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Online Piracy

Online Piracy, Following The Money

William Buckley Jr. | Posted 04.17.2013 | Arts
William Buckley Jr.

Earlier this month, Chevrolet announced that it was severing their advertising/promotional ties with Grooveshark, a file- sharing site that has been u...

'Game Of Thrones' Director Weighs In On Illegal Downloads

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.26.2013 | Technology

HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated television show of 2012, but the vast number of illegal downloads doesn't appear to phase the ...

Illegal Downloaders, Get Ready For A Crackdown

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.25.2013 | Technology

A controversial strategy to combat Internet piracy took effect Monday, meaning subscribers who illegally share movies or songs could be punished by lo...

5 Ways Your Internet Freedom Is At Risk

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.21.2013 | Technology

Internet activists on Friday celebrated Internet Freedom Day, marking the one year anniversary of widespread online protests against controversial ant...

Aaron Swartz's Suicide: A Different Call to Arms

Andrea Bonior | Posted 03.19.2013 | Technology
Andrea Bonior

Let's have that conversation about hacking laws and how to wrestle with the new frontier of technology. But, arguably even more germane to the bulk of Americans, let's recognize how devastatingly common depression can be, and learn to act on the warning signs.

Gerry Smith

Internet Pirates Beware

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.11.2013 | Technology

Guilty of online piracy? Verizon may slow your high-speed Internet service to a crawl. The company is considering punishing subscribers who illeg...

Surviving Thanksgiving With Lester Burnham

William Buckley Jr. | Posted 01.21.2013 | Entertainment
William Buckley Jr.

I remember when my seventeen year marriage ended. My life was a total wreck. And to be honest, if it wasn't for a movie, I don't know if I would have made it. The movie that saved my life was American Beauty.

Protecting Creative and Intellectual Property on the Internet

Adam Lipsius | Posted 12.03.2012 | Denver
Adam Lipsius

It is respect for all craftsmen and conjurers and job creators -- and the expectation that society will protect their ability to profit legitimately from their work -- that's at stake when setting the balance on copyright protection in our digital era.

Joe Satran

The Most Hollywood-Friendly President Ever?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 09.10.2012 | Entertainment

On Aug. 28, the Republican Party announced it had included language about Internet freedom and intellectual property protection in its 2012 platform, ...

Independent Musician Joins YouTube Conversion Site's Battle Against Google

Michael Varrati | Posted 09.25.2012 | Technology
Michael Varrati

Artists like Alex Day are lending their support to online music availability options like YouTube-MP3. Rather than resist change, people like Alex are meeting it with open arms, hoping it will lead to new opportunities for them and their audience.

Movie File 'Sharing' Goes Legit

Kathy Wolfe | Posted 08.07.2012 | Gay Voices
Kathy Wolfe

The more I spoke out against online piracy, the more correspondence I began to receive from our film fans around the world. Some explained that they simply wanted the opportunity to watch our films. To that end we are excited to announce WolfeOnDemand.com.

The Long and Winding Road To A Bad Call On 'Piracy'

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.25.2012 | Entertainment
Art Brodsky

It's time for the industry to start listening to what they have been told by their audience -- that there have to be new, better and more convenient ways to get access to content.

Guess What? Stealing Is Still Wrong

Logan Lynn | Posted 05.08.2012 | Home
Logan Lynn

I don't actually believe that stealing my intellectual property is your constitutional right. Sorry, everybody. I get that you are used to consuming music like it's chewing gum, but those days are numbered. I'm glad that file sharing companies are getting shut down.

"We're the New Green Movement," Says Pirate Party Founder

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.23.2012 | World
Elisabeth Braw

It has branches in some 50 countries. It has members of parliaments and city councils. The Pirate Party, founded only five years ago, is today's fastest-growing party among voters under 30. Its core message: internet piracy should be legal.

Megaupload Founder Granted Bail -- As Long As He Doesn't Use The Internet

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 02.22.2012 | Technology

After a month behind bars, Kim Dotcom, founder of recently shuttered cloud-based content locker service Megaupload, has been granted bail by a New Zea...

Reconsidering the Stop Online Piracy Act

Eric K. Clemons | Posted 04.22.2012 | Technology
Eric K. Clemons

Eventually, Congress will have to consider SOPA. Here we suggest several questions that Congress will need to address and very short suggestions of what we expect they will conclude.

Stunning Percentage Of Youths Are Online 'Pirates'

AP | Posted 04.19.2012 | Technology

CHICAGO (AP) — Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally. A recent Columb...

Andrew Losowsky

Book Downloading Site Targeted By Publishers

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Losowsky | Posted 02.16.2012 | Books

A large coalition of publishing firms and related trade organizations has taken legal action against what the Association of American Publishers in Wa...

Lady Gaga, Jack White, Norah Jones And More: 10 Musicians OK With Piracy

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis and Catharine Smith | Posted 02.09.2012 | Technology

Following the massive web protests over Congress' online copyright protection bills SOPA and PIPA, as well as the high-profile takedown of file-hostin...

Saki Knafo

Is Outkast's Big Boi A Pirate? How Twitter Cracks Down On Copyright Violations

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.09.2012 | Technology

In early June, about three weeks before Beyonce's latest album came out, one of her songs, a collaboration with the rapper Andre 3000, made its way to...

Only a Smarter Congress Can Make Better Internet Policy

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 03.28.2012 | Politics
The Sunlight Foundation

Getting citizens involved will make Congress pay attention, but not every issue is a SOPA, where the internet shuts down in protest. Most issues fly below the radar. Only an empowered, capable Congress can make decisions.

Music Blogs React to Megaupload Seizure and Cyberlocker Lockdowns

Jason Sigal | Posted 03.27.2012 | Technology
Jason Sigal

Even if they were just the new sleazy middleman in the distribution chain, millions of users had come to rely on Megaupload for very legitimate uses. Now their files are gone.

Common Sense vs. Piracy

Pasha Adam | Posted 01.26.2012 | TV
Pasha Adam

Over the last ten years technology has changed. The way people want to consume television has changed. And yet Hollywood is moving at a snail's pace when it comes to revolutionizing the business model.

What's Behind Washington's About Face On Internet Piracy

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 03.27.2012 | Technology
Kevin Bermeister

Behind the SOPA legislative scene a very different and highly competitive industrial-scale battle is being fought by publishers of the web's content, Internet service providers (the final distributors of content) and copyright owners, including Hollywood.

Piracy Shmiracy: We Need New 21st Century Business Models

John Tarnoff | Posted 03.26.2012 | Media
John Tarnoff

The MPAA and NATO are panicking because they don't know how to replace revenues lost not to piracy, but to newer commercial content platforms like Netflix or YouTube. This is a better explanation for the brinksmanship over the now-tabled SOPA/PIPA legislation.