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Amazon Piracy Lawsuit: Court Restrains Assets & Domains of Pirate Sites
A lawsuit filed this week by Amazon Publishing, Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham, has chalked up an early win. A Washington court has ordered that the assets and...
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Rapidgator Uses DMCA to Crack Down on Premium Link Generators
File-hosting service Rapidgator has had millions of pages removed from Google's search results following complaints from copyright holders. However, the site is not just on the receiving end of...
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ISP Cox Hands Six Month Internet Ban to Alleged Repeat Infringer
After finding itself on the wrong end of a $1 billion copyright infringement verdict, Cox Communications is under pressure to combat so-called repeat infringers. Today, a former Cox customer reveals...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 07/13/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Greyhound' tops the chart, followed by ‘The Old Guard'. 'Hamilton' completes the top...
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Number of Online Pirates in Italy Steady But Research Summary Downplays Big...
An Ipsos study carried out in Italy has found that the number of people engaged in piracy dropped slightly in 2019. Films remained the most popular content with pirates followed by TV shows....
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Bright House Doesn’t Directly Profit From Pirating Subscribers, Court Rules
A federal court in Florida has dismissed the vicarious copyright infringement claims against ISP Bright House Networks. The company is being sued by a group of prominent record labels who argue that...
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Stop Selling Pirate IPTV Packages or Pay €10,000 Per Day, Court Rules
An individual who previously paid a 40,000 euro settlement to BREIN after selling 'pirate' IPTV subscriptions has failed to stop his activities. A court has now handed down an order requiring him to...
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Canadian Pirate Site Blockade No Longer Blocks Original Domains
Canada's Federal Court has approved a new update of the site-blocking injunction against pirate IPTV provider GoldTV. The rightsholders used an undercover investigator to track down new domain...
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The Pirate Bay: OVPN Wins First Stage of Information Injunction Battle
After two movie companies demanded that VPN provider OVPN preserve data relating to an IP address used by The Pirate Bay, the parties have been arguing the case in court. In an early victory for...
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YouTube Rippers Request Full Rehearing of Jurisdiction Case at Appeals Court
YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com are requesting a full rehearing of the jurisdiction matter, which relates to the ongoing piracy lawsuit filed by several major record labels. The Court of...
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Netflix Blockade Boosted Piracy Searches, Research Finds
It's no secret that legal options are key in decreasing a country's piracy rates. This is confirmed by a new academic study, which finds that Netflix’s failure to launch in Indonesia in 2016 lead to...
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YouTube & Uploaded Not Liable For Pirate Uploads Advises EU Advocate General
Platforms such as YouTube and Uploaded are not directly liable for the copyright-infringing uploads of their users. That's according to an opinion from Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe published...
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Torrentz2.eu Domain Takedown Was Ordered from Brussels, Registry Confirms
Last month Torrentz2.eu had its domain name suspended by the EURid registry. We can now confirm that action was taken following an order from the Belgian Public Prosecutor in Brussels. The...
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Crunchyroll Downloader Tool Nuked Following Copyright Complaint
A free and popular tool used for downloading anime shows from Crunchyroll has been removed from Github following a DMCA complaint. Crunchyroll Downloader has been in action since November 2019 but a...
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Mindgeek Tries to Unmask Operator of Massive Pirate Adult Site Daftsex.com
MG Premium, a company operated by adult giant Mindgeek, is trying to unmask the people behind Daftsex.com, a massive 'tube' site generating more than 65 million visits per month. The DMCA subpoena...
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Appeals Court Reverses ‘Scathing’ Verdict Against Copyright Troll
A Columbia appeals court has overturned an order in which Strike 3 Holdings was denied a subpoena, labeling it as a "copyright troll" that uses courts "as an ATM." According to the opinion, the...
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Anti-Piracy Groups Mull “Know Your Customer” Proposal to Tackle Pirate Sites
Anti-piracy groups and rightsholders in Europe are reportedly interested in a so-called "Know Your Customer" proposal to tackle pirate sites. In the finance world, companies are required to know...
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Most Dedicated VPN IP-addresses Are Not Anonymous
Many VPN services advertise themselves as ideal tools to offer security, privacy, and anonymity. To ensure the latter, they often have no-logging policies to prevent individual users from being...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 07/20/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Greyhound' tops the chart, followed by ‘The Old Guard'. 'Palm Springs' completes the top...
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Police Target Pirate IPTV With 72 Searches Against Operators & Financial System
Police have targeted a pirate IPTV operation, executing 72 searches across Italy, blocking a website and seizing pre-paid cards used to finance the system. The investigation has identified 22 people...
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