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Italian Court Orders ISPs to Block IPTV Sites Over Serie A Piracy
An Italian court has ordered 'preventative measures' that requires the websites of 15 'pirate' IPTV providers to be blocked in the country. The complaint was filed by top Italian soccer league Serie...
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Registrar Suspends Popcorn Time Domain Name Following Complaint
PopcornTime.sh, one of the most popular Popcorn Time applications, has lost control over its domain name. The registrar suspended the domain following a complaint, according to a Popcorn Time...
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Disney+ will launch a week early in the UK on March 24
In brief: Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch in the UK on March 24, a full week earlier than originally scheduled. The powers that be have also revealed pricing - locals will pay...
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Hive-CM8 Accuses TOPKEK of Leaving Watermarks and Tracers in Pirated Screeners
Infamous pirate release group Hive-CM8 is accusing rival group TOPKEK of putting people in danger by leaving watermarks and tracers in its recent releases. If true, this could spell trouble for...
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Popular Pirate eBook Site Ebookee.org Has Domain Suspended
Popular eBook download platform eBookee has lost control of its main .org domain. The suspension was carried out by the Public Domain Registry but it's not yet clear what specific issue caused the...
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Popcorn Time Domain Suspension Was Triggered by Falsified Court Document
This week, one of the most used Popcorn Time forks had its domain name suspended. We later learned that the registrar took this decision based on a US court order. That's nothing out of the ordinary...
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Mystery as PortalRoms Disappears Leaving 4 Million Gaming Visitors in the Dark
PortalRoms, a popular index for ROM and emulators for a wide range of gaming systems, has disappeared without trace. Up until a few days ago the site was servicing more four million visitors per...
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Russia’s Anti-Piracy Deal to Delete Content From Search Engines Extended...
The ground-breaking anti-piracy deal signed by Russia-based content and Internet platforms in 2018 will not be written into local law any time soon. The agreement, which sees search engines...
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Sweden's Patent and Market Court has ruled that Internet provider Telia must block access to several large pirate sites. The order, which targets The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm, FMovies, and NyaFilmer,...
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The UK will not implement the controversial copyright directive passed by the...
The UK will not implement the controversial copyright directive passed by the EU last year The UK’s Universities and Science Minister, Chris Skidmore, has announced that the country will not...
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Rivendell Has Now Sent Half a Billion DMCA Takedown Requests to Google
This week anti-piracy company Rivendell made history by reporting its 500 millionth infringing URL to Google. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the founder of Rivendell and sister company LeakID says that...
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Internet Provider RCN Asks Court to Dismiss Piracy Liability Lawsuit
US-based Internet provider RCN has asked a New Jersey federal court to drop the piracy liability lawsuit several major music companies filed against it last year. The ISP stresses that it's not...
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Movie & TV Show Database Bombards Google With Bizarre Takedown Notices
Movie and TV show information portal AlloCiné has reportedly sent a wave of DMCA notices to Google to have allegedly-infringing content taken down. Unfortunately, however, the complaints are...
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Indonesia Faces Call for US Trade Sanctions over Online Piracy
The MPA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups are unhappy with Indonesia's progress on the anti-piracy front. The country is blocking over 1,500 pirate domains but should do more to...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 01/27/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Terminator: Dark Fate' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Joker'. 'Doctor Sleep' completes the top three. This week we have three...
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South Korea Requests Interpol Red Notice to Track Down Pirate Site Operator
South Korean authorities say they have rquested their first ever Interpol 'Red Notice' in an effort to apprehend the suspected operator of a torrent site that indexed around 455,000 copyright works....
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YTS ‘Settles’ Another Movie Piracy Lawsuit, While More Users Get Sued
The operator of YTS has 'settled' another lawsuit, agreeing to a stipulated judgment that includes a $150,000 damages payment. This is the second movie piracy case to be resolved in this manner,...
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BitTorrent Owner Accused of Profiting From Movie Piracy
A lawsuit filed against BitTorrent owner Rainberry Inc, TRON Foundation's Justin Sun, and one of his colleagues, is based in employment law. However, the allegations it contains could pique interest...
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YouTube Rippers Battle RIAA in Takedown Whack-a-Mole
The RIAA is continuing to use DMCA anti-circumvention notices to remove YouTube ripper websites from Google's search results. The music group started a few months ago and has only increased its...
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Promoting Pirate Apps Lands US Phone Store in Court, Again
The company behind the movie Hunter Killer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon retailer Victra. According to the complaint, employees of the phone store promoted the use of...
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