piracy

News Corp.’s Carey: Hacking Scandal Made for a Difficult Year (Video)

John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 7:07 pm PT

News Corp COO Chase Carey addressed phone hacking, SOPA and digital distribution in a discussion with Walt Mossberg at D: Dive Into Media. And he did it all with a fantastic mustache.

An Exit Interview With Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr.

John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT

Edgar Bronfman Jr. talks about EMI, Apple, Spotfiy and more on his last day as chairman of Warner Music Group.

Privacy Less Controversial Than Piracy? For Now, Web Giants Don’t Sound the Alarm on EU Data Protection.

Liz Gannes in Social on January 26 at 2:29 pm PT

Though Internet companies seemed to have found their political voices during the U.S. SOPA/PIPA debate over Internet piracy last week, they’re less up in arms about another proposed bill.

Digital Music Sales Grow Worldwide, but Big Music Still Frets About Pirates

Peter Kafka in Media on January 23 at 7:42 am PT

Give people a choice, and they might pay for digital music, after all. Also, it helps if they can’t steal it.

The Full Valenti: Dodd Trades His Olive Branch to Tech for a Howitzer, After SOPA/PIPA Gets Delayed

Kara Swisher in Media on January 20 at 11:32 am PT

What would Jack do? (And would it work anymore?)

FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

Devlin Barrett, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 19 at 12:11 pm PT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down Thursday one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites, MegaUpload.com, and announced the arrest of four of the people behind it in a global crackdown against the suspected online pirates.

Hollywood Loses SOPA Story

Erica Orden and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 18 at 10:47 pm PT

The entertainment industry moved to counter growing opposition to antipiracy bills that seemed certain to be laws just weeks ago.

Sound Bites From the SOPA Strike

Arik Hesseldahl in Media on January 18 at 5:22 pm PT

A roundup of some of the interesting comments made about SOPA and PIPA during today’s Web-wide protest against the bills.

“Nerd Lobby” Shows Muscle in Debate Over Piracy Bills

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 18 at 3:51 pm PT

Late last fall, a select group met in the White House Situation Room to discuss U.S. Internet security and how it might falter if two anti-piracy bills being debated in Congress were to pass.

SOPA Bill Faces New Hurdles

Amy Schatz, Siobhan Hughes, Geoffrey Fowler and Christopher S. Stewart, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 18 at 1:10 pm PT

Antipiracy bills in Congress faced new hurdles Wednesday as House Speaker John Boehner said the legislation wasn’t ready for a vote and more than a half-dozen senators expressed reservations in some form.