US Court Hands Down Preliminary Injunction Against Pirate IPTV Provider

A Florida district court judge has handed down a highly-restrictive preliminary injunction against a 'pirate' IPTV provider trading under various names including CBC and X-View. The case was originally filed under seal by TV broadcaster DISH Networks, whose representative tracked down the alleged operator in Belize.

Law and Politics

US Copyright Office’s DMCA Tweaks Trigger ‘Internet Disconnection’ Concerns

Last week the US Copyright Office released its long-awaited review on the DMCA's safe harbor section. While far-reaching proposals such as pirate site blocking and…

today, 12:58 by Ernesto
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Piracy

YTS Bypasses Security Warnings with Simple URL Update

A few days ago, popular torrent site YTS was flagged as a potential phishing site by Chrome and Firefox. Today, these warnings have disappeared but…

yesterday, 20:20 by Ernesto
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Law and Politics

Russia Adopts Law to Block Pirate Apps and if Necessary, App Stores Too

Russia's State Duma has adopted new legislation that will enable copyright holders to take far-reaching action against apps facilitating access to pirated content. If the…

yesterday, 10:13 by Andy
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Piracy

Vapor Store Looks a Lot Like a Popcorn Time For Pirated Steam Games

Popcorn Time made thousands of headlines after being dubbed the 'Netflix for Pirates' and a new piece of software released this week could be making…

May 27, 2020, 20:38 by Andy
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Lawsuits

Stores Selling Switch Piracy Hacks ‘Disappear’ Following Nintendo Lawsuit

Last week Nintendo sued the operators of nine online stores for enabling widespread piracy. The websites in question offered Switch hacks and mods linked to…

May 27, 2020, 11:22 by Ernesto
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Anti-Piracy

Cloudflare Ordered to Reveal Operators of Popular Pirate Sites Manga1000.com

Shogakukan, one of Japan's largest manga publishers, has been given permission to obtain the personal details of the operators of one of Japan's most popular…

May 26, 2020, 23:04 by Andy
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Lawsuits

Hellboy’s $270,000 Piracy Damages Calculation Fails to Convince Judge

The makers of the film Hellboy have suffered another setback in court after their second attempt to convince a judge that a $270,000 judgment against…

May 26, 2020, 11:44 by Ernesto
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Piracy

Chrome and Firefox Block Torrent Site YTS over “Phishing”

Chrome and Firefox are blocking direct access to the movie download pages of popular torrent site YTS. According to Google's safe browsing report, YTS.mx is…

May 25, 2020, 21:15 by Ernesto
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