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Helix IPTV: Hackers Threaten to Expose Resellers & Customers
Popular 'pirate' IPTV provider Helix Hosting appears to be facing a crisis after someone claiming to be a hacker posted a message on the service's homepage. According to the statement, Helix failed...
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Texas Man Sued for Selling Pirate Boxes Advertised on Facebook
Media giant ABS-CBN has filed a lawsuit against a Texas man who stands accused of of selling pirate streaming devices. The defendant, who allegedly promoted the boxes through various Facebook...
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Google’s Top UK “Where to Watch” Searches Weren’t a Piracy Concern in 2019
Google has just released its Year in Search 2019 report which reveals what users searched for during the past year. Some of the most popular questions in the UK were "where to watch" followed by...
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Most Active Copyright Trolls Have Stopped Filing U.S. Piracy Lawsuits, For Now
The two companies behind nearly all U.S. file-sharing lawsuits in recent years haven't filed any new complaints recently. Instead of submitting hundreds of new complaints, there are none. It's...
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Apple Hits Encryption Key With DMCA Notice, Panic Shuts Down the Jailbreak...
A sub-Reddit dedicated to jailbreaking iOS devices put itself into lockdown yesterday after several DMCA notices were filed against the discussion forum. Various sources reported that the notices...
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USMCA Trade Deal Keeps DMCA-Style ‘Safe Harbor’ for ISPs
The United States, Canada, and Mexico have signed a new trade deal that will replace NAFTA. The USMCA deals with a wide range of trade topics including copyright issues. Despite warnings from...
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Fake: DMCA Notice Targeting Apple Jailbreaks on Reddit Was Fraudulent
A DMCA notice that targeted Reddit's /r/jailbreak sub-Reddit earlier this week was fraudulent. Fingers were pointed firmly towards Apple on the basis it had previously targeted a tweet containing an...
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‘Copyright Troll’ Bypasses Federal Court To Get ‘Cheap’ Piracy Settlements
Strike 3 Holdings has been the most active copyright litigant in the U.S. this year but, during the summer, it suddenly stopped filing lawsuits in federal courts. Further research now reveals that...
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Two Las Vegas Men Plead Guilty in U.S. Criminal Streaming Piracy Case
Two defendants have pleaded guilty for their role in the operation of two streaming services that offered access to pirated movies and TV-shows. According to the U.S. Department of Justice,...
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Sky on a Mission to Purge Hundreds of Pirate IPTV Sites From Google
As 'pirate' IPTV sellers continue to grow in both volume and popularity, efforts continue to bring the phenomenon under control. For Comcast-owned broadcaster Sky, that means sending large volumes...
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French Anti-Piracy Law Decreased Music Consumption Variety, Research Suggests
Newly published research shows that the French anti-piracy law Hadopi has had a positive effect on digital music sales. This effect decreased over time but remained relatively stable for bigger...
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Russia blocks Premier League broadcasts by Amazon's Twitch over lawsuit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court has blocked access to English Premier League game broadcasts by Amazon’s Twitch after Russia’s Rambler media group said it would sue the video streaming service over...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 12/16/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. '6 Underground' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ad Astra'. 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' completes the top three. This...
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WIPO Raises Questions About Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
WIPO has launched a public consultation about artificial intelligence and intellectual property. With technology moving forward at a rapid pace, the UN organization wants to know whether copyrights...
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First Pirated Screener of the Season Leaks Online
The first pirated screener of the season has just made its way onto various pirate sites. This year the honor goes to Uncut Gems, which has yet to be released widely in US movie theaters....
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FBI Seized “At Least” $5.2m from Bank Says Gears Reloaded IPTV Boss OMI IN A...
Last month, founder of 'pirate' IPTV service Gears Reloaded 'OMI IN A HELLCAT' revealed that the FBI had seized all of this cars and the contents of several bank accounts. Under pressure to show...
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Russia says Amazon's Twitch has deleted illegal content, won't face ban: media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia no longer plans to block Amazon’s Twitch over piracy allegations after the streaming service took down illegal sports content, Russian news agencies cited communications...
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After Helix Hosting, PrimeStreams IPTV Suffers Hack, $70K Extortion Attempt
IPTV provider PrimeStreams says it is being blackmailed by an alleged hacker who gained access to its billing panel. The currently unknown person also claims to have hacked Helix Hosting last week....
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OpenSubtitles Redirects Danish IP-Addresses Following Anti-Piracy Group Request
The popular subtitle site OpenSubtitles is voluntarily barring Danish visitors from its platform. Instead, it redirects all Danish IP-addresses to a court order hosted on the website of local...
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Cox Wants Judge, Not Jury, to Rule on Crucial Piracy Liability Questions
Internet provider Cox Communications is currently on trial, where several major music companies accuse it of not doing enough to curb piracy. Now that both parties have presented their arguments,...
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