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ISP Grande Loses Safe Harbor Over ‘Utter Failure’ to Terminate Pirating...
ISP Grande Loses Safe Harbor Over ‘Utter Failure’ to Terminate Pirating Customers Texas-based Internet provider Grande Communications has no right to a safe harbor defense in its case against...
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Four Men Sentenced For Running Torrent Site That Leaked The Expendables 3
Four men in the UK have received sentences of up to four-and-half years for running a torrent site that leaked movies online, sometimes in advance of their theatrical release. Most notably, the...
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YouTuber “Golden Modz” Settles Lawsuit Over Fortnite Cheats
YouTuber “Golden Modz” Settles Lawsuit Over Fortnite Cheats The popular game YouTuber “Golden Modz” has admitted to posting copyright-infringing videos that displayed Fortnite cheats and hacks....
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Privacy-Focused Search Engine Wants Copyright Directive to Pass
Privacy-Focused Search Engine Wants Copyright Directive to Pass Rising privacy-focused search engine Qwant is calling for the Copyright Directive to be passed by the EU Parliament. Founder Eric...
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Flood of 4K James Bond Leaks Further Point to iTunes Breach
All 24 movies from the iTunes exclusive 4K "James Bond Collection" have leaked online. This is further evidence to suggest that pirates have found a way to decrypt 4K source files from the iTunes...
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Three Pirate TV Device Sellers Jailed For a Total of 17 Years
Three men from the UK have been jailed for a total of 17 years for running a pirate streaming operation. The sentences were handed down after a four-week trial during which they stood accused of...
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Anti Article 13 Petition Signed by Five Million People
Anti Article 13 Petition Signed by Five Million People The popular "Save The Internet!" petition, which urges lawmakers to vote against Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive, reached a new...
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Pirate IPTV: Police Across Europe Carry Out ‘Largest Ever’ Operation
Pirate IPTV: Police Across Europe Carry Out ‘Largest Ever’ Operation In conjunction with Europol, police forces in Spain, UK, and Denmark, have carried out what is being described as the "largest...
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Hollywood Fears that Stream-Ripper Verdict Will Serve as Roadmap for Foreign...
Hollywood's MPAA has submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of several major record labels, hoping to overturn a verdict in favor of the stream ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2Conv.com. The group...
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Google Unlocked Aims to ‘Uncensor’ Google Search Results
Google Unlocked Aims to ‘Uncensor’ Google Search Results Google Unlocked is a new extension for Chrome and Opera that attempts to 'uncensor' Google search results affected by DMCA notices. While it...
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Streaming subscriptions surpassed cable worldwide in 2018
In brief: In 2015 subscriptions to streaming platforms overtook satellite packages for the first time, and the inexorable rise of platforms like Netflix, Prime Video and Hulu has continued apace....
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The U.S. Remains Top Traffic Source For Pirate Sites, Research Shows
A new report from piracy tracking outfit MUSO shows that visits to pirate sites dipped slightly last year. The company recorded a total of 190 billion visits in 2018. TV and movie streaming portals...
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ISPs: We’re Definitely Not the Internet Police, Until We Decide We Should Be
ISPs: We’re Definitely Not the Internet Police, Until We Decide We Should Be For mainly legal reasons, it's prudent for ISPs to describe themselves as dumb pipes, with no control over or...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 03/25/19
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 03/25/19 The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Bumblebee' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Aquaman'....
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Music Labels Forgot Their ‘Secret’ Article 13 Weapon, So Dan Bull Used it...
Music Labels Forgot Their ‘Secret’ Article 13 Weapon, So Dan Bull Used it Against Them Music is widely acknowledged as one of the most potent and emotive ways to tell a story and send a message....
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Music Companies Sue ISP Bright House for Failing to Disconnect Pirates
Music Companies Sue ISP Bright House for Failing to Disconnect Pirates A group of major music companies including Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros, has sued Internet provider Bright House Networks...
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Music Companies Sue Charter For Turning a Blind Eye to Piracy
Music Companies Sue Charter For Turning a Blind Eye to Piracy A group of major music publishing companies has sued Charter Communications for failing to take action against its pirating subscribers....
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EU Parliament Adopts Copyright Directive, Including ‘Article 13’
The European Parliament has adopted the new Copyright Directive. This includes the widely contested Article 13, which was renumbered to Article 17 in the final text. Pirate Party MEP Julia Reda sees...
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ACE Expands Anti-Piracy Coalition With Discovery & Viacom Companies
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the global anti-piracy coalition boasting dozens of major companies as members, has announced its expansion. Discovery Inc. and the Viacom-owned Channel...
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Police and FACT Raids Target “£3 Million” Pirate TV Operation
UK police and Trading Standards officers, with assistance from anti-piracy outfit FACT, have conducted raids targeting a pirate TV operation. Shop premises and homes were searched and equipment worth...
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