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Copyright Negotiations Canceled As ‘Article 13’ Opposition Rises
Today the EU Parliament and Council were supposed to agree on the final text of Article 13, known for its potential "upload filters." However, the negotiations were cancelled after the Member States...
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Reddit SoccerStreams Effectively Shuts Down Following Piracy Complaints
The hugely popular /r/soccerstreams discussion platform on Reddit has effectively shut down. The subreddit has well in excess of 420,000 subscribers but following a final warning from Reddit's...
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Three Manga Pirates Sentenced to Prison in Japan
Three men who operated a popular site indexing pirated copies of manga publications have been jailed in Japan. The sentences range from two years and four months to three years and six months. The men...
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MPAA and RIAA Want Site Blocking in New US-UK Trade Deal
The MPAA, RIAA, and various other copyright groups see pirate site blocking as one of the priorities for a US-UK trade deal. ISP blockades are already commonplace in the UK and the groups hope to...
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Netflix Becomes a Member of the MPAA
In the wake of reports during 2018 that the MPAA was open to accepting new members, Netflix has now officially joined Hollywood's industry group. It's the first time that a dedicated streaming service...
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YouTube Ripper Wins Dismissal of Record Labels’ US Piracy Lawsuit
The Russian operator of the YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has scored an important legal win against several major record labels in the US. A Virginia federal court dismissed the piracy...
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Sweden’s Supreme Court Slashes Damages Against Pirate Site Operators
Sweden's Supreme Court has dramatically cut the level of damages previously handed down to the former operators of streaming site Dreamfilm. To the disappointment of rightsholders, compensation of...
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Hollywood Studios Agree to Settle Piracy Lawsuit With Dragon Box
The major Hollywood studios, Netflix, and Amazon have agreed in principle to settle their piracy lawsuit with Dragon Box. The terms of the settlement are not public, but it seems likely that the box...
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Game Developer Uses DMCA Notice to ‘Free’ Its Game from Steam Publisher
Indie game developer Ammobox Studios has sent Steam a DMCA takedown notice for its own game. The company says that it was forced to take such a drastic measure after the publisher stopped making...
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‘Operation Pirate’ Targets ‘iNCOMiNG’ Release Group
Authorities in Italy say they have targeted a piracy release group with local and international significance. Named as FREE/iNCOMiNG, the group is said to have specialized in obtaining movies and TV...
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AngelList: Piracy's unexpected comeback
Since 2011, Netflix has become one of the most powerful companies in the world, boasting a worldwide user base of nearly 150 million. Between 2011 and 2015, Netflix and other streaming services...
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Record Labels and Rightscorp Destroyed Vital Piracy Evidence, ISP Says
Texas-based Internet provider Grande Communications has accused several record labels and anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp of destroying evidence. The labels sued the ISP for failing to terminate...
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RARBG Adds .EXE Files to Torrents, But No Need to Panic
RARBG Adds .EXE Files to Torrents, But No Need to Panic During the past few days, RARBG began adding what first appear to be .exe files to their torrents. Considering that these executables are...
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Waterworld ‘Fan-Edit’ Gets Official Blu-ray Release, a Decade After Pirate...
Waterworld ‘Fan-Edit’ Gets Official Blu-ray Release, a Decade After Pirate Bay Premiere A fan-edit cut of the 1995 movie Waterworld is now available as an official Blu-ray release. The original...
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Copyright Trolling in Sweden Grows Massively Putting US Efforts in the Shade
Copyright Trolling in Sweden Grows Massively Putting US Efforts in the Shade A study carried out by Swedish ISP Bahnhof has revealed that copyright trolls targeted more than 10 times as many IP...
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(Opinion) Replacing DVDs With Online Screeners Won’t Stop Pirates
Within the movie industry there are increasing calls to replace DVD screeners with online streaming versions. The Emmys already plan to do so. Some fear that this change will be the end of screener...
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Russia Sees Huge Increase in Pirate Sites & Blocking Could Be to Blame
Russia Sees Huge Increase in Pirate Sites & Blocking Could Be to Blame New research published by anti-piracy outfit WebKontrol has revealed a 43% increase in pirate sites during 2018. Speaking...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 01/28/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘A Star is Born'. 'Aquaman' completes the top three. This week we have two...
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Tolerating Piracy Can Benefit Consumers, Creators and Retailers, Research Finds
Tolerating Piracy Can Benefit Consumers, Creators and Retailers, Research Finds New research suggests that turning a blind eye to piracy can benefit consumers, creators and retailers, all at the same...
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Bell Asked Canadian Government to Ban Certain VPNs
Newly revealed documents show that media giant Bell previously urged the Canadian Government to ban 'copyright infringing' VPNs. The request was made in a 2017 submission regarding the NAFTA trade...
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