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French Court Orders ISPs to Block Torrent Sites and File-Hosters
A Paris court has ordered five French Internet providers to block access to thirteen websites that link to pirated content. While pirate site blockades are nothing new, this is the first European...
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Open Source LibreTorrent Client Kicked Out By Google Play
Popular Android torrent client LibreTorrent has been removed from Google Play, who informed its developer that the open-source "Free Software" tool violated the platform's "spam policy". The...
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Microsoft Leaves Anti-Piracy Group After it Scolded EFF’s New Board Chair
Microsoft has cut its ties with anti-piracy group CreativeFuture, after the group criticized the copyright track record of the new EFF board chair. This decision didn't sit well with...
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Millions in Crypto & Cash Seized in Movie Piracy Investigation
EXCLUSIVE: The unusual case of alleged movie piracy and a small fortune in cryptocurrency is the latest example of police testing their powers under the Criminal Proceeds Recovery Act, which came into...
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Private Internet Access to Be Acquired by Kape
Popular VPN provider Private Internet Access (PIA) is set to be acquired by Kape Technologies. This will transform the company into a major player in the VPN industry. The deal has sparked a lively...
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Nintendo Wipes ‘Piracy Enabling’ URLs from Google with Anti-Circumvention...
Nintendo is structurally wiping piracy-enabling sites from search results. Instead of regular DMCA notices, the gaming company is using anti-circumvention complaints to have Google remove links to...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 11/25/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Gemini Man' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Angel Has Fallen'. 'Rambo: Last Blood' completes the top three. This week we have...
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MPA & Roadshow-Led Coalition File Major Pirate Site-Blocking Application
A large coalition of movie and TV companies has filed a new blocking application in Australia's Federal Court. The Roadshow and MPA-led initiative demands that 50 ISPs should block access to 87...
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Music Companies Don’t Want Copyright Profs to Be Heard in Piracy Case
A group of major music publishing companies doesn't want 23 copyright law professors to be heard in a piracy case. The scholars submitted a brief in the ongoing piracy liability lawsuit against ISP...
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TekSavvy Appeals First Canadian Pirate Site Blockade
Internet provider TekSavvy has appealed the first Canadian pirate site blocking order. According to the Internet provider, the ruling clearly violates Network Neutrality. If it stands, the open...
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Movie Pirate Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison, Forfeits Millions of...
A man who ran several US-based 'pirate' websites has pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal copyright infringement and tax evasion. Talon White, 29, faces up to five years in prison and must...
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BREIN Wins Court Case Against Prolific Torrent and Usenet Uploader
Acting on behalf of various copyright holders, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has won a court case against an uploader at torrent and Usenet sites. The man, who was also a sysop at the sites, must...
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Telegram Faces Anti-Piracy Referral to US Over Cryptocurrency Plans
Russia-based anti-piracy outfit AZAPI is threatening to report Telegram to United States authorities including the SEC if the platform does not introduce fingerprinting technologies. The...
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Gears Reloaded / OMI IN A HELLCAT IPTV Raid: Eye Witnesses Appear on TV
Last week, the founder of pirate IPTV service Gears Reloaded, known on YouTube as OMI IN A HELLCAT claimed that he'd been raided by the FBI and the IRS who "took everything". Until now, however,...
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Pirate IPTV Services Generate Nearly €1 Billion Per Year, EU Study Shows
New research published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office shows that, in the EU, pirate IPTV services generate close to a billion euros in annual revenue. Illegal IPTV services are...
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Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings
The New Zealand Court of Appeal has refused to grant Kim Dotcom access to his private communications captured illegally by the country's spy agency. The Court found that while the intercepted...
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Planned .Org Registry Sale Puts The Pirate Bay at Risk
The Internet Society is in the process of selling the Public Interest Registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. The planned sale has raised widespread concerns over a possible price hike and...
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‘Pirate’ IPTV Reseller Boom Media Wants $250,000 in Donations to Fight Lawsuit
Former 'pirate' IPTV reseller Boom Media is being sued in the US by broadcaster DISH Network. A defeat could cost tens of millions of dollars but that's not all. Boom Media owner John Henderson says...
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SET TV Operator and Manager Must Pay Millions in Piracy Damages
Amazon, Netflix, and several Hollywood studios have added another victory to their legal track record. A federal court in California has granted a default judgment which orders the owner and an...
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South Africa Faces US Trade Sanctions over Online Piracy
The US Trade Representative has launched a review of South Africa's copyright protection policies, which could result in trade sanctions. The announcement follows a petition from the IIPA, which...
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