Documentary Detailing How “Geniuses Steal” Hit With Blurred Lines Copyright...
A web-series dedicated to debunking myths surrounding copyright and copying has run into trouble. The latest episode, "The Creativity Delusion: Geniuses Steal", uses video and audio snippets to...
View ArticleMega Now Stores 63.8 Billion Files, Has Suspended 78,000 Users For Copyright...
Now one of the Internet's most-visited sites, Mega currently hosts 63.8 billion files but receives relatively few copyright takedown notices, around 317,500 during the first nine months of 2019....
View ArticleMPA Wants Enhanced Border Enforcement Against Pirate Streaming Boxes
The Motion Picture Association hopes that changes to U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations will enhance enforcement against pirate devices. The movie industry group proposes to expand the...
View ArticleMan Who Sold £400K of Pirate IPTV Subscriptions Handed Suspended Sentence
A man who generated income of around £400,000 by selling pirate IPTV subscriptions has been sentenced by a court in Cornwall. The 34-year-old, who previously pleaded guilty to copyright and fraud...
View ArticleCox Is Liable for Pirating Subscribers, Hit With $1 Billion Damages Verdict
Internet provider Cox Communications is responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers, a Virginia federal jury has ruled. The ISP is contributorily and vicariously liable for the...
View ArticleMangastream Disappears After Being Targeted by Publisher
Mangastream, one of the largest manga scanlation sites on the Internet, appears to have shut down. The site disappeared this week and its official Twitter account was removed as well. While no...
View ArticleEU Court: Unauthorized Sale of Used eBooks Infringes Copyright
Selling second-hand paper books is regular business for thousands of companies around the world, but what if those books are digital? A ruling just handed down by Europe's highest court has...
View ArticleNetflix Joins Another Major Anti-Piracy Coalition
As Netflix continues to produce more and more original content, the company is also increasing its foothold in the anti-piracy community. The week, Italian anti-piracy group FAPAV announced that...
View ArticleAmerican Petroleum Institute Obtains DMCA Subpoena Ordering Cloudflare Action...
The American Petroleum Institute has obtained a DMCA subpoena requiring Cloudflare to stop doing business with, and hand over the personal details of, individuals behind several domains offering...
View ArticleCopyright Troll Back in Federal Court After it Fails to ‘Save Judicial...
After a hiatus of several months, Strike 3 Holdings is back in federal court filing lawsuits against alleged BitTorrent pirates. The company now targets defendants who opposed having their...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 12/23/19
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Joker' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ad Astra'. 'JoJo Rabbit' completes the top three. This week we have four newcomers in our...
View ArticleRussia Convicts a Pirate Site Operator for the Very First Time
A court in Russia has convicted the operator of several pirate sites, a first for the country. Three main streaming domains were supported by a dozen mirror platforms, all of which were fed with...
View ArticleIndonesian Government Continues Whac-A-Mole Against Local Streaming Piracy Giant
Indonesia's Information and Communications Ministry continues to crack down on pirate sites. The Government body has blocked more than 1,000 domain names since July with streaming giant 'IndoXX1'...
View ArticleMy recommended selection on Mirrored.to
After having tested many Filesharings, here is my recommended selection of 12 Free Filehostings for Mirrored.to: (No registration required, No or little waiting time, No advertising, Fast downloads,...
View ArticleRecommended selection of Free Filehosting
Recommended selection of Free Filehosting (5) https://www.solidfiles.com/ https://www.mirrored.to/ https://www.zippyshare.com/ https://www.datafilehost.com/ https://www.upload.ee/ My additional...
View ArticleCrisis Looms as YouTube Faces Permanent Blocking by Russian ISPs
Both YouTube and Yandex's video platforms are edging dangerously close to being permanently blocked by ISPs in Russia. The Moscow City Court has upheld a complaint from publisher Eksmo and has...
View ArticleWhy Americans Should Worry About the New EU Copyright Rules
By Julia Reda Former MEP and Member of Pirate Party Germany Last spring, 200,000 Europeans took to the streets to protest against a new EU copyright law that risks to restrict online culture and...
View ArticleHive-CM8 is Looking For Frozen 2 and Star Wars Screeners
With the infamous pirate release group Hive-CM8 appearing once again, 'screener season' is in full swing. The group previously promised not to upset Hollywood too much, but it isn't shying away from...
View ArticleDutch Filmworks Takes Quest to Identify Alleged Pirates to the Supreme Court
Film distribution company Dutch FilmWorks is continuing its legal battle to identify BitTorrent pirates. The company is now taking its case against Internet provider Ziggo, where it requests the...
View Article( Opinion ) BitTorrent Tokens: The Last Minute Christmas Gift, Now...
Earlier this year BitTorrent Inc. released a new version of uTorrent that promised to reward seeders with BitTorrent Tokens (BTT). We have seen no credible reports of people earning these tokens...
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