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Comcast refuses to name subscribers accused of stealing porn

Comcast is fighting subpoenas demanding that it identify 88 of its high-speed Internet subscribers who have been accused of downloading porn through file-sharing service BitTorrent.

Aereo gets 1 of 3 claims dismissed in copyright infringement case

Startup online video service provider Aereo saw one of the claims brought against it by a group of broadcasters dismissed on Monday by a federal judge, but the company is not yet out of the woods.

ISPs, programmers name Jill Lesser executive director of anti-piracy organization

Media companies and ISPs have established the Center for Copyright Information to combat online piracy, and have named an executive director, along with several advisory board members as the

ISPs, content owners move closer to launching anti-piracy plan

Pirates, beware. Media companies and ISPs looking to put a stop--or at least significantly put a crimp into--piracy of movie and music content, this week established the infrastructure of the Center

Aereo hires Cablevision attorney for copyright battle with broadcasters

Aereo has hired David Hosp, a copyright attorney who helped Cablevision ( NYSE: CVC ) win its landmark network DVR lawsuit, to wage a court fight with broadcasters attempting to shut down its platform

Viacom appeals YouTube copyright ruling

Viacom is hoping to resurrect its copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube, launching an appeal in a New York federal court that seeks to overturn a 2010 district court ruling that sided with

Ivi TV founder Todd Weaver: It's better to be right than rich, Part 2

Click here to return to Part 1 three judges review our appeal, and we are right on the law. We'd rather take our chances in the judiciary than trying to lobby against the NAB's budget in Congress and

Ivi TV founder Todd Weaver: It's better to be right than rich

Startup online cable operator ivi TV, which retransmits broadcasters signals over the Internet, is continuing its battle to overturn an injunction that temporarily--it hopes--shut them down. In a

Federal judge rules against ivi TV, effectively shuts down 'online cable operator'

A federal judge in New York has granted a preliminary injunction against ivi TV, the online service sued by a group of broadcasters and content providers for streaming television broadcast signals

A quarter of Internet traffic infringes on copyrights

A study commissioned by NBC Universal--before it became NBCUniversal--has found that almost one quarter of all global Internet traffic infringes on copyrights. And this excludes pornography, the