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Huge Torrent Tracker Calls it Quits After 12 Years, Citing Article 13
Leechers Paradise, one of the world's longest-standing and most important BitTorrent trackers, has shut down for good. Launched 12 years ago, the site was recently coordinating the transfers of 132...
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A slightly weird malware strain has been observed using the open source XMRig cryptominer and EmPyre backdoor utilities to target software pirates as reported by Malwarebytes Labs. The OSX.DarthMiner...
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GTA V’s Take-Two Wants $150,000 in Damages From Cheat Maker
Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive has filed a motion for default judgment against the alleged creator of the "Elusive" GTA V cheat. The company estimates that the cheat has caused...
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Bizarre Blocking Order Targets ‘Pirate’ Domains Before They’re Registered
Last week an Indian court issued one of the broadest site-blocking injunctions to date. To prevent the film "2.0" from being pirated by the masses, the Madras High Court ordered local ISPs to...
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(Opinion) Showbox: Is it ‘Back’ and More Importantly, is it ‘Safe’?
Users of Showbox will no doubt be aware that the popular streaming tool has been under fire recently, targeted by lawsuits that shut down various websites and the app itself. The Internet is now...
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(Opinion) IFPI Slams Pirate MEP For ‘Lobbying’ Kids, Forgets a Decade of...
Yet another war of words on Twitter over Article 13 has delivered one of the great ironies of recent times. After Pirate MEP Julia Reda called on kids to 'lobby' their parents over the controversial...
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New EU Piracy Watchlist Targets Key Pirate Sites and Cloudflare
Following the example set by the United States, the European Union has published its very first 'Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List'. The European Commission report targets a broad range of alleged...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 12/10/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Venom' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Smallfoot'. 'The Predator' completes the top three. This week we have two newcomers in our...
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UK Govt. Backs Anti-Piracy Campaign With £2 Million in Funding
The UK Government has committed £2 million to fund the ongoing "Get it Right" anti-piracy campaign until 2021. Under this program, UK Internet providers and rightsholders have teamed up to warn...
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Google Gets a Slap on the Wrist For Site-Blocking Failures
Under Russian law, search engine operators are required to censor their search results to ensure that permanently blocked sites do not appear in their indexes. After failing to comply by interfacing...
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Activists to Deliver 4 Million Anti ‘Article 13’ Signatures to EU Parliament
Ahead of the final trilogue negotiations this Thursday, activists will deliver an anti "upload filter" petition signed by four million people to the European Parliament. Lawmakers will try to agree on...
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Bell & Videotron File Criminal Complaint Against IPTV Provider
Media giants Bell and Videotron have filed a criminal complaint against a Canada-based IPTV provider. In response, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) carried out a search at the residence of a...
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Tech Giants Warn US Govt. Against EU’s ‘Article 13’ Plans
The CCIA, which represents global tech firms including Cloudflare, Google, and Facebook, is warning the U.S. Government against the EU's copyright reform plans. According to the tech giants, Article...
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DoJ Indicts Five Men For Pre-Release Movie & TV Show Piracy
A federal grand jury in California has indicted five men for allegedly offering pre-release copies of hundreds of movies and TV shows via the Internet. The individuals, from the UK, India, United Arab...
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Nintendo Targets Sellers of Pirated Switch Games in Court
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against a California man and several unnamed defendants. They are accused of selling pirated Nintendo Switch and NES Classic games, as well as offering modding services....
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Rightsholders Say Latest Article 13 Text Won’t Close the Value Gap
Rightsholders including music group IFPI have written an open letter expressing deep concerns over the latest text of the proposed Article 13. According to the industry giants, the current proposal...
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EU Members Approve Upload Filters for “Terrorist Content”
The EU is not only cracking down on copyright-infringing content, there's a strong focus on terrorist material too. The EU Commision recently proposed new regulations that would require hosting...
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Tipster Gets $10,000 Reward for Reporting Software Piracy
An unnamed Australian company has agreed to pay a AU$160,000 piracy settlement to the Software Alliance. The manufacturing outfit reportedly used commercial software without a proper license. The...
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Yandex and TV Giants Make Peace Over ‘Pirate’ Search Results
Four lawsuits filed by companies under the umbrella of broadcasting giant Gazprom-Media against leading Russian search engine Yandex are set to conclude in settlement agreements. The signing of an...
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(Opinion) Mainstream Media Outlets Promote ‘Pirate’ Streaming Boxes Now?
Streaming set-top boxes are popular among cord-cutters and millions of people use them to access movies, TV-shows, and livestreams. While these devices can be used for legitimate purposes, quite a few...
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