In April, Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. of United States District Court blocked the publication of "The Wind Done Gone" and concluded that its author, Alice Randall, had committed "piracy" of "Gone With the Wind".
One morning last week, Christopher J. Dodd, the former senator from Connecticut who is now the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, and John Fithian, the head of the National Association of Theater Owners, both spent time on a panel bemoaning the fact that the Web had enabled piracy of filmed content.
Apple 's iTunes, of course, has attacked piracy by charging from 79 cents up to $1.29 per download, giving 60% to 70% of those revenues to the music company.
The ruling clears the way for publication of the book, which was suspended last month after United States District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. concluded its author, Alice Randall, had committed "unabated piracy" of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 original.
Put on your analyst hat and think about what effect this might have on, say, piracy of those shows.
Piracy has introduced millions of Chinese to the joys of Hollywood films while making it virtually impossible to sell music, software or recorded music in the country.
Indeed, piracy has become one of globalization's most serious forms of organized crime, and a magnet for terrorists.
While piracy has become less of an issue for Sky Italia, reaching the company's higher paid subscription targets could still be difficult.
Whilst piracy has decimated much of the record industry, the country genre has never been more popular, with new stars like Swift, Carrie Underwood and Kacey Lee Musgraves, appealing to a teenage, female audience.
They will also remind competition officials that the prevalence of piracy has changed the rules of the game.
