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Paddy is specially trained to detect chemicals in the discs

Anti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDs

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday.





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Judge rules against RealNetworks DVD copy software

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial.


Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying (AP)

Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying

Technology / Business

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 5

(AP) -- Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film ...


Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

Technology / Business

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.


Paramount in trial deal to supply DVDs to Redbox

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Movie studio Paramount Pictures is following the lead of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Sony Corp. by agreeing to supply films to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company Redbox.


EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.


A picture taken in March 2009 in Paris shows the screen of a computer showing a web site of downloading contents

File sharing drops in Sweden after govt crackdown

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 7

More than 40 percent of Swedes engage in illegal file sharing, but recording industry officials have noted a sharp drop since a government crackdown earlier this year, they said Monday.


Amazon's new Kindle DX 9.7" Wireless Reading Device is ready for shipment at the warehouse

Amazon sends Orwell to 'memory hole'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 27

Amazon fended off Saturday accusations of Big Brother-like behavior after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers this week.


Online pirates police themselves

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who illegally download music, films and TV episodes do not believe they are doing anything wrong, said a Queensland University of Technology researcher.


FTC: Children still marketed violent content

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.


Sprint to pay $17.5 million to settle fee suit

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created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the fees it has charged customers who end their wireless contracts early are illegal.



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