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Music Companies Accuse Cox of Gamesmanship, Ask Court for Sanctions
In the ongoing piracy liability case between Cox and several music companies, the ISP recently agreed to engage in settlement discussions. However, two days before the hearing was set to take place,...
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TV Distributors Abandon IPTV Blocking Application Down Under
Back in February, TV distributor International Media Distribution launched legal action in Australia's Federal Court targeting IPTV provider Reelplay. The company and two partners wanted local ISPs to...
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Ads on Pirate Sites Can Hurt Sales, Survey Finds
Advertising on pirate sites can seriously harm certain brands, a new survey has revealed. The Trustworthy Accountability Group and Brand Safety Institute report states that the majority of people...
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‘Get it Right’ Hopes High-Profile Social Influencers Can Deter Piracy
The UK's Get It Right (From A Genuine Site) campaign is trying a fresh approach as part of its mission to deter people from accessing content illegally. With the help of 'social influencers' including...
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‘Google Blocked TorrentFreak From Appearing in Search Feature’
Documents released by whistleblower Zachary Vorhies suggests that Google actively blocked hundreds of sites, including TorrentFreak, from its Google Now service. The blocklist doesn't provide a...
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YouTube Forbids Monetizing Short Music Clips Through Manual Content-ID Claims
YouTube has announced that it will update its manual Content-ID claiming policy. Starting next month, rightsholders are forbidden from manually claiming videos that use short or unintentional music...
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Cloudflare Flags Copyright Lawsuits as Potential Liabilities Ahead of IPO
Cloudflare, the CDN company currently serving around 20 million Internet domains, sites, applications and APIs, has filed to go public. In its statement, the company warns that the activities of some...
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Disney and Charter Team Up on Piracy Mitigation
The Walt Disney Company and Charter Communications have signed a new distribution agreement. Aside from providing more Disney content to Charter subscribers, the companies will also join forces to...
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Man Tried to Burn Down Telecoms Watchdog to Avenge Pirate Site-Blocking
A man in Russia who admitted to attempting three arson attacks says he took action in response to the authorities blocking pirate sites. The prosecutor demanded two years in prison but the man, who...
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Anti-Piracy Efforts Are Unlikely to Beat Sci-Hub
Elsevier and other academic publishers see 'pirate' site Sci-Hub as a major threat to their billion-dollar industries. Many researchers, however, can't function properly without the notorious site....
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DISH Files $10m Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Easybox IPTV
After sending hundreds of fruitless cease-and-desist notices to 'pirate' IPTV provider Easybox IPTV, DISH Networks has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the service in the United States....
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Netflix’s First Pirate Site Blocking Application Granted in Australia
The first 'pirate' site blocking application in Australia featuring US streaming giant Netflix was granted by a judge in Federal Court this morning. Netflix successfully teamed up with Roadshow Films,...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 08/19/19
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Aladdin is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational...
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Court Denies Default Judgment Against ‘Cheating’ Fortnite Kid, In Spite of...
Epic Games has failed to obtain a default judgment against "Sky Orbit," a YouTuber who the company accused of cheating in Fortnite. This means that the kid, who was sued when he was just 14 years old,...
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Disney+ reveals compatible devices, launch dates for new streaming service
Bottom line: With a strong content library, an attractive price and a bundle that looks even better, Disney+ certainly stands to shake up the streaming video landscape. Disney will be hosting its...
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YouTube Sues Alleged Scammer Over DMCA Extortion Scheme
An alleged scammer who tried to extort money from YouTubers by abusing the site's "three strikes" exclusion scheme is about to get his comeuppance. A lawsuit filed by YouTube in a US federal court...
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Cox Asks Court to Sanction Labels Over Destroyed Tracking Evidence
Internet provider Cox Communications has asked a federal court in Virginia to preclude piracy tracking evidence from the liability lawsuit several music companies have filed. The case relies on...
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Vader Streams Was Shut Down By ACE, Must Pay $10m Damages
Vader - formerly one of the most visible brands in the pirate IPTV space - shut down in May amid mysterious circumstances. As was initially suspected, it's now confirmed the platform was targeted by...
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Omniverse Fears Criminal Investigation Into Alleged IPTV Piracy
Streaming TV provider Omniverse has ceased operating, but its legal troubles are far from over. Hollywood studios continue to search for more evidence on its allegedly infringing activities. This week...
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Can YouTube Be Liable For Copyright Infringing Videos? EU Court to Decide
The European Court of Justice is being asked to answer several questions regarding YouTube's potential liability for pirated videos that are uploaded by its users. The case was referred by Austria's...
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