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YouTube’s Content-ID Flags Music Prof’s Public Domain Beethoven and Wagner...
YouTube's Content ID system aims to protect copyright holders but in some cases works against the public interest. After German music professor Dr. Ulrich Kaiser had one of his educational videos...
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‘Collaboration is Key to Disrupting Video Streaming Piracy
Last month CASBAA rebranded itself to the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA). The organization's Coalition Against Piracy remains in place though, with illicit streaming devices as one of the top...
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TNTVillage, Italy’s Famous “Ethical” Torrent Site, Under Intense Legal Pressure
TNTVillage, the most famous torrent site in Italy, is under pressure. According to documents posted to its Facebook page, a number of media companies have filed a complaint against the site for...
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Movie Outfits Are ‘Quietly’ Targeting Canadian File-Sharers in Court
Over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of piracy warnings have been sent out to Canadian pirates under the 'notice-and-notice' scheme. While these warnings are generally without...
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BitTorrent Launches uTorrent Web’s First Full Release
BitTorrent Inc. has been in the news a lot this summer after it was acquired by the Tron cryptocurrency. However, regular development continues, with the company just announcing the first full release...
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Neo Cryptocurrency Bid $170 Million for BitTorrent
Tron founder Justin Sun was not the only one interested in taking over BitTorrent Inc. Neo, another cryptocurrency startup, was in the running as well and made a substantially higher bid. However,...
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YouTube Chief Says Article 13 “Undermines Creative Economy”
YouTube's Chief Business Officer has weighed in on the EU's proposed Article 13 legislation, which critics say could force platforms like YouTube to implement filtering regimes in the face of...
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Court: Dutch Government is Liable For Controversial Piracy Claims
The Dutch Government is liable for statements made by Government officials which suggested that downloading movies and TV-shows from illegal sources was allowed. This is the result of a lawsuit filed...
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FMovies Loses Control of Swedish Domain, Moves to Iceland
Popular movie streaming service FMovies has lost control of its main Sweden-based domain. The site had previously hopped around a number of domains before spending considerable time on a Tonga-based...
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OpenPGP Keyservers Now Store ‘Irremovable’ Torrent Magnet Links
BitTorrent has proven to be an ideal tool for pirates. The protocol's decentralized nature makes it impossible to interfere with transfers between users. Torrent sites and indexes are the only weak...
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Italy Wants to Upgrade Movie “Camming” Piracy to a Criminal Offense
Recording first-run movies in cinemas, an activity known as "camming", has long been a thorn in the side of movie companies everywhere. In Italy, there are moves underway to tackle the problem, by...
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Dish is Hiring an Investigator to Research and Monitor Pirates
Dish Network, one of the largest pay-TV providers in the United States, sees online piracy as a serious threat that can't be ignored. The company is hiring a new anti-piracy specialist who will be...
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La Liga Purges Pirate IPTV Providers From Google
La Liga, the premier division of the Spanish football league, has found a novel way of limiting access to pirate IPTV providers all around the world. Rather than utilize fancy ISP blocking techniques,...
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The Sci-Hub Effect? Prominent Research Councils Push Open Access
This week several prestigious European research councils announced a major push for Open Access publishing. This will limit the influence of major copyright holders and could eventually help to 'tear...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 09/10/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Skyscraper' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'. 'Ocean's Eight' completes the top three. This week we...
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MPAA Hires Law Firm to Tackle Streaming Piracy Threat
As part of its ongoing battle against online copyright infringement, the MPAA has hired law firm Becker & Poliakoff to represent its interests on Capitol Hill. According to lobbying registration...
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Dish Wants $1,950,000 From ‘ZemTV’ Kodi Addon Developer
American satellite and broadcast provider Dish Network is requesting a default judgment of nearly $2 million against the man behind the defunct Kodi-addon ZemTV. UK-based developer "Shani" willingly...
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Kim Dotcom Privacy Act Appeal Underway at the High Court
Back in March, the Human Rights Tribunal in New Zealand ruled that the Government violated the Privacy Act by withholding information from Kim Dotcom. The Megaupload founder was awarded NZ$60,000 in...
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Terrarium TV: One of the Best-Loved Pirate Apps Shuts Down
Terrarium TV, one of the most-loved 'pirate' applications for Android, has shut down for good. In a notification pushed to the app last evening, developer NitroXenon announced that the software, known...
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More Than 35,000 ‘Pirates’ Targeted in Swedish Lawsuits This Year
Sweden has become a hotbed for piracy lawsuits and the number of targets continues to rise. Newly released details show that more than 35,000 IP-addresses have been listed in so-called copyright troll...
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