The Internet Strikes Back Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov RIAA MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure Feds Shut FileSharing Site DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA Hactivists Attack And Universal Music Following Indictments Andy Samberg Neil Gaiman Trent Reznor Aziz Ansari Adam Savage & More Tell Congress Don't Pass PIPA Or In Our Names Disney Refused Invitation From Senator Feinstein Meet With Tech Companies Over PIPA/SOPA Wikipedia Blackout Has Plenty Of Company Translating Chris Dodd's Sanctimonious Bluster Protests Into English List Censoring Countries Thinks Provide A Good Example For US Cato Institute Digs MPAA's Own Research Show That Wouldn't Save Single Net Job Lamar Smith Brush Off As Just Publicity Stunt Insane Entitlement EMI Sues Irish Gov't Not Passing SOPALike Censorship Law Hollywood Star Ashton Kutcher Says 'SOPA Is Problem Solution' If SOPA's Main Target Pirate Bay It's Worth Pointing Out ThePirateBay.org Immune How Far We've Come; We Need Go Why Hollywood's Idea 'Innovation' MythBuster's PROTECT IP Could Destroy Know It Supporters Pretend White House Statement Means Can Rush Through BooFreakingHoo Complains 'The Deck Stacked' Against Them CES Panels Union Members Sign Petition Asking Unions Stop Supporting

Anonymous Retaliates Against MegaUpload Takedown, Knocks MPAA, RIAA Sites Offline Anonymous has allegedly taken down the Department of Justice website, the MPAA website, the RIAA website, and others. Thirty Years Before SOPA, MPAA Feared the VCR In 1982, Jack Valenti warned that these little tapes would brutally murder his industry. (Image via Wikipedia) Thirty years before SOPA, the MPAA was in Washington, demanding legislative protection from a new and dangerous technology: the VCR. Here's then-MPAA head Jack Valenti, testifying before a House Judiciary Subcommittee in 1982: MPAA: SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are 'Abuse of Power' The MPAA said today that the SOPA/PIPA blackouts are nothing but a publicity stunt and an abuse of power. While MPAA watches SOPA crumble, digital rentals rise as physical rentals decline According to a new study conducted by the NPD Group, video-on-demand and streaming video from services like Netflix were on the rise during 2011 and 31 percent of all rentals in North America are attributed to digital delivery options. Alternatively, total physical DVD and Blu-ray rentals fell by 11 percent over the year due to the decline in Blockbuster as well as flat Netflix growth. Redbox is ... MPAA Attacks Ars Technica For 'Challenging Efforts to Curb Content Theft' The Motion Picture Association of America doesn't like us. According to the MPAA blog on Tuesday, "Arts Technica" is a "tech blog with a long history of challenging efforts to curb content theft." (If so, we're the only such tech blog that actually encouraged a now-current MPAA lawyer to do copyright coverage for our site and that [...] MPAA Fights Back Against Anonymous Attacks Eriq Gardner Hollywood trade group says it is working with the feds to identify the people responsible for the attack on its website. read more Hollywood Studios, MPAA to Attempt to Neutralize SOPA Protests With Ad Campaign [REPORT] The Motion Picture Association of America is looking to fight back against Wednesday's Internet protests over SOPA with an ad campaign aiming to address "misconceptions" about the bill, according to a report. MPAA attacks Ars for "challenging efforts to curb content theft" The Motion Picture Association of America doesn't like us. According to the MPAA blog on Tuesday, "Arts Technica" is a "tech blog with a long history of challenging efforts to curb content theft." (If so, we're the only such tech blog that actually encouraged a now-current MPAA lawyer to do copyright coverage for our site and that recommended the pro-rightsholder book Free Ride in this year's ... MPAA blasts 'dangerous' anti-SOPA blackouts as 'stunts' Chief Hollywood lobbyist Chris Dodd, a former U.S. Senator, railed against tomorrow's planned Web blackouts/copyright-law protests. SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of power" The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has looked at tomorrow's "Internet blackout" in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—and it sees only a "gimmick," a "stunt," "hyperbole," "a dangerous and troubling development," an "irresponsible response," and an "abuse of power." Wikipedia, reddit, and others are going dark to protest the legislation, while sites like Scribd and ...
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