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TVAddons and Dish Network Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
TVAddons has announced that it has reached a settlement with Dish Networks. As a result, the US lawsuit will be dropped. Most details of the agreement remain confidential but TVAddons has promised to...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 08/27/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Deadpool 2' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ocean's Eight'. 'Avengers: Infinity War ' completes the top three. This week we have...
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Cox Pays Substantial Settlement to End ‘Repeat Infringer’ Piracy Lawsuit
Internet provider Cox Communications has agreed to pay an undisclosed but substantial settlement to music publisher BMG. The companies were scheduled to go to trial this week but the case is now...
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New Campaign Aims to “Save Music” Ahead of EU Copyright Filter Vote
In just 15 days' time, MEPs will again vote on the now-controversial copyright proposals of Article 13. The legislation would see platforms such as YouTube compelled to introduce upload filters, to...
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Pirate Bay Suffers Downtime, Tor Domain is Up
The Pirate Bay has been hard to reach for more than a day, causing concern among some BitTorrent users. The outage is likely due to 'technical' issues, so the site is expected to resurface soon....
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IP Address is Not Enough to Identify Pirate, US Court of Appeals Rules
The owner of an adult foster care home who operated an open WiFi network has booked a big win against a copyright troll. Thomas Gonzales was accused of downloading the Adam Sandler movie The Cobbler...
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YouTube pushing non-skippable ads
Google-owned Youtube is expanding the concept of non-skippable advertisements on its platform for the creators to monetise their content and earn more revenue. The change will begin rolling out from...
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US and Mexico Modernize Copyright Protection in New Trade Deal
The US Government has reached a new trade agreement with Mexico. The preliminary deal provides strong and effective copyright protection and enforcement, including criminal sanctions against movie...
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Columbia Pictures Nukes “Holmes and Watson” Posters Off The Internet
Millions of Sherlock Holmes fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the upcoming "Holmes and Watson" movie. A few days ago an early 'teaser' appeared in the form of a movie poster. However, movie...
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US Supreme Court Petitioned to Fix Repeat Infringer ‘DMCA Disarray’
Adult content producer Ventura Content has petitioned the court to clarify how and when the DMCA protects online services from piracy liability. According to Ventura, the lower courts have "given...
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BREIN Shuts Down Usenet Indexing Community, Settles With Operators
Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has claimed another scalp on the piracy front. Place2Home was the largest Usenet community in the Netherlands but has now closed its doors. After successfully shutting...
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Yandex Refuses to Remove Pirate Content: Blocking Imminent, Despite Appeal...
The video portal of Russian search giant Yandex will be blocked today on the orders of the Moscow City Court after the company refused to remove links to pirated content. Yandex says the order is...
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Pirate Site Taunts Nintendo With a New Retro Games Section
'Good Old Downloads,' a site that specializes in pirate game releases, is not impressed by Nintendo's recent crackdown on ROMs sites. Challenging the Japanese giant publicly, it has announced a...
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Pirate IPTV Provider Might “Offload” Premier League Matches
Anti-piracy action taken by the Premier League could force a change in business model for a 'pirate' IPTV provider supplying content to the UK. A source familiar with the operation says that blocking...
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GTA V’s Take-Two Wants ‘Lying Cheat Maker’ to Pay Up
Last month a New York federal court ordered the creator of two popular GTA V cheats to stop creating and distributing the code. However, that doesn't end the case in question. Take-Two wants tens of...
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ISP: Piracy Extortion Letters Are Easy to Thwart Without Logs
Swedish Internet service provider Bahnhof is a fierce opponent of so-called copyright trolling efforts. Where other ISPs have shared the personal details of allegedly pirating subscribers, Bahnhof...
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CreativeFuture Launches Withering Attack on Google Over Copyright
The CreativeFuture coalition, which represents more than 520 companies and organizations in film, TV, music, and publishing, has launched a withering and unprecedented public attack on Google. After...
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Hollywood Studios Flag Their IMDb Listings as “Pirate” Links
A rather persistent bug in the takedown code of a major reporting agency has caused an embarrassing situation for several Hollywood studios. For quite some time now, companies including Sony Pictures...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 09/03/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Ocean's Eight' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Deadpool 2'. 'Hereditary ' completes the top three. This week we have two newcomers...
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Supreme Court to Rule Whether Pirate Streaming Damages Are Fair
Four Swedish men sentenced in 2017 for their part in running the pirate sites Dreamfilm, TFplay, Tankafetast, and PirateHub, were initially given jail sentences. Following a 2018 appeal, those...
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