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Piracy Should be Tackled With ‘Carrot and Stick’ USPTO Paper Suggests
A new 'piracy landscape' paper commissioned by the US Patent and Trademark Office provides a detailed overview of how online piracy should be tackled. Combining the results of dozens of...
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Woman Who Sold Access to Pirated Books on Dropbox Handed Suspended Sentence
A woman who sold access to pirated copies of academic textbooks stored on Dropbox has been handed a suspended jail sentence by a court in Denmark. The case was pursued by Rights Alliance with...
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The Pirate Bay Has Made it Harder to Find Stuff
The Pirate Bay resurfaced at its original .org domain earlier this month, but not everything is running smoothly. Finding torrents is a bit more complicated now, as paged search results and browsing...
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German Anti-Piracy Outfit GVU Files For Bankruptcy, Despite Many Historic...
After 35 years of chasing pirates of all kinds, infamous anti-piracy group GVU has filed for bankruptcy in Germany. Perhaps best known for its participation in the unprecedented EU raids that took...
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Amazon Joins Pirate Bay and FMovies on US Govt’s “Notorious” Markets List
The US Government has classified some of the largest websites as notorious piracy and counterfeiting venues. The report includes pirate sites such as 1337x, FMovies, RARBG, and The Pirate Bay....
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Pirated ‘DVD Screeners’ Will be History After Next Year’s Oscars
The Academy announced this week that DVD and Blu-Ray screeners will be banned after the next Oscars ceremony. This marks the end of a long-standing tradition. Not just in the movie business, but...
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Watch Tower Sues Journalists For Millions in Copyright Infringement Damages
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, has filed a major copyright infringement lawsuit against two journalists. The...
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Nites.tv Mystery Solved as MPA Takes Over Domain of ‘Viral’ Pirate Site
The mystery surrounding the sudden shutdown of pirate streaming site Nites.tv seems to be over, with the platform's domain name now in the hands of the Motion Picture Association. Out of the blue...
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YouTube Rippers and Record Labels Clash in US Appeals Court
Last year, a group of major record labels failed to hold two popular YouTube rippers liable for copyright infringement in the US when a district court dismissed the case due to a lack of...
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Denmark Blocked 141 Pirate Sites in 2019 But Pirates Are Bypassing The System
Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance has revealed that during 2019 it had 141 'pirate' sites blocked by local ISPs. When compared to 2018, visits to pirate sites were down 40% in 2019, partly as...
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Charter Must Share Personal Info of Pirating Subscribers With Record Labels
Internet provider Charter Communications must share the personal details of hundreds of alleged pirates with the major record labels. The requirement, signed by a Colorado federal court, is part of...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 05/04/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Extraction' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Sonic The Hedgehog'. 'Birds of Prey' completes the top three. Extraction is the...
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Massive Private Torrent Site Filelist.ro Has Domain Seized Due to Criminal...
One of the world's largest private BitTorrent trackers, Filelist.ro, has had its domain seized by authorities in Romania. The invite-only site, which has in excess of a milllion members, is facing a...
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US Government ‘Blacklists’ The Wrong Domain as a Pirate Site, Again
The US Government uses its diplomatic power to address piracy worldwide. One of the annual highlights is the USTR's annual review of 'notorious' pirate sites. Given the associations with criminal...
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MPA Suggests Github Could Be Held Liable For Popcorn Time’s Copyright...
The Motion Picture Association is pressing on with its mission to restrict the availability of infamous streaming app Popcorn Time. In a copyright complaint filed with Github, the Hollywood group...
View ArticleUS Removes Switzerland From ‘Pirate WatchList’
The US Trade Representative has taken Switzerland off its annual pirate "Watch List." The removal is the direct result of the country's revised copyright law which introduced a "stay down" policy...
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RIAA’s Misuse of the DMCA Can’t Go Unpunished, Spinrilla Tells Court
Popular mixtape platform Spinrilla wants the RIAA to be held liable for sending inaccurate takedown notices. Responding to a motion to dismiss from the music industry group, the mixtape service...
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Jetflicks Streaming Site Founder Wants Evidence Suppressed, US Govt. Says No Way
During a 2017 raid on homes owned by Kristopher Dallmann, the alleged founder of the Jetflicks streaming service, FBI agents removed him from the premises at gunpoint, declined his request for a...
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MPA and Amazon Ask Github to Suspend Kodi Add-On Developer’s Account
The MPA, MPA-Canada, and Amazon have filed a request with Github requesting that a Kodi add-on developer's account be deleted from the platform. Citing a copyright case and a permanent injunction...
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Google ‘Showcases’ YTS and YIFY Movie Releases in Search Results
People who search for Disney or Netflix films using Google will see a reel of posters from movies produced or distributed by these entertainment giants. This helps users to discover new content...
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