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EU’s Article 17 Consultation Reinvigorates ‘Upload Filter’ Debate
The European Commission is working on a guidance document for member states, clarifying how Article 17 of the new Copyright Directive should be implemented. The proposal has reinvigorated the 'upload...
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TuneIn Blocks 1,000s of Radio Channels in UK But a VPN Restores Service
In 2019, the High Court of England and Wales ruled that by offering an index of non UK-based or unlicensed radio stations to UK residents, radio aggregator service TuneIn breached copyright. In...
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Alleged Operators of Epic Stream IPTV Face List of Piracy Charges in Canada
Nova Scotia RCMP has charged two people in connection with Operation Hotwire, a federal investigation into illegal IPTV supply. The husband and wife team face a laundry list of charges that could...
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Police Send Warning Letters to Pirate IPTV Customers Citing Fraud Act
Following the arrest of a 24-year-old man in the UK late June, police used his pirate IPTV service to display a warning message to subscribers. To further press home the message that viewing pirate...
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Piratebay.org Sold for $50,000 at Auction, ThePiratebay.com Up Next
Several Pirate Bay-related domains become available again this month after their owner failed to renew the registration. Yesterday, Piratebay.org was sold in a Dropcatch auction for $50,000 and...
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MPA & ACE Team Up With Homeland Security to Dismantle Criminal Piracy Groups
The MPA, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Homeland Security's National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and other groups have signed an agreement to collaborate on content...
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Disney’s Mulan Crushes All Competition on Pirate Sites
Disney's Mulan is a smash hit on pirate sites, where millions of people streamed and downloaded pirate copies of the film over the past week and a half. For days on end, the film has been pirated many...
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Piratebay.org Now Being Used to Crowdsource “The Torrent Man” Film
Earlier this week the Piratebay.org domain was sold at auction for $50,000. The domain was previously owned by the official TPB team who apparently forgot to extend the registration. The new owner...
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University Voluntarily Agrees to Block Pirate Sites Under Code of Conduct
The largest university in Denmark has signed a code of conduct with local anti-piracy outfit Rights Alliance to block access to pirate sites. Aarhus University will voluntarily prevent its 38,000...
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Pirate IPTV Operator Hid Away With Mountains of Food to Avoid Coronavirus
When officers from Hungary's National Tax and Customs Administration raided a pirate IPTV provider they were unsurprised to discover large amounts of satellite and computer equipment for capturing and...
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YouTube Rippers ‘Flvto’ and ‘2Conv’ Will Take Legal Battle to US Supreme Court
YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com will petition the US Supreme Court to take on its legal battle with several major record labels. While the case is ultimately about alleged copyright...
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(Opinion) TuneIn Blocking Debacle: Bombing Internet Radio Back to the Stone Age
We've come a long way since the days of shortwave radio and analog pirate radio stations. The Internet promised a lot, allowing broadcasters to reach an international audience keen to soak up culture...
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Spanish Piracy Giant ‘Megadede’ to Shut Down, Successors Queue Up
The Spanish pirate streaming giant Megadede will shut down within a week. The site's operators announced their surprise decision without providing any further detail. Megadede is among the 100 most...
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‘Copyright Troll’ Loses Legal Battle and Must Pay $172,173
Every year rightsholders collect many thousands of dollars in settlements from alleged copyright infringers. However, these enforcement efforts can backfire as well. Photographer and attorney Richard...
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Mulan is the Most Torrented Movie of The Week – 09/21/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mulan' tops the chart, followed by ‘The Devil All The Time'. 'Antebellum' completes the top...
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Pirate Bay Renews Official Domain Until 2030 After Lapsed Domains Are...
The Pirate Bay has extended the registration of its main ThePiratebay.org domain until 2030. This update follows after someone forgot to renew Piratebay.org and Thepiratebay.com earlier. Over the past...
View ArticleNintendo Hits XXX-Rated ‘Peach’s Unknown Tale’ Game With Copyright Complaint
The words Nintendo and pornography can only ever be seen together when the former is trying to distance itself from the latter. That's the case today after Nintendo's lawyers filed a DMCA takedown...
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YouTube: Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff Uploaded Own Movies Then Claimed Mass...
A class-action lawsuit, filed against YouTube by Grammy award-winning musician Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor Ltd, has taken an unexpected turn. According to YouTube, Pirate Monitor first used...
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Samsung Faces $1.3m Lawsuit Over Cinavia Anti-Piracy Tech Licensing Fees
Technology giant Samsung is being sued for $1.3 million by content protection company Verance. According to a lawsuit filed in the US, for two years Samsung failed to pay licensing fees for use of...
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Anti-Piracy Coalition Wants Operators of Pirate Bay, YTS, 1337x, EZTV Uncovered
Anti-piracy coalition ACE is continuing its crackdown on pirate sites, targeting several high profile actors. Represented by the MPA, the group requests a DMCA subpoena that requires Cloudflare to...
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