LOS ANGELES — A copy of the romantic comedy “Something’s Gotta Give” that was sent to an Oscar voter has surfaced on the Internet, prompting a probe by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hollywood studios partially reversed their ban Thursday on special video copies for awards groups, capitulating to widespread criticism that the move would make it harder for smaller films to win ...

Andy Baio has some time on his hands. The LA-based computer programmer has spent the last five years researching how the distribution of awards-season screener DVDs affects film piracy. Now he's put ...

In a victory for independent film producers, a federal judge Friday blocked an industry ban on sending advance copies of films to some movie awards voters. Large movie studios had claimed the ban was ...

Ah, the Oscars… nattily dressed stars promenading down the red carpet, elaborate stage numbers, long-winded acceptance speeches, and leaked reviewer copies of movies that are not yet out on DVD. In ...

A man arrested on suspicion of helping illegally post Oscar screeners on the Internet was charged Friday with violating Hollywood studios’ copyrights. FBI agents arrested Russell Sprague Thursday ...

An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to one count of copyright infringement for pirating Oscar screener copies of about 200 films including “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” and “Seabiscuit.” Russell W. Sprague, ...

Sony Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. filed federal lawsuits alleging copyright infringement against two men whose actions they say led to illegal copies of their movies winding up on the ...