DMCA Shortcut Helps Movie Companies Cheaply Identify ‘Potential’ BitTorrent Pirates

Several movie companies have obtained a DMCA subpoena to identify 25 account holders whose IP-addresses were caught sharing pirated content. This is an effective shortcut without any oversight from a federal judge. It significantly reduces costs and legal hurdles to go after alleged pirates. However, this procedure is not undisputed.

Lawsuits

YouTube Class Action: Plaintiff Can’t Identify Piracy Without Access to Content ID

Maria Schneider's class action lawsuit against YouTube has taken another unusual turn. The complaint alleges massive infringement but thus far identifies no infringing videos. YouTube…

yesterday, 11:41 by Andy Maxwell
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Anti-Piracy

Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year

Bing has a relatively small market share but that doesn't mean that copyright holders ignore it. In response to DMCA takedown requests, more than 125…

April 19, 2021, 21:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar
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Lawsuits

Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses

Last year the U.S. Government indicted three members of the infamous Team-Xecuter group, the alleged masterminds behind various Nintendo hacks. One of those men, Canada…

April 19, 2021, 11:14 by Andy Maxwell
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 04/19/2021

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Godzilla vs. Kong' tops the chart,…

April 19, 2021, 00:30 by Ernesto Van der Sar
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How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates

The major Hollywood studios have put a lot of effort into making their content available online. There's an abundance of streaming options and more content…

April 18, 2021, 16:38 by Ernesto Van der Sar
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Anti-Piracy

GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem

After the RIAA had youtube-dl removed from GitHub last year, the platform decided to reinstate the YouTube-ripping tool, claiming that the industry group's takedown was…

April 17, 2021, 23:37 by Andy Maxwell
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Anti-Piracy

Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search

The homepages of several legitimate organizations, including Live Nation Asia and Living Map, have been removed from Google search results. This is the result of…

April 17, 2021, 12:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar
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Lawsuits

Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device

Last November, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against an Amazon seller who distributed RCM Loader, a device that has the "sole purpose" of allowing people to…

April 16, 2021, 22:19 by Andy Maxwell
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DMCA Shortcut Helps Movie Companies Cheaply Identify ‘Potential’ BitTorrent Pirates

YouTube Class Action: Plaintiff Can’t Identify Piracy Without Access to Content ID

Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year

Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses

Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 04/19/2021

How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates

GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem

Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search

Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device

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