Topic: Motion Picture Association of America
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Kim Dotcom: Are such Internet sensations pirates or hactivists?
Copyright law and its enforcement have dominated the news lately, first with the Internet blackout protests against SOPA, and more recently with the arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand. Here are five international file-share players who have been targets of copyright enforcement.
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'Star Trek Into Darkness': Reverential but too derivative (+video)
'Star Trek Into Darkness' is visually top notch. But 'Into Darkness' ends up zigzagging fitfully through the Enterprise's greatest hits.
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MPAA movie ratings: New initiative to assist parents gets mixed reviews
Dubbed Check the Box, the movie ratings campaign is designed to give parents more and faster information about how a film got its rating. The White House had requested action along these lines.
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Push grows to blacklist Spain over digital pirating
More than 90 percent of downloaded music and 44 percent of software is pirated in Spain. Some trade associations want to see it blacklisted by the US, but Spain says it needs more time.
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Decoder Wire Michelle Obama announces 'Best Picture' at Oscars. Was that appropriate? (+video)
Michelle Obama appeared via satellite from the White House, announcing that 'Argo' had won. Many Best Picture contenders had political themes.
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Video games next on Joe Biden's quest to stop gun violence (+video)
Vice President Joe Biden meets with video game industry reps on Friday to talk about gun violence. Biden met with execs from the movie and cable TV industries on Thursday.
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Alex Cross: Why the movie doesn't measure up
The latest Alex Cross movie falls short when compared to James Patterson's 12th Alex Cross crime novel. And Tyler Perry is no match on the big screen for Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.
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'Perfect Pitch': Cheeky, snarky and hits all the right notes
Perfect Pitch is fun, funny, and allows you to give in to your inner musical theater geek. It's "Glee" meets "Revenge of the Nerds."
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Modern Parenthood Parents: Should you take your child to "Bully," the movie?
A mother's experience: A dinner conversation transformed her son's approach to borderline teen bullying – imagine what the movie "Bully" could do. She'll take her child to "Bully" for sure.
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What Chinese companies want: intellectual property protection
Chinese-American business relations, long fraught with distrust for China because it was not controlling piracy, appear to be benefiting from a new Chinese respect for intellectual property rights.
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D.C. unveils plan to prevent bullying, screens new film 'Bully'
D.C. mayor announces a citywide plan to prevent bullying tied to the new documentary 'Bully.' The movie was downgraded from an R to a PG-13 rating to make it more accessible for its target audience: children.
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'Bully' downgraded to PG-13 as ratings system assailed from all sides
Antibullying advocates wanted 'Bully' to be bumped from R to PG-13 so teens could watch it. But family groups are appalled by the language. Did the process work or fail?
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'Bully' movie to be released 'unrated.' Will that allow more kids to see it?
Because of crude language, the award-winning movie 'Bully' was initially given an 'R' rating. But the documentary is being released 'unrated' in the hopes of reaching its target audience.
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Behind the mask of Kim Dotcom
Now on house arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom awaits trial – all while prosecutors fight to bring him to the US. Looking back at Dotcom's exorbitant lifestyle and willingness to break the rules, it's no surprise that he's made so many enemies.
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Europe's Internet revolt: protesters see threats in antipiracy treaty
Anger over proposed antipiracy treaty ACTA was expected to bring thousands to Europe's streets today. Supporters say it will better protect intellectual labor, while opponents see free speech threats.
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Kim Dotcom: Are such Internet sensations pirates or hactivists?
Copyright law and its enforcement have dominated the news lately, first with the Internet blackout protests against SOPA, and more recently with the arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand. Here are five international file-share players who have been targets of copyright enforcement.
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If feds can bust Megaupload, why bother with anti-piracy bills?
A growing battle over copyright on the internet came to a head this week as digital protests scuttled two anti-piracy bills, police arrested Megaupload's millionaire filesharing pirate, and hackers brought down the Department of Justice website.
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Department of Justice closes piracy conduit. Is SOPA needed?
Department of Justice conducted a two-year investigation of MegaUpload before closing it down. So why does the Department of Justice need new antipiracy laws like SOPA?
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Feds shut down file-sharing website Megaupload
An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content.
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PIPA and SOPA: What you need to know
As PIPA and SOPA work their way through Congress, the controversial bills have raised many questions. The most common: Wait, what are PIPA and SOPA?
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SOPA and PIPA bills: old answers to 21st-century problems, critics say
The SOPA and PIPA bills are an attempt by the music and movie industries to hold on to outdated business models, critics say. But finding compromise on anti-piracy laws could be tough.
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Why Google and Twitter didn't join the SOPA blackout
Wikipedia, Reddit, and other sites are blacked out in protest of the SOPA anti-piracy bills. Why didn't Google and Twitter join the blackout?
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Wikipedia blackout: Why even supporters question anti-SOPA move
The Wikipedia blackout is intended to spotlight the value of open access to information on the Internet, but also underlies how fractious the move is, drawing fire from both critics and supporters.
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SOPA Internet bill: Newspapers and op-ed writers pile on
Last week, tech companies such as Google and Yahoo spoke out against SOPA and PIPA, two bills aimed at cracking down on online copyright infringement in a way that some call overbearing. Now, with newspapers running more pieces critical of the legislation, the opposition could intensify.
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S.978: What Justin Bieber has to do with online streaming bill
S.978 is the latest chapter in the fight to protect major content providers, including the movie industry, which say they lose millions of dollars yearly from illegal streams on sites like YouTube.
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Movie industry hasn't stopped smoking, but it has cut back a lot
Top movies in 2010 depicited far fewer smoking scenes than in 2005, especially films for kids and teens, a new report finds. Movie companies with antismoking policies cut tobacco scenes the most.
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