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As UK Pirates Swarm to Live Sports & Movies, Hardcore Pirates Diminish
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has published the latest edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker report. Illicit consumption of movies increased considerably over the previous...
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Reddit’s Copyright Infringement Removals Increased by 500% Last Year
Reddit has published new data which shows that 124,247 pieces of content were removed following copyright takedown notices last year. This is a fivefold increase compared to the year before. For the...
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Pornhub’s Owner Goes After Thousands of BitTorrent Pirates
MG Premium is a sister company of Pornhub. Both are active in the same industry under the wings of adult entertainment giant Mindgeek. However, instead of serving free video content, MG Premium is...
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DMCA Notices Took Down 14,320 Github Projects in 2019
Github has revealed that throughout 2019, the coding hosting platform took down more than 14,300 projects following DMCA complaints. Of the total notices received, only a tiny proportion was...
View ArticlePremiumize.me: „Our lines are glowing“– Interview with the CEO
Premiumize.me: „Our lines are glowing“ – Interview with the CEO In recent years Premiumize.me has developed into a serious cloud platform and multihoster. In addition to the support of the most share-...
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Amazon Fire TV Stick is the Preferred Device for Pirate IPTV Subscribers
New data published by Canadian broadband management company Sandvine shows that pirate IPTV traffic is growing in the US and Canada. This translates to millions of 'pirate' subscriptions. A detailed...
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Pirate IPTV Box Seller Arrested By LAPD, ABS-CBN Files Multi-Million Dollar...
Media giant ABS-CBN has filed two US lawsuits worth millions of dollars in damages against two men they accuse of supplying pirate IPTV devices to the public. One of the men was arrested earlier...
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Malaysian authorities start blocking servers that stream pirated content
The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has announced that they will be blocking IP addresses of servers that are found to be hosting pirated copyright content from 24th...
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Imagine a world without YouTube
It’s easy if you try Fifteen years ago this month, one of the most important web domains in history was registered: youtube.com. Today’s teenagers have never known an internet that couldn’t host as...
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Switzerland Urges U.S. to Remove it From its ‘Pirate Watchlist’
On April 1st, Switzerland's new copyright law will go into effect. The new legislation incorporates many recommendations from copyright holders, including a “stay-down” provision. Not all wishes...
View ArticleMan Who Sold Pirate IPTV Must Pay £521,000 or Face Five More Years in Prison
A man who was sentenced in 2018 to 4.5 years in prison for selling pirate IPTV devices to pubs and clubs has been ordered to pay £520,000 to the public purse. Failure to come up with the funds...
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OMI IN A HELLCAT Claims Comcast Got FBI to Pursue Gears IPTV Case
Popular YouTuber OMI IN A HELLCAT was raided by the FBI last year in connection with his 'pirate' IPTV service Gears TV. With the authorities refusing to comment on the ongoing investigation, OMI...
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U.S. Remains the Top Traffic Source For Pirate Sites
With over a billion visits per month, the United States remains the number one traffic source for pirate sites worldwide. New data from piracy tracking company MUSO further shows that streaming...
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New algorithm generates every possible melody to curb copyright lawsuits
Two musician-programmers have teamed up to create an algorithm to generate every possible music melody in order to stop copyright lawsuits. It’s become a regular occurence in the music industry:...
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( Opinion ) What Type of Anti-Piracy Campaign Is More Likely to Work on...
There have been dozens of anti-piracy campaigns over the years but which ones are more likely to work on illicit consumers? According to some of the findings in a government report published in the...
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U.S. Court Denies $28,500 Default Judgment Against Accused Pirate
Adult entertainment company Malibu Media has failed in its bid to get a $28,500 default judgment against an alleged pirate. While the defendant didn't present a defense, a federal court in New...
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YesPornPlease and VShare.io Go Offline Following Massive Copyright Lawsuit
YesPornPlease, an adult-focused video site that was until recently servicing more than 100 million visitors per month, has disappeared following the filing of a lawsuit in the United States. The...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 03/02/20
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Jumanji: The Next Level' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Frozen 2'. 'Knives Out' completes the top three. This week we have...
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Record Labels Blast Cox’s Attempt to Overturn $1 Billion Piracy Verdict
Cox Communications previously asked the court to overturn or lower the $1 billion piracy liability verdict a Virginia jury issued late last year. Responding to this request the opposing record...
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Two Piracy-Configured ‘Kodi Box’ Sellers Handed One-Year Suspended Sentences
Two men who sold piracy-configured set-top boxes and coached the public on how to use them to access infringing content have been sentenced to one-year prison terms under the Fraud Act, suspended...
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