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EU: 51% of Young People Pirated Nothing During the Last Year
According to a new study published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, 51% of 15 to 24-year-olds haven't pirated any digital content during the past 12 months. While around a third...
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Openload and Streamango Shut Down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE
Openload, one of the largest file-hosting sites on the Internet, has agreed to shut down its service. Openload.co and several related domains, including Streamango, now show a banner confirming that...
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Global Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes On Password Sharing
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, which includes many Hollywood studios as well as the streaming giants Netflix and Amazon, plans to take on password sharing. While no concrete measures...
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Pirate Site Revenues in Russia Set to Plummet, First Fall in Five Years
Revenues generated by pirate sites in Russia will reportedly plummet in 2019, largely thanks to the country's ground-breaking anti-piracy memorandum. Cybersecurity firm Group-IB says that revenues...
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TuneIn Radio Infringed Sony & Warner’s Copyrights, High Court Rules
In 2017, Sony and Warner sued US-based radio service TuneIn, claiming the company infringed its copyrights in the UK. A judgment handed down today by the High Court states that while TuneIn does not...
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Twitter Copyright Notices Have Doubled in Half a Year
As part of its bi-annual Transparency Report, Twitter reveals that the number of takedown notices it receives has doubled in six months. However, more than half of all copyright notices don't...
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‘Pirate’ IPTV Reseller Boom Media Sued in the United States
Boom Media, a prominent reseller of 'pirate' IPTV subscriptions, is being sued in the United States. Boom Media has sold packages from providers including Nitro, Epic, Beast, MFG, and Vaders, but...
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‘Demonoid’ Moves Away From .to Domain to Distance Itself From Scam Site
The new Demonoid website, launched by staffers of the original community earlier this year, has moved to a new domain name. The site moved away from the .to domain name to avoid confusion with an...
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RIAA Targets Music Hosting Service Wi.to, But Leaves Pirated Files Untouched
The RIAA recently obtained a DMCA subpoena to uncover the owner of music hosting service Wi.to. The music group accuses the site of facilitating copyright infringement and points out several...
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( Opinion )Have Pirate IPTV Sellers on YouTube Lost Their Minds?
For those involved in the online piracy supply chain, keeping your head down has almost always been part of the strategy. So why are there suddenly dozens of IPTV suppliers promoting their...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 11/04/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘The Lion King'. 'The King' completes the top...
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Huge Anti-Piracy Operation in Brazil Targets Hundreds of Websites & Apps
A massive operation in Brazil has seen police across the country take action against hundreds of 'pirate' websites and apps. The Ministry of Justice initially said that 'suspensions' had hit 136...
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MPA Wants Pirated Content Removed Proactively, Just Like Hate Speech
Major Internet platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are taking proactive measures to keep offensive content off their services. According to the Motion Picture Association, online...
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Dutch ISP Does Not Have to Identify Alleged Pirates, Appeals Court Rules
Internet provider Ziggo is not required to hand over the personal details of 377 alleged pirates, a Dutch Court of Appeal has ruled. The information was requested by movie distributor Dutch...
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Popcorn Time Domain Registrar Orders DNS Deactivation
PopcornTime.sh, considered by many to be the 'official' successor to the original Popcorn Time application, has serious domain issues. According to public records, its domain registrar has issued...
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Dropbox Transfer launches for all users
Dropbox Transfer launches for all users Dropbox announced today that it is making its new data transfer tool Dropbox Transfer available to all customers of the service. The company launched Dropbox...
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Piracy will be Disney Plus's worst enemy at launch
Piracy will be Disney Plus's worst enemy at launch FOMO likely comes at a price (Image credit: Lucasfilm) The way we consume TV has changed so much in the last few years that we almost can't imagine...
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Court Orders ‘Ethical’ Torrent Giant TNTVillage to Stop Piracy Activity
Following a lawsuit filed by the Italian Publishers Association and anti-piracy group FAPAV, a court in Milan has ordered famous torrent site TNTVillage to stop all of its file-sharing activities....
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Court Denies Entry of Default Motion Against Torrent Site YTS, Cautions Attorney
A Hawaiian federal court has denied a motion for entry of default against torrent site YTS. The request, which came from the makers of the movie Hellboy, was denied because the underlying...
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USDOJ Highlights Threat of Increasingly Sophisticated Pirate Services
The Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice has issued a warning in respect of the way pirate material is being distributed online. A decade...
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