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SPARKS Piracy Busts: Facts, Rumors & Fear Point to Something Huge
The raids and arrests this week targeting piracy release group SPARKS have caused chaos in The Scene, with members and groups going into hiding and new releases dropping like a stone. The targeting of...
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Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Win Preliminary Injunction Against Pirate Sites
In July, Amazon Publishing teamed up with Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue 'pirate' sites operating under the Kiss Library brand. A court has now handed...
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Thousands of Pirates Tricked into Downloading Fake ‘Tenet’ Torrents
The official premiere of Tenet has drawn many people to the movie theaters this week. On pirate sites, there's been plenty of interest too, as thousands of people are being tricked into downloading...
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More Torrent Sites Ban YTS Releases and Become a Target
Last week, 1337x.to decided to ban YTS releases when it became apparent that information from the site's database was being used in lawsuits against file-sharers. Over the past few days, more torrent...
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Need a Pirate Bay Proxy? DuckDuckGo Best Option, Says Google
Under pressure from rightsholders, Google makes pirate sites harder to find in search results. As a result, pirates are increasingly advising each other to use DuckDuckGo instead. Surprisingly, in...
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DISH Network Sues Universe IPTV For Mass Copyright Infringement
DISH Network has filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States against 'pirate' IPTV provider Universal IPTV. The complaint alleges that the defendants illegally transmitted the...
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Anti-Piracy Groups Keep Sending Takedown Notices for Dead Sites After Many Years
Anti-piracy groups have a long memory, it appears. They don't easily forget about their former adversaries, even those that shut down many years ago. A variety of rightsholders and reporters still...
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I don't know if it's the right place, nor if it's allowed to ask about this : What about 2baksa.net ? Last post is dated 19/08/2020 at 00h43 ... 12 days ago. This is strange, very strange, for...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 08/31/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Ava' tops the chart, followed by ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music'. 'Project Power' completes...
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Pirated Copies of Tenet Leak Online, For Real
Several pirated copies of the sci-fi thriller 'Tenet' have appeared online. The leaks, which were recorded in theaters, appear to have at least two sources. One has badly cropped Korean subtitles and...
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The Pirate Bay: Expert Appears to Reconsider Existence of VPN Provider Logs
In its legal action to track down The Pirate Bay, anti-piracy group Rights Alliance presented the court with testimony from an expert who found that VPN provider OVPN probably had some useful...
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Internet Provider RCN Fails to have Piracy Liability Lawsuit Dismissed
Internet provider RCN has failed to have the piracy liability claims of several major music companies dismissed. The ISP argued that it's not responsible for allegedly pirating customers, discrediting...
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New “Scene” Security Notice: ‘SPARKS’ Piracy Raids Busted Dozens of Sites
Last week a massive law enforcement operation against members of The Scene unfolded, targeting release group SPARKS and their affiliates. In a brand new communication released this morning, a Scene...
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Another Trump Tweet Removed But This One Has a $150,000 Copyright Lawsuit...
Yet another President Trump tweet has been removed following a complaint. This one, however, is now part of a copyright lawsuit filed by British singer-songwriter Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of...
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Anti-Piracy Lawyer Files Application to Register RARBG Trademark
Anti-piracy lawyer Kerry Culpepper has filed an application to register the RARBG trademark. RARBG is one of the most popular torrent sites and, if the application is granted, the trademark can be...
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High Court Grants Premier League IPTV Blocking Order, Fans Beg For More Legal...
The new Premier League season will begin without crowds due to the coronavirus yet 160 games will not be televised in the UK, a gap that pirate IPTV providers will fill using broadcasts from abroad....
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Cloudflare Shared Personal Details of Hundreds of Customers in Response to...
Cloudflare doesn't remove anything in response to DMCA takedown notices unless it stores the content permanently. However, the company will hand over personal details of customers to copyright holders...
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TVZion Piracy App Ordered to Shut Down By Global Anti-Piracy Group ACE
Several members of the team behind pirate streaming app TVZion have been reportedly served with cease-and-desist notices by global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. A...
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Scene Bust Triggered Historic Drop in ‘Pirate’ Releases
More than a week has passed since a US Government enforcement action hit the piracy scene hard. The release group SPARKS was the main target but, directly and indirectly, many other pirate groups were...
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Copyright Alliance Again Urges Congress To Close Streaming Piracy Loophole
With IPTV piracy seemingly still on an upwards trajectory, the powerful Copyright Alliance is urging Congress to close a loophole in US law that places limits on how cases can be prosecuted. Despite...
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