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Hong Kong Customs Arrest Pirate Streaming Device Vendors
On May 25 and 26, Hong Kong Customs carried out a series of raids against four retail outlets suspected of selling "fully loaded" set-top boxes which provided unauthorized access to movies and TV...
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FCC Republican asks Amazon and eBay to boost crackdown on pirate TV boxes
Devices sold on Amazon and eBay fraudulently use FCC logo, FCC's O'Rielly said. Pirate TV boxes that falsely display the Federal Communications Commission logo should be removed from Amazon and...
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Hollywood Pushes to Expand Swedish Pirate Bay Blockade
Several major Hollywood studios including Disney, Universal Studios and Warner Bros, have teamed up with Swedish movie outfits to expand the local Pirate Bay blockade. The film companies want Telia,...
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Majority of Canadians Consume Online Content Legally, Survey Finds
A study commissioned by Canada's Innovation, Science and Economic Development department has revealed that three-quarters of the Canadian public consume online content exclusively from legal sources....
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Judgment Day Nears for EU’s ‘Piracy Filters’
The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving ahead. With a crucial vote coming up later this month, protests from various opponents are on the rise as well. They warn that the...
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PC Software Piracy Decreases Worldwide, But Remains Rampant
A new report published by The Software Alliance shows that usage of pirated PC software is decreasing worldwide. While this is a positive trend for the industry, piracy remains rampant in many...
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Pirates Are Valuable Customers, Not The Enemy
New research has revealed that 60 percent of all UK citizens have used pirate services to stream or download TV, films or music. However, the vast majority of these self-proclaimed pirates say they...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/04/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Tomb Raider' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Avengers: Infinity War'. 'A Quiet Place' completes the top three. This week we...
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Google Blacklists Millions of Pirate URLs Before They’re Indexed
Google maintains a rapidly growing list of copyright-infringing URLs which they haven't indexed yet. This blacklist ensures that these links are never added to the search engine. Thanks to a new...
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Rampant Kodi Malware? It’s Time to Either Put Up or Shut Up
Over the past couple of years, copyright holders have continuously claimed that people using Kodi to access copyright-infringing content are being exposed to malware. This week, a security expert...
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Amazon Sues Pirate Streaming Boxes, but Sells ‘Piracy’ Tutorials?
Amazon and other members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment have declared 'war' on pirate streaming devices and addons. While legal threats are issued left and right, the Amazon store is...
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Soccer League Turns App Users Into Piracy Spies
Spanish soccer league "La Liga" is using its official Android app to create an army of millions of piracy spies. The app can access microphone and location data to scan for restaurants, bars, and...
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Set TV Suddenly Goes Offline But is the ACE Lawsuit to Blame?
Set TV, an IPTV service being sued by several Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix, went offline before the weekend with no explanation. Some linked the lawsuit to the service's apparent...
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Anti-Piracy Lawyers Sentenced to Years in Prison For Defrauding Copyright...
Three lawyers who specialized in anti-piracy litigation on behalf of the movie and TV industries have been convicted of defrauding them out of millions. The trio, from the Johan Schlüter law firm,...
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BitTorrent Sells to TRON Cryptocurrency Founder Justin Sun
BitTorrent Inc, the parent company behind the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has reportedly sold to Justin Sun, the founder of cryptocurrency TRON. The company's employees were informed about...
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DeUHD Beats ‘New’ AACS 2.1 UHD Blu-ray Disc Protection
Russian company Arusoft has released a new version of its DeUHD ripping tool which bypasses AACS 2.1. The new encryption version appeared last month on the UHD Blu-ray discs of Fury and The Patriot...
View ArticleFile sharing of child-sex images leads to 47 arrests in Washington state
In Seattle, police arrested 24 people as part of the national sweep dubbed "Operation Broken Heart." Of those, nine face federal prosecution in U.S. District Court. More than 2,300 people were...
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Crunchyroll Addon For Kodi Hit With Fatal Copyright Complaint
A popular Kodi addon that provided access to one of the very best sources of Japanese anime and Asian entertainment has been withdrawn from the public. The Crunchyroll addon facilitated access to the...
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Relieved of Looming €1 Million Fine Plus €350K Damages
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde no longer has a looming threat of a million euros hanging over his head, the District Court in Helsinki, Finland, has ruled. In addition, the record labels have...
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TVAddons: Telco Bailiffs Enter Operator’s Home Over Unpaid Attorney’s Fees
Exactly a year after Canada's largest telecoms companies executed a warrant against TVAddons founder Adam Lackman, unwelcome visitors have again attended his home. After a court order to pay...
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