Illegal Blocking of Copyrighted Content to Be Punished Under Russian Draft Law

Every week copyright holders and their anti-piracy agents issue instructions for content to be removed or blocked. Most of these requests are made in good faith but malicious takedown requests are still a problem. A draft law tabled in Russia envisions financial compensation for those affected.

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“You Wouldn’t Steal…” Research Shows Why Many Anti-Piracy Messages Fail

You wouldn't steal a car, right? So why are you pirating? With this 2004 message, the movie industry hoped to turn illegal downloaders into paying…

yesterday, 21:46 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

SmoothStreams IPTV Shut Down By MPA/ACE After Secret Legal Process

SmoothStreams - one of the most reliable and well-known pirate IPTV providers - suddenly went offline this month. A two-week TorrentFreak investigation has determined that…

July 30, 2022, 15:21 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Piracy Lawsuit Triggers Dispute Over ‘Hollywood Style Quality’ of Adult Films

Piracy lawsuits should be pretty straightforward. Rightsholders must provide solid evidence that someone shared a copy of their content without permission. However, in a piracy…

July 29, 2022, 22:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Record Labels and ISP Bright House go to Trial over Pirating Subscribers

ISP Bright House and several music companies go to trial next week. In preparation, a Florida federal court has set some rules for what can…

July 28, 2022, 23:32 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Pirate IPTV: Five Charged Following RCMP Cybercrime Investigation

Following an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, five people have been charged with distributing pirate IPTV services. RCMP officers raided GaloTV (Soltv) in…

July 28, 2022, 11:54 by Andy Maxwell

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Pirates Liberate Games From Battle.net To Send Message To Activision Blizzard

Hacking, cracking, piracy group Blizzless Project has released special versions of Starcraft: Remastered, Warcraft III: Reforged, and Diablo II: Resurrected, enabling them to be played…

July 27, 2022, 18:16 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

GeoComply Expands VPN ‘Piracy’ Detection By Blocking Residential IP-Addresses

VPN detection service GeoComply helps rightsholders and streaming platforms ban so-called 'geo pirates', users who bypass geographical restrictions using online tools. Because some VPN providers…

July 27, 2022, 12:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

HeHeStreams: Pirate IPTV Owner Admits Cybercrime, Forfeits $500K

The former operator of pirate IPTV service HeHeStreams has reached a plea agreement with the US government. After being indicted on several counts carrying sentences…

July 26, 2022, 20:12 by Andy Maxwell

Illegal Blocking of Copyrighted Content to Be Punished Under Russian Draft Law

“You Wouldn’t Steal…” Research Shows Why Many Anti-Piracy Messages Fail

SmoothStreams IPTV Shut Down By MPA/ACE After Secret Legal Process

Piracy Lawsuit Triggers Dispute Over ‘Hollywood Style Quality’ of Adult Films

Record Labels and ISP Bright House go to Trial over Pirating Subscribers

Pirate IPTV: Five Charged Following RCMP Cybercrime Investigation

Pirates Liberate Games From Battle.net To Send Message To Activision Blizzard

GeoComply Expands VPN ‘Piracy’ Detection By Blocking Residential IP-Addresses

HeHeStreams: Pirate IPTV Owner Admits Cybercrime, Forfeits $500K

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