OpenDNS Suspends Service in France Due to Canal+ Piracy Blocking Order

This month, a French court went along with a demand from Canal+ to tighten up previously obtained anti-piracy measures. The court ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to poison their DNS records to prevent these third-party services acting as workarounds for existing pirate site blockades. Cisco's response became evident on Friday when it withdrew its OpenDNS service from the entire country.

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Top FBI Official Now Heads the World’s Leading Anti-Piracy Coalition

The Motion Picture Association has a new Global Chief of Content Protection, who will lead the ACE anti-piracy coalition. Larissa Knapp joins the MPA after…

June 28, 2024, 16:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Kim Dotcom Can’t Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBI

Kim Dotcom's latest bid to prevent the New Zealand government from handing over his hard drives and passwords to the FBI has failed. In 2022,…

June 28, 2024, 11:42 by Andy Maxwell

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$8.1m Damages Agreed By YouTuber & Bungie For 96 Bogus DMCA Notices

A gamer who impersonated an anti-piracy partner working for Bungie as part of a bogus DMCA takedown notice campaign on YouTube, agreed to a $8.1m…

June 27, 2024, 16:42 by Andy Maxwell

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LaLiga and UAE Launch ‘Anti-Piracy Laboratory’ to Block Pirate Sites

Spanish football league LaLiga and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are teaming up to tackle online piracy. This week, they launched a dedicated 'anti-piracy laboratory'…

June 27, 2024, 11:36 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Filmmakers Legal Battle Over Reddit Users’ IP Addresses Heads to Appeal

The legal dispute between a group of filmmakers and Reddit is set to continue at the court of appeal. After several failed attempts to obtain…

June 26, 2024, 22:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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In common with most large online platforms reliant on content uploaded by their users, TikTok must respond to copyright complaints filed by rightsholders or their…

June 26, 2024, 09:02 by Andy Maxwell

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South Korean ISP ‘Infected’ Torrenting Subscribers with Malware

News reports from South Korea, reveal that Internet provider KT actively installed malware on the computers of over half a million subscribers. The malware was…

June 25, 2024, 20:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright

Major recording labels, including UMG and Sony have filed a pair of broadly similar copyright complaints against two key generative AI music services. The RIAA-managed…

June 25, 2024, 07:20 by Andy Maxwell

OpenDNS Suspends Service in France Due to Canal+ Piracy Blocking Order

Top FBI Official Now Heads the World’s Leading Anti-Piracy Coalition

Kim Dotcom Can’t Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBI

$8.1m Damages Agreed By YouTuber & Bungie For 96 Bogus DMCA Notices

LaLiga and UAE Launch ‘Anti-Piracy Laboratory’ to Block Pirate Sites

Filmmakers Legal Battle Over Reddit Users’ IP Addresses Heads to Appeal

TikTok Copyright Notices Up Again in 2023, Success Rate Collapses to 56%

South Korean ISP ‘Infected’ Torrenting Subscribers with Malware

RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright

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