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( Opinion ) Don’t Use the Word ‘Did’ or a Dumb Anti-Piracy Company Will...
In 2018, the owner of Two-Bit History, a site dedicated to computer history, wrote a successful article about mathematician Ada Lovelace, who some credit as being the first computer programmer....
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Copyright Troll Drops Lawsuits When it Gets the ‘Wrong’ Judge
Strike 3 Holdings is one of the most active copyright litigants in the U.S. In recent years, the company has identified thousands of suspected pirates through court-ordered subpoenas. However, it...
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U.S. Copyright Groups Want South Africa to Ensure that 5G Doesn’t Boost Piracy
The IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups, sees South Africa as a major threat to its members. The group now recommends putting the country on the US Trade...
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Cloudflare Blocks Access to Pirate Site For “Legal Reasons”, Displays Rare...
CDN company Cloudflare is displaying an extremely rare 'Error 451' to German visitors who attempt to access a music piracy site. The message currently affecting DDL-Music.to states that the site has...
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Zero Online Pirates Criminally Charged in 2019, Lowest Since 2010, Swedish...
For the first time in almost a decade, not a single person was charged with a file-sharing or streaming related crime in Sweden during 2019. The news comes from the Prosecutor's Office, which...
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ISP Questions Rightscorp’s Credibility and Objectivity Ahead of Piracy Trial
Texas-based Internet provider Grande Communications wants to address the business practices and financial situation of anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp at its upcoming piracy liability trial. The...
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Court Orders Cloudflare to Prevent Access to Pirated Music or Face Fines or...
This week visitors to pirate music site DDL-Music were greeted with a rare 'Error 451' message from Cloudflare, indicating that the site had been rendered unavailable due to legal reasons. It now...
View ArticleFacebook Sued Over Failure to Respond to DMCA Takedown Notices
Seattle-based photographer Christopher Boffoli is suing Facebook for copyright infringement. According to the complaint, the social media platform failed to remove a series of links to copyrighted...
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Court Gives ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Site-Blocking the Green Light in Spain
A Spanish court has handed down an order that will compel local ISPs to block pirate sites and services, primarily to prevent the unlicensed distribution of live football matches. Several...
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Italian Police Report 223 Pirate IPTV Subscribers to the Judicial Authorities
The Guardia di Finanza, the Italian police unit tasked with financial crimes, has reported 223 subscribers of pirate IPTV services to the judicial authorities. This is the first large scale...
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Activision Subpoenas Reddit to Identify Call of Duty Warzone ‘Leaker’
In response to the many Call of Duty Warzone leaks appearing online, Activision has been filing aggressive takedowns on copyright grounds. According to documents obtained by TorrentFreak, the gaming...
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Movie Company Links ‘Notorious Copyright Thief’ Peter Sunde to MKVCage Lawsuit
The makers of the movie 'Hellboy' have filed an amended complaint against the popular torrent site MKVCage. While the site disappeared after the legal pressure became public, the lawsuit isn't going...
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MPA Targets Pirate App TeaTV, Asks Github to Consider Repeat Infringer Policy
TeaTV is one of the most popular 'pirate' video apps around, providing ready access to movies and TV shows. The app received mainstream media attention in 2019 and following on from that exposure,...
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Canal+ Warns Torrent Site Not to Pirate Upcoming TV-Series
The Polish branch of entertainment company CANAL+ is warning pirate sites not to make an upcoming TV-series available. The company's anti-piracy department sent a letter to a popular torrent site,...
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YouTube Fair Use: Documentary Makers Defeat Gaye, Thicke, Bee Gees & Jackson
In December 2019 a web-series dedicated to debunking copyright and copying myths was hit with four copyright complaints over the alleged illegal use of tracks from Robin Thicke, Marvin Gate, Bee...
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Copyright Troll Now Has its Own Piracy Tracking Tool
Strike 3 Holdings has targeted thousands of alleged BitTorrent pirates in U.S. courts over the past several years. Up until recently, the company relied on evidence gathered by a third-party...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 02/24/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Frozen 2' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Charlie's Angels'. 'Knives Out' completes the top three. This week we have one...
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Rightsholders Want Google and Facebook to Scrub Links to Pirate Sites
Creative Content Australia is urging the Australian Government to force online platforms to stop linking to pirate sites. According to the group's Chair, Graham Burke, services such as Google and...
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Cloudflare Agrees to Stop Caching Pirate Content in Japan, If Court Declares...
In 2018, four of Japan's largest manga publishers filed a motion at a Tokyo court demanding that Cloudflare stop providing services to several 'pirate' sites, including Mangamura replacement...
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RapidVideo Agrees to Pay Settlement to ACE, Hands Over Domains
Popular file-hosting service RapidVideo shut down late last year following legal pressure from Netflix and Warner Bros. This case is now closed and the site's operator has agreed to pay a...
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