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Gaming Giants Highlight the Latest Piracy Threats
The Entertainment Software Association, which represents gaming giants including EA, Nintendo, Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft, has reported several pirate sites and services to the U.S. Government....
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London Retailer Convicted for Selling Pirate Streaming Boxes
The City of London Magistrates’ Court has convicted a local retailer for selling streaming boxes that provided access to pirated content, including controversial BeoutQ broadcasts. The Premier League...
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As RIAA Targets Yet More YouTube-Ripping Sites, Here’s the State of Play
The RIAA has obtained yet another subpoena at a court in the United States in an effort to identify the owners of YouTube-ripping sites. It's the latest in a long line of similar attempts in recent...
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LEGO Upsets Fans by Taking Down Homebrew 3D Print Designs
LEGO is protecting its intellectual property by targeting fan-made 3D print designs on Thingiverse, Cults3D, and elsewhere. The company hasn't explained its motivations yet, but many people point out...
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( Opinion )The Day Shall Come…When Content Companies Address the Streaming Farce
Convincing pirates to part with their cash is one of the key aims of the entertainment industries. As a result, they're increasingly running awareness campaigns and offering online tools to help...
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RIAA Believes The Pirate Bay Blocks US Visitors, But it Doesn’t
The RIAA came up with a rather unusual revelation this week. The music industry group, widely known for its anti-piracy activities, reported that The Pirate Bay started blocking U.S. IP-addresses this...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 10/07/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘It: Chapter Two'. 'Toy Story 4' completes the top...
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Landmark Russian Anti-Piracy Agreement Extended Until End October 2019
A landmark anti-piracy agreement that saw search engines in Russia voluntarily delete allegedly-infringing links officially ran out last Monday. It now appears that the parties have reached a new...
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Epic Games and ‘Cheating’ Fortnite Kid Settle Copyright Lawsuit
Epic Games has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit against a minor who it accused of promoting and selling "Fortnite" cheats. The terms of the agreement remain confidential but the website where...
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Copyright Trolls Targeted Over 100,000 IP-addresses in Sweden
Alleged BitTorrent pirates continue to receive settlement demands from rightsholders in Sweden. Internet provider Bahnhof reveals that, in less than three years, more than 100,000 IP-addresses were...
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Popular IPTV Smarters App Removed From Google Play Following Complaint
IPTV Smarters, one of the most popular software-based IPTV players for Android, has been removed from the Google Play Store. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the developer of the software says that the...
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Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content. The bill...
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Back to Piracy For Adobe Users in Venezuela But Most Pirate Anyway
Users of Adobe software in Venezuela are being forced back to piracy after receiving notification that their subscriptions are being terminated. The company is complying with a US Government...
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File-Sharing and VPN Traffic Grow Explosively
The latest Internet traffic report from Sandvine shows that global file-sharing traffic continues to rise. The same is true for VPN usage, which saw a drastic increase over the past year. According to...
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Ebook Pirate Fined & Handed 20-Day Suspended Sentence
A man from Denmark has been handed a 20-day suspended prison sentence for selling pirated ebooks via the Internet. The 26-year-old was caught by anti-piracy outfit Rights Alliance, whose investigator...
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Epic Games Wants Mother to Represent Persistent Fortnite Cheater ‘Sky Orbit
Epic Games is not giving up on its copyright infringement lawsuit against "Sky Orbit," a YouTuber who the company accuses of persistently cheating in Fortnite. The court previously denied a default...
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ACE Also Wants Millions in Piracy Damages from SET TV Operator and Manager
Under the ACE banner, several Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix, are requesting millions of dollars in damages from the owner and an employee of SET TV, a now defunct IPTV service. In a default...
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Trump’s Sons, Attorney, & Social Media Chief All Got DMCA Notices Over...
Twitter and indeed much of the media erupted last week when President Trump used a Nickelback meme and found himself on the end of a copyright complaint from Warner. However, the president wasn't...
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( Opinion ) International Day Against DRM 2019 Focuses on Education
Today is International Day Against DRM, an annual protest against technology that restricts what we can do with purchased digital products and tools. The focus this year is on the right to read,...
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Ebook Piracy Grows, Contrary to The Trend
Research from the Netherlands shows that the percentage of pirates has declined across all popular entertainment in recent years, except for Ebooks. The data, which also reveals some intriguing...
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