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The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Fool on the Street: Disney Gets It At a Merrill Lynch analyst conference last week, Disney's president of the ABC Television Group spoke to investors about the future of television broadcasting. Here's the inside scoop on what these analysts know that individual investors don't.   |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Quick Take: Fight the Pirates! Media companies must fight piracy, for shareholders' benefit. The effects of piracy are emphatically detrimental to the long-term value of a music portfolio. Just look at the effect file-sharing has had on brick-and-mortar record stores. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Not-So-Scary Movie Does piracy threaten the movie studios? Not just yet. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get Desperately Lost for Free The family entertainment giant will offer free, ad-supported streams of its hit ABC shows later this month. The shows, available the day after they first air on TV, will feature fresh ads that viewers won't be able to skip. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Disney Fires the First Real Shot in On-Demand Wars Walt Disney's ABC network will start streaming fresh episodes of hits at the click of a remote. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Grover & Green |
Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
von Lohmann & Seltzer |
Death by DMCA A flood of legislation released by the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act threatens to drown whole classes of consumer electronics. |
Reason
May 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Pirate Capitalism In The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism, author Matt Mason discusses that piracy is now an accepted business model, and competitive enough to be a major threat to traditional businesses going forward. |
PC World
December 2003
Anne Kandra |
To Copy or Not to Copy? Here's what the law says you can -- and can't -- do with digital media files. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on the Street: Disney's Growth Model Disney CFO Tom Staggs explains how the company grows its business, and where the Mouse is going next. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Jane Easter Bahls |
Hitting Hard Piracy laws just got tougher. |
PC World
April 12, 2002
Tom Spring |
Gateway Ads Hit Sour Chord With Music Industry RIAA calls anti-copy controls campaign 'misleading scare tactics'... |
Reason
February 2009
David Weigel |
Czar Wars Don't expect an Obama administration to eliminate the new post of intellectual property watchdog |
Information Today
December 31, 2007
George H. Pike |
Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Damien Cave |
Chained melodies Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave? |
Information Today
June 2009
K. Matthew Dames |
Intellectual Property: Why the Frame of `Piracy' Matters What does piracy really mean? The term's definition and history are important along with the reasons why its continued misrepresentation matters to the country's copyright policy. |
Fast Company
June 1, 2007
Chuck Salter |
Brave New Mouse When Disney-ABC agreed to sell its prime-time hits on Apple's iTunes, the deal set off a revolution inside the media giant. Now a digital team with the spirit of a startup is reinventing TV -- and the industry is following. |
PC World
April 23, 2002
Tom Spring |
DVD Copy Controls Head to Court Small software firm challenges digital copyright law, tries to assert the right to backups... |
InternetNews
December 6, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
New Bill Stiffens File-Sharing Penalties The U.S. House of Representatives is edging closer to laying out harsher penalties and stepping up enforcement for the illegal sharing of music and movies. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Yahoo! Saves the Music Yahoo! is discussing launching the music industry's best chance to wipe out piracy. |
PC World
September 2003
Stephen Manes |
Copyright Law -- Ignore at Your Own Peril If the digital pirates win, we'll all lose. |
Reason
July 2001
Mike Godwin |
Copywrong Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest... |
PC World
November 2002
Dylan F. Tweney |
Hollywood vs. Your PC Movie and music moguls are hopping mad over the new technologies that are transforming digital entertainment. Washington is listening. what's at risk? Your ability to enjoy DVDs and CDs you've bought, your privacy -- even your control over your PC. |
PC World
October 2004
Michael Desmond |
Sneaky Sharing Despite well-publicized wins by piracy foes, illegal digital music and movie trading continues to flourish in underground havens. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2008 |
President Signs Tough New Anti-Piracy Law President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Congress Slashes Hollywood's Copyright Wish List Revised legislation drops controversial copyright provisions supported by the movie and recording industries. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2005
Roy Mark |
Bush Appoints IP Eyes New senior-level government position at the Commerce Department to focus on coordinating U.S. efforts in combating worldwide intellectual property theft. |
CIO
April 15, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
The Pirates Among Us The entertainment industry is battling the illegal distribution of copyrighted music and movie files -- and will stop at nothing to enlist your help. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Fox's Summer Job Fox intends to debut new programs in the summer... that's a great idea for all the networks. |
Home Theater
October 14, 2008 |
Another Bad Copyright Law Passes The newly signed Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act escalates penalties for copyright infringement. |
PC World
August 2003
Frank Thorsberg |
Consumer Alert: Copy Controls Crackdown Multimedia lovers find themselves caught in a digital vise these days, as Hollywood tightens its copyright controls on movies, games, and music on DVDs and CDs -- most recently squeezing customers accused of copyright infringement in court. Technology is starting to offer some relief, though. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2009 |
Music, Software Heads Stump for Tougher IP Laws New economic study highlights important role of industries like software and music and calls attention to rising threat from piracy. |
Wired
March 2004
Lawrence Lessig |
Some Like It Hot OK, P2P is "piracy." But so was the birth of Hollywood, radio, cable TV, and (yes) the music industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Knows Its ABCs In the first week of the fall ratings, Disney's ABC was the most watched network, cashing in on the success of shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With the Stars, and Desperate Housewives. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Dueling Fools: Disney Bull Disney is in a great position. Management is expecting double-digit earnings growth this year, the company's assets have gained momentum, and its stock is starting to regain some vigor. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2009
David Miller |
Tackling Digital Piracy Panelists at Digital Hollywood conference suggest an overhaul of the digital ecosystem is needed. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
VZ Wireless Gets 'Desperate,' 'Lost' Verizon Wireless teams with ABC to deliver snippets of content from hit shows like Desperate Housewives and Lost. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Disney Revisited Investors, this is a company that builds on the strengths of years past, and the rediscovered movie success should lead to great things across the parks, networks, and consumer products for many years. |
Salon.com
August 23, 2001
Amita Guha |
Fingered by the movie cops Under today's digital copyright laws, you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me... |
PC World
February 2005
Tom Spring |
The (Movie) Empire Strikes Back Spooked by powerful PCs and broadband pipes that make it ever easier to copy and share films, the movie industry is expanding its legal and legislative offensive against perceived threats. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2007
Anders Bylund |
CBS Opens New Distribution Channels It looks like CBS is serious about online content distribution. The company trumpeted the news about a boatload of new online video agreements that instantly made CBS' shows the most widely distributed out of all the television networks. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Disney Is No Ratings Mouse Disney's ABC network is doing just fine, thank you, in the ratings. Shareholders should take a positive attitude and a long-term perspective for the stock. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2005
Roy Mark |
Attorney General Seeking Tougher IP Laws Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed new legislation today that would strengthen penalties for copyright infringement, expand intellectual property protection and add critical enforcement tools. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006
Ronald Grover |
Dibs On The Download Dough Actors get just over a cent from ABC for every $1.99 download. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney on Demand Disney and Cox hook up in a unique video-on-demand deal. |
PC World
November 2002
Kevin McKean |
Up Front: A Corporate Posse for Copyright Thieves? That's how a tough new bill proposes to stop movie and music pirates. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2005
Roy Mark |
'Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House U.S. lawmakers struggle to balance consumer rights with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
InternetNews
March 31, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Disney/ABC Strikes Broadcast Deal With YouTube YouTube and Disney Media Networks today announced an agreement to show mini-episodes from ESPN and the Disney/ABC Television Group on ad-supported channels at the Google-owned video portal. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Fool on the Street: Disney CEO Robert Iger provides investors a glimpse inside the Magic Kingdom. |
