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Internet Backbone Provider Hurricane Electric Sues Movie Companies Over...
Silicon Valley company Hurricane Electric offers Internet backbone access to many large organizations as well as the US Government. The company sees itself as a neutral network provider but a group...
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Rebellion as Reddit Teenagers Stir Up Their Own Pirate Movie Bonanza
Reddit's massively popular /r/teenagers sub went bootleg crazy this week when thousands of subscribers used the platform to watch pirated movies. For reasons that aren't exactly clear, young adults...
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YTS ‘Copycat’ Agrees to Settle Trademark Dispute for $200,000
The operator of YTS.ws has agreed to pay $200,000 in damages for using the YTS trademark without permission. While YTS is widely associated with torrent sites, the trademark was recently scooped up...
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What Are IPTV Resellers and Why Has Reddit Just Banned Them, Twice?
This week Reddit banned the popular /r/iptvresellers sub-Reddit for violating the site's rules. When a new sub-Reddit was created covering the same topic, Reddit quickly banned that too. So what...
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Popular Pirate Sites Slowly ‘Disappear’ From Google’s Top Search Results
Google doesn't always show the most relevant results to users. Much to the delight of copyright holders, popular pirate sites have started to 'disappear' from the search engine. This goes far beyond...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 06/15/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Artemis Fowl' tops the chart again this week, followed by ‘The King of Staten Island'....
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The Pirate Bay’s IP Address Belongs to a VPN Provider, ISP Tells Court
An IP address allegedly used by The Pirate Bay and claimed to be owned by a Swedish ISP does not belong to the provider, it's being claimed. According to Obenetwork, the IP address is actually...
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Cricket Australia Retracts Mass Twitter Takedown of Greatest Fan Video Archive
Cricket fans were welcomed with a shocking message a few hours ago when the largest fan-created Cricket video archive on Twitter was targeted. Rob Moody, whose videos generate hundreds of...
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Manga Anti-Piracy Campaign Hopes Artists Can Persuade Fans Ahead of New Law
With a new law criminalizing the downloading of manga content set to come into force in 2021, a new anti-piracy campaign in Japan is hoping to persuade fans to go legal. Spearheaded by anti-piracy...
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Nintendo: Soldering a Modchip into a Switch Console Breaches the DMCA
Lawyers acting for Nintendo are leaving no stone unturned in their battle to prevent Team-Xecuter's modchips from becoming a market success. The latest target is a company that offered to install SX...
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WTO: Saudi Arabia Failed to Help Tackle the BeoutQ Piracy Problem
The World Trade Organization has found that Saudi Arabia failed to live up to its obligations under the TRIPS agreement. In a dispute that centers around the pirate broadcaster beoutQ, the WTO sides...
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Premier League Wins Extension of Illegal Streaming Blocking Order
The Premier League has been granted an extension to a court order that allow it to compel Irish ISPs to block illegal streams of matches. The authority to continue blocking pirate streams in...
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Netflix Is Less Annoying to VPN Users Now, But Some Titles Are ‘Hidden’
Netflix has started to treat VPN users differently. Instead of preventing them from playing any content, the popular streaming service now allows VPN users to play content that's globally available....
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Court Orders ISPs to Block 56 ‘Pirate’ IPTV Servers Over Serie A Piracy
Following a complaint by football league Serie A, an Italian court has ordered 'preventative measures' that require the country's ISPs to block 56 servers connected to pirate IPTV services....
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Napster Founder’s ‘Screening Room’ Obtains New Patent for P2P-Polluting...
Napster co-founder Sean Parker became a billionaire by being at the right place at the right time and making smart business decisions. A few years ago, he co-founded a new company, Screening Room,...
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Copyright Trolls Demand Cash For Alleged Movie Piracy Back in 2013
Companies connected to the Robert Redford movie The Company You Keep are writing to customers of Sky demanding that they pay a sizeable settlement or face being taken to court. Bizarrely, the...
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Record Labels Deny That Piracy Notices Were ‘Deceptive and Fraudulent’ Threats
ISP Charter Communications is accusing several major record labels of having violated the Colorado Consumer Privacy Act. The music companies allegedly sent copyright infringement notices for tracks...
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Some Pirates Believe They Can Do These Things Legally But Most Probably Can’t
Copyright law is rarely straightforward, something which leaves some situations open to interpretation. Today we take a look at some activities people believe they may be able to partake in legally...
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Fighting a Copyright Troll in Court Can Be Easy, If You Can Afford It
Every year, thousands of people are sued for pirating online entertainment. This includes some individuals who are totally innocent. We talk to Tim McManus, an IT expert who also teaches at Fordham...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 06/22/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Force of Nature' tops the chart again this week, followed by ‘You Should Have Left'....
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