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SOPA rises from the grave once more

After fighting against SOPA earlier this year, the Internet rejoiced at its ability to come together against controversial bills. Now it's coming back again, ready for another round. More...

Microsoft's harsh contract terms killed Halo movie

Microsoft expects too much, at least according to a new book, which claims that Microsoft's harsh contract terms and demands caused production of the Halo film to be killed. More...

Study finds BitTorrent piracy does not affect US box office

Contrary to the claims of the movie industry, researchers from the University of Minnesota and Wellesley College concluded there is no evidence that BitTorrent piracy hurts U.S. box office returns. More...

Facebook wants to go Hollywood

A new report says that Facebook is looking to hire a new executive to help the social networking site improve its relationships with the movie and music industries. More...

RIAA sponsored web theft bill passed in Tennessee

If you live in Tennessee and share your login credentials for Netflix, watch out. The Associated Press is reporting that State lawmakers in the home to country music have passed a bill that would make... More...

Hollywood fears Netflix is the iTunes of movies

Netflix has been more successful than ever in the past year. It's available on perhaps every single medium, from Blu-Ray players to gaming consoles, like Xbox 360 and PS3, to standalone set-top boxes, like Roku... More...

AMD Goes Hollywood With New Graphics Chips

Imagine turning a movie into a game instantly, with the audience driving storytelling by defining the character. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) wants to make that possible in the future, with the company releasing new graphics... More...

Apple Goes Hollywood with Disney's Help

The clamour continues as press and pundits ponder Apple's 'Showtime' announcement next week, and the prospect of online movie sales through iTunes is the topic driving the debate. Apple is widely expected to be... More...

MPAA: Online piracy cost Hollywood $2.3 billion

A study ordered by the Motion Picture Association of America has claimed that Hollywood missed out on $6.1 billion last year in lost revenues due to piracy, with the internet denying copyright holders $2.3 billion... More...

God of War gets the Hollywood treatment

Universal Pictures has bought the rights to create a film adaptation of Sony Computer Entertainment's critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 action-adventure, God of War, according to trade magazine Variety. The Hollywood trade publication... More...

Microsoft Courts Hollywood Allies

When Apple Computer Inc. transformed the digital music scene in April 2003 by selling songs over the Internet, the richest man in the world was not amused. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates had struggled for... More...

Hollywood balks at Microsoft's 'Halo' pitch

Hollywood does not like it when outsiders play certain games. That was the message sent this week to Microsoft and its agents at the Creative Artists Agency by movie studios outraged at... More...

Hollywood unions strike deal with video game publishers

After months of threats that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) would strike if a new deal was not made with game publishers, a settlement was announced... More...

Hollywood seeks iTunes for film

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment is trying to develop and own the next iTunes--but for films. "We want to set business models, pricing models, distribution models like (Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs) did... More...

Hollywood threatens to sue UK BitTorrent man for millions

Alexander Hanff had no idea Hollywood was keeping such a close eye on him. Then, last Saturday morning, a movie studio functionary arrived at his door. Hanff, still in his dressing gown and not yet... More...

Hollywood Studios Sue Movie Downloaders/Swappers

Following the lead of record companies suing small-time song-swappers, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is representing several Hollywood movie studios in the first wave of lawsuits against individuals who have downloaded and/or are... More...

Hollywood Screenwriter Sues Microsoft Over Unreleased Game

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California court for stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio. The two had met several times and Microsoft sought his advice for winning over... More...

Hollywood lawsuits to target illegal file sharing

The trade group that represents Hollywood's major motion picture studios is expected to announce Thursday that it intends to file as many as 230 lawsuits in coming weeks against individuals who have illegally shared copyrighted... More...

Hollywood takes P2P case to Supreme Court

Hollywood studios and record companies on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal. The decisions have been... More...

Hollywood still wary of Microsoft

For a while now Microsoft has tried to get into the 'Hollywood' market. By opening up its WMP9 codec and by making deals with popular movie industries like Disney. Even after all of... More...

Hollywood takes aim at campus file-swappers

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is taking new steps to stop illegal downloading of movies. MPAA is working closely with colleges around the US and developing new technologies that can be applied... More...

Video Game Business Grows Wary of Hollywood

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Is the honeymoon over for Hollywood and the video game industry? Over the last four years, movie studios and game companies have grown closer than ever, so much so... More...

Hollywood talent confirmed for Pandora Tomorrow

Ubisoft announced that three big Hollywood names will be lending their talents to Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow. Ubisoft has today announced that three big Hollywood names will be lending their talents... More...

Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case

A high-tech group associated with Hollywood has dropped a long-running lawsuit against a California programmer accused of publishing DVD-cracking code online, attorneys for both sides said Thursday. The DVD Copy Control Association... More...

In chasing movie pirates, Hollywood treads lightly

When Tim Davis got caught trading songs, it made him semifamous. Davis, an artist who teaches photography at Yale, was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America last September and was featured in news... More...

Hollywood Wax Museum adds Mario

Nintendo announces that Mario has become the first ever videogame character to be honored with a figure at the Hollywood Wax Museum. Nintendo has today announced that Mario has become the first ever... More...

Hollywood anti-P2P plan 'unworkable'

Plans by a number of Hollywood studios to prevent the unauthorised redistribution of digital TV programming over the internet are doomed to fail, according to a leading consumer electronics executive. The Motion Picture... More...

Microsoft goes to Hollywood

Microsoft's surprise decision to submit Windows Media Series 9 as a standards candidate to Hollywood underscores the software giant's ambitions to take its multimedia technology beyond the Net, as well as the considerable barriers it... More...

Hollywood alters movies to foil camcorder pirates

Hollywood sends enforcers with night-vision goggles into movie theaters and puts metal detectors outside advance screening rooms, but still the industry can't stop pirates from recording films and selling illegal copies before their theatrical debuts.... More...