Global Piracy Reports
US/Americas
US: Barack Obama throws his weight behind anti-piracy efforts
Wendy Mitchell brings you the US piracy lowdown.
Expanding the indie audience
The independent sector may have as much to lose from piracy as the majors. But for some, ‘sharing’ their films - often for free - can build an audience. Wendy Mitchell reports.
Attack on the Wolf
What impact did the high-profile online leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine ahead of its theatrical release have on its worldwide box-office performance, asks John Hazelton
Asia/Australia
Day-and-date and world premieres raise the spectre of increased piracy
Jason Gray on Japan’s zero-tolerance policy on content piracy.
Prosecution of young offenders reaches record levels
Jean Noh brings you the South Korean piracy report.
Law enforcer on the front line
The UK-born, Singapore-based Mike Ellis is integral to the clampdown on piracy, in his role as head of the MPA’s Asia-Pacific region. He tells Wendy Mitchell why he has the perfect job for an ex-cop who loves movies
Europe
The demand is there for legal online film downloads
Piracy costs the UK film industry $660m a year and universal broadband is expected to increase that further. Sarah Cooper reports.
Counterfeiting as national pastime
Sheri Jenning’s looks at piracy in Italy, where counterfeit goods flourish.
Corruption is a huge problem
Theodore Schwinke takes a look at the problems of camcording and counterfeit DVDs in Russia.
All peer-to-peer activity may soon be outlawed
Chris Evans takes a look at piracy in Spain, one of the world’s worst offenders.
‘Anonymous’ file-sharing presents the next big challenge
Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at how copyright infringers are looking to get round piracy laws in Sweden
Battle to convince courts of the threat of piracy
Martin Blaney looks at how the German film industry is effected by piracy.
Three strikes and you're out...sort of
Nancy Tartaglione examines the implications of France’s controversial Internet and Creation Law.
Opinion
Britain's got talent, but needs new digital skills
Digital Britain opens up exciting opportunities for film companies - but we must ensure the right environment exists for companies to exploit them, writes Jon Kingsbury.
Digital pioneers can sink the pirates
Countries all over the world have developed different ways to battle piracy, but what these strategies mean to the industry, audiences and innovators must be carefully evaluated.
In Focus
Voltage Pictures turns up the charge on illegal downloaders of The Hurt Locker
John Hazelton explores why Voltage Pictures is going after 5,000 illegal downloaders of The Hurt Locker and why the case could be crucial for independents.
