A Surprising Movie Was Last Year's Most Popular Digital Rental
In a change-up that acknowledges the reality of the business it’s in, the MPAA has included a breakdown of the home…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Kim Dotcom's Civil Asset Forfeiture Appeal
Former Megaupload chief Kim Dotcom’s long, wild ride through the courts crashed into another setback Monday, with the…
Roku Is Warning Users That 'Non-Certified Channels' Are Not to Be Trusted
Streaming media player Roku has begun to crack down on those among its more than 1,000 privately operated channels…
The Making of Sausage Party Is a Tale of Pubic Hair, Orgies, and Religious Discovery
Hot dogs who want to have sex with buns: this was the original idea behind Sausage Party, the R-rated animated film…
It's Illegal to Possess or Distribute This Huge Number
There are ways to get in trouble with the law for just about everything: smoking weed, theft, horse theft, stealing a…
Popcorn Time 'Officially' Announces Its Return
Popcorn Time is the revolutionary app that’s been continuously dubbed the Netflix for torrents. But after aggressive…
Hollywood Relaxes Anti-Piracy Rules From Draconian to Just Really Strict
The Motion Picture Association of America, representing six major Hollywood studios, publishes anti-piracy guidelines…
Video: The history of the PG-13 rating and why the MPAA sucks
The Dissolve put together this neat animation that briefly looks at the history of the PG-13 rating, a rating that was…
An Animated History Of The PG-13 Movie
The PG-13 rating wasn’t introduced Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system until 1984, but why and…
PayPal Canceled Mega's Account Because of Encryption (But Really Piracy)
Mega is one of the only cloud storage services that offers end-to-end encryption, a great feature for people who value…
It Looks Like Netflix Is Cracking Down On VPN 'Pirating'
It's one of the internet's open secrets that if you don't live in the US, but wish you did because of the better…
Report: Hollywood Totally Lied About Its Big Victory Over The Pirates
Back in 2013, the Motion Picture Association of America filed one of its biggest victories: a $80 million settlement…
Sony Leak: The Secret Meetings That Set Hollywood's Anti-Piracy War Plan
Every year, legal representatives from seven of the biggest movie studios in the country gather in Sherman Oaks,…
This Is Hollywood's Global Anti-Piracy Strategy
The Sony leaks have proved to be fertile ground for celebrity gossip and identity theft, but they're also proving to…
Would You Resell Your Ebooks and MP3s Even If You Could?
The MPAA doesn't want you to resell the movies you buy on iTunes and other services. The U.S. House of Representatives'…
The Content Industry Is Designing Anti-Piracy Lesson Plans for Kids
This painfully reductive video obtained by Wired represents what the movie and recording industries want our kids to…
This Is What the Copyright Alert System Looks Like in Action
By now, you've heard enough about the Copyright Alert System to know what it is and, perhaps, how useless it could be.…
What Is the Copyright Alert System?
The Copyright Alert System was conceived all the way back in 2011 as a new way to deal with seemingly unstoppable…
The MPAA Is Lobbying For an Army of Hollywood Drones. Wait. What?
You might not imagine the MPAA as a particularly drone-happy group, but new documents reveal that the actively…