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IFTA steps up anti piracy measures

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  The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has introduced its members to a number of enhanced security technology measures, part of its multi-faceted technology and legislative campaign aimed at addressing internet piracy, IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt announced today.   IFTA over the past year has researched the availability and effectiveness of copyright protection technologies and services specifically tailored to the needs of independent production and dis...

Indian industry study pushes for adopting DRM in country

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[From Our Correspondent] GOA, India, Nov 24: Indian national commerce chambers FICCI has pushed for the adoption of an "efficient" digital rights management (DRM) system, and said this would give "a fillip to the fast-growing Indian digital entertainment and media industry".The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry took this stand in a study jointly done with the PriceWaterhouseCoopers titled 'Entertainment & Media: India Going Digital' and released even ...

Indian industry study pushes for adopting DRM in country

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GOA, India, Nov 24: Indian national commerce chambers FICCI has pushed for the adoption of an "efficient" digital rights management (DRM) system, and said this would give "a fillip to the fast-growing Indian digital entertainment and media industry".The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry took this stand in a study jointly done with the PriceWaterhouseCoopers titled 'Entertainment & Media: India Going Digital' and released even as India launched the 38th edition of its interna...

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The Czech Anti-Piracy Union regularly holds lectures on the topic of movie piracy and copyright questions within different film festivals in Czech Republic such as Summer Film School in Uherske Hradiste, Fresh Film Fest in Karlovy Vary, Famufest in Prague and so on. Our main objective is to inform the public about copyright and movie piracy questions in an understandable and complex way. The respect for copyright and

MEETING ON THE TOPIC OF COPYRIGHT AND MOVIE PIRACY set for ZLIN Childrens Film Festival end of May, 2007

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                The Czech Anti-Piracy Union regularly holds lectures on the topic of movie piracy and copyright questions within different film festivals in Czech Republic such as Summer Film School in Uherske Hradiste, Fresh Film Fest in Karlovy Vary, Famufest in Prague and so on. Our main objective is to inform the public about copyright and movie piracy questions in an understandable and complex way. The respect for copyright and intellectual property rights in general is hist...

Screeners ban lifted: indies win

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A federal judge freed movie distributors to send copies of films to awards voters -- a decision seen as a victory for independent film producers as awards season approaches.US District Judge Michael B. Mukasey lifted a rule imposed by the Motion Picture Association of America that blocked studios from sending the copies, or "screeners," to voters.The MPAA had argued that the ban, issued in September, was a means of slowing the explosion of movie piracy. Digital copies of many films turn up on th...

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