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MPAA’s latest anti-piracy move accidentally, completely screws Hollywood studios

Pando- From Marlon Brando’s civil rights statement in absentia to Michael Moore’s anti-war speech, the Academy Awards ceremony played host to its share of high-profile protests. This year, though, the biggest protest will likely happen outside the Dolby Theater.

fatstarr3710d ago

feel like this article had way too many words b4 it even got to the point, I never read on and on about something quite like this.

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MPAA Wants to Keep Its Anti-Piracy Secrets From Google

Hoping to find out more about the collaboration between the MPAA and Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood, Google recently requested a deposition of MPAA lead counsel Steve Fabrizio. This week the Hollywood group told the court that the request goes too far, claiming that Google is using the legal process to uncover its anti-piracy strategies.

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Movie Outfits Flag MPAA’S Search Engine As A Pirate Site

The MPAA has repeatedly urged Google to get tougher on copyright infringement, but recently it learned that anti-piracy efforts also have a downside. Several pages from the MPAA's search engine for movies and TV-shows "WhereToWatch" have been removed from Google's search results, following inaccurate takedown requests from movie companies.

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gizmig3019d ago

One of my blogpost also get removed from Google search queries with the same keywords.

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When Hollywood Raids Pirates, What Do They Search For?

During December five men from the UK received sentences totaling 17 years after leaking thousands of movies onto the Internet. In an earlier article we revealed how the men were tracked down. Today we'll look more closely at what police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft were looking for when the men were raided.

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