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US Online Piracy Lawsuits Hit a Record High Last Year
The number of piracy lawsuits filed against alleged file-sharing pirates hit a record high in 2018. In total, more than 3,300 new cases were filed against BitTorrent users. A closer look at the data...
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(Opinion) Will BitTorrent’s Paid ‘Fast Lane’ Violate ‘Net Neutrality’?
BitTorrent and TRON have an ambitious plan to improve the BitTorrent protocol. Not only will users be financially rewarded for seeding, but they can also pay for faster access. While this may sound...
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Japan Planning Up to Two Years in Prison For Manga Pirates
While downloading copyright-infringing movies and music is illegal in Japan, downloading static images such as manga is not. According to local reports, the Agency for Cultural Affairs intends to...
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Luminati, the Company Behind Hola, Sues GeoSurf Owner in US Court
Luminati Networks, the company behind controversial proxy service Hola, is suing a rival over alleged patent infringement. According to Luminati, BI Science Inc. - the company behind the Geosurf brand...
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Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2019
What are the most-visited torrent sites at the start of 2019? As we continue a long-standing tradition, we see that YTS has taken over the lead from The Pirate Bay. After some turbulent years, the...
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First Sony Promotes Kodi, Then Allegedly Blocks it on Newer Android TVs
The team behind the open source Kodi media player has sarcastically accused Sony Electronics of being “grown up” following its alleged banning of Kodi installations on its newer Android TVs. According...
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Pirate Streaming Site Flixtor Rises From The Ashes
The popular pirate streaming site Flixtor has risen from the ashes. More than a month after it was taken out by a catastrophic failure, the site is now back in action. According to the Flixtor team,...
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UK Govt. Says Police Anti-Piracy Unit Will Be Funded Beyond June 2019
A report from a UK tabloid, which suggests that funding for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit might be in question, has been refuted by the Intellectual Property Office. The paper claims...
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ARIN Wants Mandatory IP-address Whois Registry to Police Piracy (Update)
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) asked Canada's Government to require ISPs and other large companies to maintain a Whois database of IP-addresses and numbers. The database, which is...
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Sharing passwords for a video streaming site? This company will use AI to...
Just wait until the algorithms can spot a guilty conscience A password for Netflix or HBO Go can be a precious thing that’s offered to a romantic partner or gifted from a family member (and saved...
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Sony Says it Will ‘Fix’ Kodi Problem in Next Update
Following reports that Sony has 'banned' Kodi from its newer TVs, the company has advised TorrentFreak that a technical problem is to blame. The electronics giant says it will fix the issue in its...
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India Proposes Prison Sentences for ‘Cam’ Piracy
The Indian Government has proposed an update to the Cinematograph Act to target camcording piracy. Under the new proposal, pirates will face up to three years in prison. The new plans follow repeated...
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Retired Police Officer Fires Back at ‘Copyright Troll’
A retired police officer in his 70s is firing back at a movie company, after being accused of sharing several adult films via BitTorrent. The man denies the allegations and accuses the copyright...
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New Aussie Blocking Applications Targets 79 ‘Pirate’ Sites Plus 4...
Two applications being processed by Australia's Federal Court aim to significantly expand the list of sites blocked in the country. The first, filed by several film companies, targets the domains of...
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CBS Targets ‘Copyright Infringing’ Kodi Addons
CBS has requested TVAddons to remove three addons which can display their programming in the popular Kodi media player. TVAddons swiftly complied, but the site refuses to flag the developer under its...
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Sky Complaint Shuts Down KodiTips’ Facebook Page
KodiTips, a popular website dedicated to tips and information for the popular Kodi platform, has had its Facebook page shut down following a copyright infringement complaint by Sky. The operator of...
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ISPs Call For Piracy Notice Standard to Deal With Millions of Warnings
A broad coalition including Canada's major ISPs is requesting several changes to the country's copyright law. They want a standard for copyright infringement notices, so the millions of requests can...
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Controversial Streaming Site Kinox Offered For Sale on eBay
A pirate streaming site that was attracting tens of millions of visitors during the summer of 2018 was put up for sale on eBay this week. KinoX is an extremely controversial platform but whether the...
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(Opinion) Paul Schrader Used Torrents to Share His Own “Dying Of The Light” Cut
When Director Paul Schrader lost control over the movie “Dying of the Light,” he decided to make his own cut from the raw material. The 'unauthorized' movie was never shown in theaters, but it's...
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ISP Wants Trial to Decide if it Failed to Terminate Repeat Infringers
The piracy liability lawsuit between a group of RIAA labels and the Texan ISP Grande Communications is heating up. The ISP is in a tough spot after Magistrate Judge Austin recommended to drop its...
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