Studios launch campaign against BitTorrent

Hollywood stepped up its battle against internet pirates yesterday when the Motion Picture Association of America launched a legal battle against the filesharing networks BitTorrent and eDonkey

Toshiba signals DVD format war

Sony, the Japanese electronics and entertainment group, has approached arch-rival Toshiba in an attempt to prevent a damaging format war over their next-generation DVDs. By Jane Martinson.

Bruce Lee set to hit your phone

Indiagames has secured a deal with Universal Studios to create mobile games based around, 'The Legacy of Bruce Lee'. In the press release, a deeply lyrical Jeremy Laws, vice-president of Media Licensing and Strategy at Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, commented:

Ministers take tough line on piracy

A new crackdown on film and CD piracy was launched by the government yesterday, amid fears that organised criminals and even terrorists are cornering the £500m market in fake DVDs. By Nicholas Watt.

Studios take arms against net piracy

As bootlegs of the latest Harry Potter film start circulating on the web, the US movie industry has launched a campaign to crack down on illegal downloads