French court fines film pirates
PARIS -- A Paris court has sentenced five French pirates to three-to-six months in jail, and fined them a total of €1.1 million ($1.4 million) in damages.
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Tokyo tax man fines Japanese arm of Universal Music
TOKYO -- Universal Music LLC, the Japanese arm of Universal Music Group, has been fined $38 million by the Tokyo tax authorities for not declaring nearly $101 million in taxable income.
Officials: No fines in ‘Transformers’ accident
Indiana officials say they won't fine Paramount Pictures or production crews over an accident during filming of "Transformers 3" that left a woman with brain damage.
FCC fines Fox over ‘American Dad’ episode
The FCC is seeking to fine Fox $25,000 for failing to respond to its inquiry into more than 100,000 indecency complaints over the network's Jan. 3 episode of "American Dad."
Majors battle Spanish fines
Hollywood studios have decided to get tough on Spain's allegations of price-fixing and collusion in release strategies. The majors recently applied for suspension of the $15 million joint fine that…
Gov’t fines net for airing opposing view
The Government has fined regional network TV Leskovac Dinar 300,000 ($5,200) and its editor-in-chief Mirjana Dimitrijevic $860 for airing a statement by the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia…
FCC fines station for airing Eminem song
A Colorado radio station has been slapped by the feds with a $7,000 indecency fine for playing Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady," even though the provocative and raunchy ditty was edited for the…
