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Yout v RIAA: Use of Technical Protection Measure Does Not Equal Abuse
Yout v RIAA: Use of Technical Protection Measure Does Not Equal Abuse Last October the company behind YouTube-ripping platform 'Yout' sued the RIAA for sending "abusive" DMCA anti-circumvention...
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New UK Police Unit Announces Two Arrests Following Pirate IPTV Investigation
New UK Police Unit Announces Two Arrests Following Pirate IPTV Investigation A hitherto unknown police unit formed by City of London Police, the Intellectual Property Office and the North West...
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RomUniverse Owner Opposes Nintendo’s $15 Million Piracy Damages Request
RomUniverse Owner Opposes Nintendo’s $15 Million Piracy Damages Request The owner of RomUniverse has asked a California federal court to deny Nintendo's motion for summary judgment, including $15...
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Search Engines Won’t Face Monopoly Investigation Over Pirated Content
Search Engines Won’t Face Monopoly Investigation Over Pirated Content Pirated eBooks and similar content will remain in search results after Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service declined to take...
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Movie Pirates Don’t Mind Waiting For HD Quality Releases
Movie Pirates Don’t Mind Waiting For HD Quality Releases New data shared by piracy tracking company MUSO shows that most torrenting movie pirates prefer HD quality releases, even if they have to...
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Warning! Pirate Devices Threaten US National Security…Apparently
Warning! Pirate Devices Threaten US National Security…Apparently A study carried out by a group funded by the entertainment industries is warning of a potential national security disaster in the...
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Overbroad DMCA Takedown Campaign Almost Wipes Dictionary Entries From Google
Overbroad DMCA Takedown Campaign Almost Wipes Dictionary Entries From Google A software review site recently tried to remove links to 'competitors' that lifted its writings without permission. While...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – March 8, 2021
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – March 8, 2021 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Raya and the Last Dragon' tops...
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Operators of Major Pirate Sites Committed No Crimes, Court Rules
Operators of Major Pirate Sites Committed No Crimes, Court Rules Four men accused of criminal copyright infringement for operating major Spanish streaming sites SeriesYonkis and PeliculasYonkis have...
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Movie Companies Sue Popcorn Time, VPN, and ‘Hosting’ Provider in Piracy Lawsuit
Movie Companies Sue Popcorn Time, VPN, and ‘Hosting’ Provider in Piracy Lawsuit A group of independent movie companies, including the makers of "The Hitman’s Bodyguard" and "London Has Fallen," has...
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Pirate Monitor Exits YouTube Class Action Piracy Lawsuit, Maria Schneider...
Pirate Monitor Exits YouTube Class Action Piracy Lawsuit, Maria Schneider Persists Last summer, Grammy award-winning musician Maria Schneider and a shadowy company known as Pirate Monitor filed a...
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‘The Digital Copyright Act Will Chill Innovation and Harm The Internet’
‘The Digital Copyright Act Will Chill Innovation and Harm The Internet’ Late last year, Senator Thom Tillis released a discussion draft of the “Digital Copyright Act of 2021," which aims to...
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EU High Court: Embedding Protected Images Can Breach Copyright Law
EU High Court: Embedding Protected Images Can Breach Copyright Law The EU Court of Justice has ruled that if rightsholders have taken or ordered protective steps to prevent their images from being...
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Mobdro Pirate Streaming: Police Arrest Suspect, Three Others Questioned
Mobdro Pirate Streaming: Police Arrest Suspect, Three Others Questioned The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation reports that police have arrested an individual, following an...
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Operators of Pirate Site ‘Movie-Blog’ Convicted, ACE Seizes Domains
Operators of Pirate Site ‘Movie-Blog’ Convicted, ACE Seizes Domains Two operators of the now-defunct pirate site Movie-Blog, which enjoyed an estimated 65 million visits per year, have been...
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ISPs and Rightsholders Unite to Block Pirate Sites in Germany
ISPs and Rightsholders Unite to Block Pirate Sites in Germany Several of the largest Internet providers and copyright holders in Germany have joined forces to tackle online piracy. With the new...
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ZLibrary Domains Were ‘Temporarily’ Suspended Over Copyright Infringement Claims
ZLibrary Domains Were ‘Temporarily’ Suspended Over Copyright Infringement Claims A few days ago, several domains of the popular ebook repository ZLibrary became inaccessible. The 'suspensions' were...
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GitHub Wants to Get Rid Of the DMCA’s Anti-Circumvention FUD
GitHub Wants to Get Rid Of the DMCA’s Anti-Circumvention FUD GitHub is urging the US Copyright Office to expand the DMCA anti-circumvention exemptions to eliminate FUD. The developer platform backs...
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Men Ordered to Pay 7 MIllion Euros in Damages For Illegal Sports Streaming
Men Ordered to Pay 7 MIllion Euros in Damages For Illegal Sports Streaming Five men who administered a ring of 20 pirate sports streaming sites were found guilty of intellectual property offenses by...
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RIAA Takedown Notices Target Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music
RIAA Takedown Notices Target Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music The RIAA is known to use DMCA notices to remove pirated content from the Internet. These takedown requests are generally aimed at pirate...
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