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Hollywood Studios & Netflix Target ‘Movies Time’ Piracy App
Several Hollywood studios and Netflix have filed a complaint with Github over the pirate streaming app 'Movies Time'. The companies claim that the Microsoft-owned platform hosts not only the...
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More Than Half of All Sports Fans Regularly Pirate Content
A new survey published by Synamedia shows that more than half of all sports fans access pirated content at least once a month. On average, these pirates are more engaged than other sports fans. At...
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Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus
Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus People may need to get permission before embedding someone else's Instagram photo. Enlarge Aurich Lawson 36 with 29 posters participating,...
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Torrent Site BTDB.io Has Domain Suspended By Registry Without Warning
Torrent site BitTorrent Database has lost control over its BTDB.io domain after the .io domain registry marked it with a serverHold status code. The suspension was put into place without any...
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Google ‘Promotes’ Pirate Book Sales, Authors Guild Says
The Authors Guild believes that online services should do more to prevent book piracy. In a testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, the group is particularly...
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Japan Passes New Copyright Law to Criminalize Manga Piracy & Linking Sites
Japan's parliament has passed amendments to copyright law that aim to prevent illegal downloading of manga, magazines and other texts. Set to be implemented in two phases, the new framework also...
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Uberchips Denies Nintendo’s Piracy Claims and Wants Case Dismissed
Uberchips has responded to the piracy lawsuit filed by Nintendo last month. The store and its operator deny pretty much all allegations and is asking the court to dismiss the case. The lawsuit...
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Top Mistakes Made By BitTorrent Users That Lead to Lawsuits & DMCA Notices
Every week bemused BitTorrent users post online wondering why they have received copyright notices from their ISPs or, worse still, notification of a pending lawsuit. The obvious reason is that they...
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Manga, Scanlation, and The Curious Case of The ‘Pirating’ Anti-Piracy Advocate
A few days ago a vocal anti-piracy advocate was accused of working with pirates. The case revolves around the manga industry, which is thriving today, in part thanks to piracy. More than anything,...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 06/08/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Becky' tops the chart again this week, followed by ‘The Last Days of American Crime'....
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Movie Studios Apply For Injunction Against ISP With “Close Links” to The...
Two movie companies have applied for an information injunction against a Sweden-based Internet company that they believe has "close ties" to The Pirate Bay. An IP address operated by Obenetwork was...
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Anti-Piracy Lawyer Uses Trademark Claim to Expose ‘Showbox’ Sites
Hawaiian company "42 Ventures" is using piracy-related trademarks to target pirate sites and apps. Represented by an anti-piracy lawyer, it's now going after several sites that offer or link to the...
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Google Promotes Pirate Videogame Repacker ‘FitGirl’ to ‘Musical Artist’ Status
After an amusing goof by Google's search algorithm, one of the most famous names in videogames piracy has been reclassified as a 'musical artist'. People searching for 'FitGirl' are now greeted by...
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Alleged KickassTorrents Operator Continues to Battle US Extradition Request
Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of KickassTorrents, still doesn't know if he will be extradited to the United States. Nearly four years after the popular torrent site was shut down, the legal...
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Man Who Sold Raspberry Pi Devices Modded to Receive Sky For Free Avoids Prison
A seven-year process targeting a disabled man who sold Raspberry Pi units modified to obtain Sky subscription content for free concluded at Bolton Crown Court yesterday. After selling the devices...
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Police Shut Down Pirate IPTV Operation With Two Million Subscribers
Spain's National Police has shut down a popular pirate IPTV operation that allegedly serviced two million customers. With help from Europol and law enforcement in Canada, the US and several European...
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Removing “Annoying” Windows 10 Features is a DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says
Ninjutsu OS, a new software tool that heavily modifies Windows 10 with a huge number of tweaks, mods and extra tools, has been hit with a DMCA complaint by Microsoft. According to the copyright...
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Internet Archive ends “emergency library” early to appease publishers
Internet Archive ends “emergency library” early to appease publishers Online library asks publishers to “call off their costly assault.” Enlarge Johner Images / Getty 66 with 46 posters participating,...
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Twitch will begin scanning and deleting clips that contain copyrighted music
Twitch will begin scanning and deleting clips that contain copyrighted music Streamers won’t be penalized Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch plans to start automatically scanning clips of...
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Team-Xecuter Accuses Nintendo of Censorship and Legal Scare Tactics
Team-Xecuter is widely known for creating 'hacks' that bypass digital restrictions on Nintendo consoles. Nintendo sees these tools as a major piracy threat and recently sued several stores that sell...
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