Hollywood mogul Avi Lerner called President Barack Obama a ‘coward’ for not being able to crack down on search engine giant Google over piracy. Lerner said, “It’s a major problem and it’s something that I don’t know if anyone can stop, because the government, the president, Congress are all scared of Google.” Read more
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IPAF is now Creative Content Australia
New name, logo, and campaign; but same mission statement
One of Australia’s key anti-piracy groups IP Awareness Foundation (IPAF) has changed its name. The group announced “The IP Awareness Foundation, the film and television industries’ peak body for the promotion of copyright, creative rights, piracy research and education resources, has rebranded as ‘Creative Content Australia’.” Read more
“Queen of the Desert” producers file a suit against BitTorrent pirates
BitTorrent in itself is not an illegal service but due to its large-file-upload function, it paves the way to unauthorized file sharing. Through the peer-to-peer service, people can allow access or share large copyrighted files such films, TV shows, music and even software. Read more