Topic
Piracy
169 published works
The Trademark Blog
Anti-Piracy Group Suffers Email Leak. and What is MiiVii?
WSJ: Antipiracy Group Suffers Email Leak: [O]ver the weekend, information about MediaDefender's efforts was splashed across the Internet via a leak of purported employee emails. Among the alleged revelations: the…
Cam Law
Harry Potter and the Pirates of Publishing
"Harry Potter and" is the pirates' steal of the century. Harry Potter is so popular in China that his fans are pirating the official works and putting out fakes and…
The Trademark Blog
Admire My Stolen BMW; Maybe You’ll Buy One
News.com: "Hollywood Hates Pirates, But Can It Use Them?" This article, discussing the alleged distribution of infringing copies of a move, asks: "whether those who downloaded the movie could have…
Coordination Problem
Pirate An-arrgh-chy: Part I in a Series of III
By Pete Boettke
Ahoy! I am writing a series of papers on the law and economics of pirate organization. (Yes, I'm serious). The first in this series is titled, "An-arrgh-chy: The Law and…
The Trademark Blog
Live Free And Die
IHT: "Warner's Digital Watchdog Widens War On Pirates": "Missteps made today could have grave consequences for the future, particularly when it comes to consumers' willingness to pay for movies and…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Coordinated Enforcement
There is a groundswell of federal legislative activity aimed at protecting and enforcing the intellectual property rights of United States businesses, authors and artists against international counterfeiting and piracy. This…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Effects of Movie, Music Piracy
Entertainment executives in the U.S. and India told attendees at an international conference in Mumbai that the industry around the world is losing billions to video and music pirates. Such…
ContractsProf Blog
Ships, the Repo Man, and Piracy
Over at Concurring Opinions, Nate Oman (William & Mary) has this fascinating post about the difference between repossession and piracy, specifically when we're talking about the repossession of a ship. …
The Trademark Blog
Content Recognition Software As Anti-Piracy Tool
NY Times: "New Weapon in Web War Over Privacy": "The new technological weapon is content-recognition software, which makes it possible to identify copyrighted material, even, for example, from blurry video…
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In A Related Story, the RIAA Has Announced Formation Of Its Own Navy
The local: Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy its own nation in an attempt to circumvent international copyright laws.