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Rightsholders Want African Countries to Up Their Anti-Piracy Game
According to a coalition of prominent copyright industry groups, piracy remains a widespread and serious problem among all African countries. United in the IIPA, they ask the US Government to make...
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The Pirate Bay: VPN Provider OVPN Hit With Court Injunction, Vows to Fight
After an injunction obtained by two movie studios against an ISP with alleged links to The Pirate Bay was dismissed, the parties have returned to court demanding that VPN provider OVPN hands over...
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New York Times Selectively Cracks Down on ‘Copyright Infringing’ Trump Meme
Twitter has removed a Trump meme posted by the US President himself. The social media platform took action after the New York Times sent a copyright complaint. The news organization owns the related...
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YouTube Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Copyright Enforcement, Repeat...
Maria Schneider has filed a class action lawsuit against YouTube, claiming massive deficiencies in its copyright enforcement measures. The Grammy award-winning musician says YouTube restricts access...
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Swedish ISP Loses Appeal Over ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Bay Blockade
Internet provider Telia must block The Pirate Bay, a local court has decided on appeal. The order, which was requested by copyright holders including several prominent Hollywood studios, also...
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Illegal Streaming Business Models to be Investigated By Royal United Services...
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies says it will conduct an investigation into the financial business models of organized crime groups involved in illicit streaming....
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Pirate Streaming Site Uses Associated Press For Promo Campaign
Pirate sites generally operate in secrecy but, in order to get noticed, they need some kind of promotional outreach. Streaming site YolaMovies has rediscovered a rather old fashioned but effective...
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Pirate IPTV Crackdown Underway in England & Northern Ireland, Arrests Mount
This week police in the UK targeted another IPTV provider, arresting a 24-year-old man. However, there are other cases too involving at least three arrests and the seizure of luxury vehicles. All...
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Meet FitGirl, The Repack ‘Queen’ Of Pirated Games
Repacked games are in high demand on pirate sites as they save considerable bandwidth. One of the leading names in this niche is FitGirl. In recent years, the Russian-born repacker transformed from...
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Sports Streaming Site Rojadirecta Loses Appeal of Danish Site Blocking Case
Famous sports streaming site Rojadirecta has lost its appeal against a Danish site-blocking injunction. The court upheld a lower court's decision in favor of Spanish football league 'La Liga' and...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 07/06/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Hamilton' tops the chart, followed by ‘The Outpost'. 'Irresistible' completes the top...
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Anti-Piracy Company & Record Labels Are “Running Pirate Sites”, Investigation...
An ongoing anti-piracy investigation being carried out by The Music Mission project has teased some interesting findings. According to the groups involved, the owner of one pirate site not only has...
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U.S. Copyright Office: Disconnecting Persistent Pirates is Not Always Preferred
In a letter to US Senators, the Copyright Office comments in detail on the 'repeat infringer' issue, stressing that a one-size-fits-all approach is not ideal. It may not always be appropriate to...
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The Pirate Bay: OVPN Responds to Movie Companies’ Court Injunction
OVPN has responded to a court injunction requiring it to hand over information relating to The Pirate Bay. The Swedish VPN provider has rejected the demand on the grounds that it does not have the...
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Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Sue ‘Kiss Library’ Pirate eBook Sites
Amazon has teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue 'pirate' sites operating under the Kiss Library brand. Filed in a Washington court,...
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GitHub Removes ‘Chimera13’ iOS Jailbreak After DMCA Notice from ‘Unc0ver’
Jailbreaking tools are generally protected from copyright infringement claims through a DMCA exemption. This week, however, GitHub removed the Chimera13 jailbreak code. The takedown notice, which...
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EU Court: YouTube Not Required to Share Email and IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates
A judgment handed down by the EU Court of Justice this morning has found that online platforms, including YouTube, do not have to hand over the email addresses, IP addresses, or telephone numbers...
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Libtorrent Adds WebTorrent Support, Expanding the Reach of Browser Torrenting
Libtorrent has bridged the gap between WebTorrent and traditional torrent clients. The open-source BitTorrent library, used by clients including Deluge, qBittorrent, rTorrent and Tribler, will help...
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Group Who Operated 20 Pirate ‘beIN’ Streaming Sites Found Guilty, Leader Jailed
Five individuals who administered a ring of 20 pirate sports streaming sites have been found guilty of intellectual property offenses by a court in France. The action, originally filed by Canal+ and...
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Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Wins $4,420 Judgment Against Movie Company
A federal court in Utah has ordered the company behind the movie "Criminal" to pay $4,420 to an accused 'pirate'. The filmmakers sued the man for illegally downloading their movie through...
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