 14, 2009:

Studio chiefs and showbiz CEOs will gather at the White House today for a roundtable discussion on piracy hosted by Vice President Joseph Biden.


The Obama administration is calling the meeting a first-of-its-kind event to highlight ways to combat piracy in the face of fast-changing technology.

link to full article here.

 

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