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Sony Promotes Kodi Streaming Add-Ons as Ideal for its Android TVs
Companies including Sony have been doing their best to shut down developers who create Kodi add-ons that facilitate access to infringing content. Given this background, it's perhaps a little...
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(Opinion) OpenVPN CEO: “Choose a VPN That Doesn’t Allow BitTorrent”
OpenVPN is one of the biggest names in the VPN industry. Many providers use the trusted protocol and open source software which have been around for nearly two decades. Despite the good reputation,...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 10/22/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'The Spy Who Dumped Me' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'. 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' completes the top...
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UK Govt. Mulls Easy Pirate Site Blocking & Streaming Crackdown
The UK government says it will consider the possibility of introducing extrajudicial 'pirate' site blocking so that rightsholders will not have to go to the High Court every time they want a resource...
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Canadian ISPs Want Ban on Piracy Settlement Notices
Canadian ISPs are calling on the Government to prevent copyright holders from using the country's notice-and-notice scheme to forward piracy settlement demands. These notices can be intimidating to...
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Netflix is reportedly seeking $2 billion in funding for original content...
What just happened? Netflix is riding high on the wave of an above-average Q3 earnings report, but the company isn't letting its latest success go to its head. Netflix plans to secure $2 billion...
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YouTube: New EU Copyright Law Could “Drastically Change the Internet”
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has issued a stark warning over the amendments to copyright law recently voted on by the EU Parliament. Wojcicki says the current wording of Article 13 threatens to "shut...
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Facebook and Amazon Flagged Among ‘Notorious’ Pirate Sites
Every year copyright holders report their lists of notorious copyright-infringing markets to the US Trade Representative. Many submissions include classic pirate sites, such as The Pirate Bay, but...
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EFF Recommends Measures to Limit Abuse of EU’s Proposed “Upload Filters”
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent several recommendations to the EU bodies negotiating copyright reform proposals. If there is no way to stop the EU's controversial 'upload filters' from...
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India Cinemas Put on Lockdown to Prevent ‘Cam’ Piracy
With in-theater camming still a thorn in the side of movie producers in India, a draconian set of rules has been implemented in the south of the country. If cinemas don't saturate their entire sites...
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Rightsholders Slammed, Even as Aussie Anti-Piracy Proposals Get Full Support
As tough new anti-piracy laws are quickly pushed through by the Australian parliament, rightsholders still aren't doing enough to tackle to the problem. During the bill's second reading yesterday,...
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Court Orders “ZemTV” Kodi Addon Developer to Pay $650,000 Piracy Damages
American satellite and broadcast provider Dish Network has won a default judgment of $650,000 against the man behind the defunct third-party Kodi-addon ZemTV. UK-based developer "Shani" is liable for...
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Fox News is launching its 'Fox Nation' streaming service on November 27
Quite a few companies are getting in on the video streaming service craze, but most of them are entertainment giants like DC or Disney. Very few could have foreseen Fox News' latest decision to...
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Swedish ISP Telia Appeals Pirate Bay Blocking Order
Telia, Sweden's largest Internet provider, will appeal a recent court order that requires the company to block The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm, FMovies, and NyaFilmer. The ISP believes that the verdict,...
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Copyright Office Adds DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games
The US Copyright Office has published a list of new exemptions to the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules. Several new freedoms were granted this year, including the right for preservation institutions to...
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JustWatch Video Search Engine Calls For MPAA ‘Pirate’ Blacklist
JustWatch, a search engine that directs consumers to legal movie and TV streaming options, has aired a rather controversial opinion on how to reduce piracy. The service believes the MPAA and Google...
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SickRage Rebrands to SickChill to Avoid Trademark War
SickRage, a piece of software designed to monitor torrent and Usenet platforms for the latest TV shows, download them, and add them to a user's library, is undergoing a rebranding exercise. After a...
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YouTube Ripper Slams Record Labels Over “Absurdity” and “Amnesia”
The Russian operator of the YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has hit back at the major record labels in the US. The site owner believes that the Virginia federal court doesn't have...
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(Opinion) Will Internet Services Block Europeans to Avoid “Upload Filters”?
The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving forward, including the controversial Article 13. While supporters and opponents remain diametrically opposed, we take a look ahead. If...
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(Opinion) Administrative UK Site-Blocking Should Be Accompanied By Absolute...
This week the UK Government announced that it's considering options for 'pirate' site-blocking without rightsholders having to go to court to obtain an injunction. While there are undoubtedly plenty...
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