TOKYO -- The Motion Picture Assn. has applauded the second-largest seizure of illegal DVD-R burners in Japan, but warned that the arrest of three men and the closing down of the operation is merely a ...

SINGAPORE -- Malaysia's anti-piracy authorities seized 340 optical disc burners in a raid on an operation outside Kuala Lumpur that was producing a potential $52 million worth of pirated discs a year, ...

The Motion Picture Association and the Malaysian government raided operators of five Web sites suspected of selling illegal DVDs, in the film industry's latest attack on Internet piracy. The ...

Will RFID chips be coming to DVDs? Ritek Corporation, the lead company behind a new drive to use RFID chips to authenticate optical media, would like to say 'yes.' The reality is that any such ...

About a week before Christmas, I took a stroll around the Los Angeles Toy District and bought a pirated DVD. As I wrote on Dec. 21, curious about the quality of the merchandise for sale on the street, ...

The Motion Picture Assn. of America on Tuesday announced a crackdown on online movie bootleggers, with lawsuits filed against nine ventures that allegedly sold pirated titles through online auctioneer ...

About a month ago, popular Tamil star Vijay’s latest film Thalaivaa (“Leader”) was supposed to hit theaters. His fans had been waiting for the film for months, following every twist and turn of the ...

Two American sniffer dogs who found millions of pirated DVDs while on loan to Malaysian authorities will receive medals of honor when their six-month assignment ends next week, an official said ...

The State Service for Antimonopoly Policy and Consumer Protection under the Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry withdrew from sale 5,700 pirated DVD-discs, the ministry reported. The State ...

TDK, Imation and Verbatim are in the process of requesting that Japanese authorities take action to stem the tide of imported black DVD writable media that contains pirated M-Codes. M-Codes are the ...

Who wouldn’t be attracted by lower priced high-definition movie discs. But pirated Blu-ray discs are getting so good over in China, complete with Blu-ray cases, they’re becoming virtually ...

The awards-season fight against piracy is making progress, but at what price? Thanks to the coding on screeners, the FBI and MPAA have been tracking down the sources of some pic piracy. But awards ...