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MPA Doesn’t Want Kenya to Simply Copy the DMCA, It Should Do Better
The Motion Picture Association sees a potential trade deal between the US and Kenya as a good opportunity to introduce more innovative and effective anti-piracy measures. Instead of simply copying...
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Book Piracy Scandal at Australian Govt. Could Trigger Police Referral
Today, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull published his memoir 'A Bigger Picture'. Interestingly, many of his former political rivals and allies have already received a pirated copy...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 04/20/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Fantasy Island' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Bad Boys for Life'. 'Trolls World Tour' completes the top three. This week we...
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Streaming Site Nites.TV Gets ‘Seized’ After Going Viral, But Questions Remain
Movie and TV show streaming site Nites.tv hit the mainstream during the past few weeks, with news sites on several continents reporting on the platform seemingly out of nowhere. Now, however, the...
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Author Wins EBook.bike Piracy Case After Accepting Just $9,000 in Damages
Author John Van Stry has won his copyright infringement lawsuit against former Pirate Party of Canada leader Travis McCrea and his long-defunct eBook download platform eBook.bike. After a year of...
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Linkvertise Threatens to Sue Universal Bypass over Copyright Infringement
Universal Bypass is a popular browser extension that circumvents annoying URL shorteners and trackers. While this is a blessing for the public at large, the outfits behind URL shorteners and the...
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Major Movie Studios Obtain Blocking Injunction Against 115 ‘Pirate’ Domains
A judge at the Federal Court of Australia has handed down a site-blocking injunction against 86 piracy-related sites accessible from 115 domains. The application, filed by the MPA including Netflix,...
View ArticleFootball League’s Piracy Tracking Computer Now Helping to Beat COVID-19
Spanish football league La Liga is using its piracy tracking 'supercomputer' to help fight the coronavirus. Since there are no football matches during the current lockdown, the anti-piracy machine...
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YouTube Ripper ‘Yout.com’ Loses Site Blocking Case, Despite Putting Up a Defense
Website blocking orders are relatively common now. What's rare, however, is that a targeted site protests such a request in court. This is what the popular YouTube ripper Yout.com did in Denmark....
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Pirate IPTV Supplier Raided By Spain’s National Police, Seven Arrested
Spain's National Police say they have dismantled a criminal network involved the supply of pirated audiovisual and television content across the country. Following six raids, seven individuals were...
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‘Popcorn Time Kids’ Launches to Keep Children Occupied During COVID-19 Pandemic
Keeping children occupied during the global coronavirus pandemic is a daily struggle for millions of parents around the world. Services like Netflix and Disney+ are obvious entertainment choices but...
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YTS Agrees to a Million Dollars in Piracy Settlements and Remains Online
Popular torrent site YTS has 'settled' another piracy lawsuit, this time with seven movie companies. The site's operator and an associated business agreed to a consent judgment totaling $1,050,000...
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Europol Says Pirate IPTV Services Are Upping Their Game During COVID-19
EU law enforcement agency Europol is warning citizens to stay away from pirate IPTV services during the coronavirus pandemic. While part of the message includes the usual cautions over potential...
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Motion Picture Association Doubles Down on Push for US Pirate Site Blocking
Responding to questions from US Senators, the Motion Picture Association is stressing that DMCA takedown notices alone don't cut it anymore. The Hollywood group argues that the current legal...
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Anti-Piracy Outfit Looking For ‘Ethical Hacker’ to Reverse Engineer Pirate...
As pirates probe loopholes and develop code to deliver copyrighted content to the masses, anti-piracy groups are working hard to mitigate the threat. To that end, anti-piracy group Rights Alliance...
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Anti-Piracy Lawyer Offers to Withdraw Twitter Complaint Against Popcorn Time...
A Hawaiian anti-piracy lawyer, who represents several prominent movie companies, has presented Popcorn Time with a deal. After first offering a license to use the Popcorn Time trademark, he proposed...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 04/27/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Extraction' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Fantasy Island'. 'Bloodshot' completes the top three. Extraction is the most...
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Covid-19 Measures Boosted Visits to Film Piracy Sites by Over 50%, New Data Show
New data published by piracy tracking firm MUSO shows that, in some countries, the Covid-19 measures have boosted traffic to film piracy sites by more than 50%. This includes Italy, India, and...
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Telegram Piracy Channels Face Blocking After Italian Prosecutor Issues...
An emergency order signed by a deputy prosecutor in Italy has been delivered to local telecoms watchdog AGCOM. It requires Telegram to shut down 19 channels involved in the illegal distribution of...
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Massive & Unprecedented Security Breach Takes Usenet Providers Offline
A massive security breach has taken at least one major Usenet provider offline. UseNext says that a "security hole in a partner company" could have revealed names and bank account information,...
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