It`s illegal to duplicate a copyrighted, prerecorded video tape. And in the two years that Macrovision has licensed its anticopying technology to software makers, home dubbing of rental tapes also has ...

Encryption company Macrovision said it has formed a Music Technology Division, with exec Mark Belinsky named as senior VP and general manager of the unit. The company also announced a deal with ...

Shares of Gemstar-TV Guide International surprisingly fell 17% on Friday after Macrovision said it has agreed to acquire the programming guide firm for about $2.8 billion in cash and stock. By Paul ...

Macrovision, which has been preventing consumers from copying entertainment content since the early '80s, has agreed to acquire Muze, a massive database of music, video, books and videogame metadata ...

Some people say Macrovision doesn`t work at all, that they can dub at will with no problems. Others say it works only too well, that they can`t even watch a movie–much less dub–without problems. The ...

Hold on to your hats folks because the company that we love to hate is turning over a new leaf by kicking off its old DRM shoes and leveraging its acquisition of Gemstar in a big way. What we mean is ...

The Walt Disney Company is a regular user of Macrovision 's RipGuard anti-copying product, according to a recent Piper Jaffray report. February checks indicate that one major studio, that of The Walt ...

Macrovision Solutions Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Muze Inc. By Ed Christman Macrovision Solutions Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to ...

Macrovision said Thursday it will acquire InstallShield, which makes software installation tools, for $76 million in cash. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Macrovision, a maker of copy-protection technology, ...

Copy-protection company Macrovision said Wednesday that it sued DVD-copying software producer 321 Studios, joining the movie industry in a legal fight against the small software maker. Macrovision ...

Macrovision said it would buy Gemstar-TV Guidefor $2.8 billion in cash and stock, but investors were skeptical of its bet to deliver entertainment across consumer devices, sending shares of both ...