Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-01T11:45:37-07:00Blog focusing on breaking legal news in entertainment and media. THR Esq. offers analysis on how industries in Hollywood are impacted and influenced by the law. Published by The Hollywood Reporter.TypePadCan Hollywood get Google to support new anti-piracy bill?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4c5529b970b2010-10-01T11:45:37-07:002010-10-01T11:45:37-07:00By Eriq Gardner Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a new anti-piracy bill that would enable the government to essentially blacklist websites accused of copyright theft. Since then, many in Hollywood have voiced strong support of the measure. Of...hollywoodreporter'Get Him to the Greek' tops most-pirated movie listtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f49e2453970b2010-09-27T05:15:00-07:002010-09-27T01:20:55-07:00Web pirates were in the mood for some Russell Brand this week, as "Get Him to the Greek" topped the list of most-downloaded films on Bittorrent, according to TorrentFreak. "Greek" is up (or down?) from the No. 10 slot, besting...hollywoodreporterDo you read song lyrics online? Maybe not for longtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f451baa2970b2010-09-17T09:38:14-07:002010-09-17T09:07:54-07:00By Eriq Gardner Read lyrics to your favorite songs online while you still can. That's probably a little alarmist, but a federal court in California is being asked to order LiveUniverse, which maintains several websites that display song lyrics, to...hollywoodreporterDo you download copyrighted porn? Lawsuits seek to reveal namestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f39ec5a4970b2010-09-03T14:43:32-07:002010-09-03T14:19:31-07:00By Eriq Gardner Something is up in the porn world, and we're not talking about you-know-what. In the past few weeks, massive numbers of alleged anonymous copyright pirates have been sued. It seems one adult entertainment studio after another is...hollywoodreporterDisney, Warner Bros. sue to stop advertising on pirate websitestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f356f96c970b2010-08-26T09:11:26-07:002010-08-26T09:11:26-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. and the Walt Disney Co. have teamed up in a new legal effort to choke off the air supply of various websites that post and index links to pirated movies. The two studios are...hollywoodreporterWill AT&T rat out customers accused of downloading pirated gay porn?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f34fdac4970b2010-08-25T08:53:24-07:002010-08-25T08:53:24-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: The idea that a copyright owner can sue hundreds of anonymous pirates all at once in a single lawsuit is spreading. No doubt influenced by recent similar lawsuits, Io Group is alleging copyright infringement and a...hollywoodreporterLeaked 'Vampires Suck' hits 100,000 downloads tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013486439208970c2010-08-17T10:13:58-07:002010-08-17T11:22:35-07:00By Eriq Gardner An unfinished copy of "Vampires Suck," the hotly anticipated Fox/New Regency parody of "Twilight" scheduled to hit U.S. theaters tomorrow, has now been downloaded more than 100,000 times since its leak more than a month ago, according...hollywoodreporter'Sex 2' tops most-pirated movies listtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013485f44af3970c2010-08-03T07:19:00-07:002010-08-03T07:19:00-07:00Who knew online movie pirates were such "Sex and the City" junkies? The cocktails-and-shoe-shopping adventures of Carrie and the gang lead the most recent list of the most-pirated movies on BitTorrent. The full list below, as compiled by TorrentFreak: 1....hollywoodreporterAttention movie pirates: New round of lawsuits comingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f254381c970b2010-07-16T12:30:24-07:002010-07-16T12:23:48-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Get ready for the second phase of a litigation campaign against thousands of individuals accused of pirating "The Hurt Locker" and other films. The U.S. Copyright Group, which is representing a handful of independent film production...hollywoodreporterAlleged 'Twilight' bootlegger sues movie theatertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f1ff0807970b2010-07-01T13:04:08-07:002010-07-01T13:04:08-07:00By Eriq Gardner Remember that woman who generated national attention when she was arrested for bootlegging after using a digital recording device during a screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"? At the time, Samantha Tumpach was facing up to...hollywoodreporter