Piracy Mangadex Works With ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ to Warn Users About Hacked Database Huge scanlation platform MangaDex says that following a hack in March, its database is now confirmed as being "in the wild". With usernames, email addresses… today, 09:46 by Andy Maxwell 0
Law and Politics Russia Wants Instagram to Stop Blocking Its Anthem over Copyright Issues Russia's telecoms watchdog 'Roskomnadzor' has sent a letter to Instagram demanding that the company removes its copyright restrictions on posts that feature the national anthem.… yesterday, 20:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar 6
Law and Politics Anti-Piracy Groups Pressure EU To Prevent Pirate Sites Operating Anonymously Dozens of major anti-piracy groups and other interested parties are pressuring the European Commission to enhance "know your business customer" checks as part of the… yesterday, 11:32 by Andy Maxwell 7
Lawsuits 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… April 20, 2021, 22:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar 5
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… April 20, 2021, 11:41 by Andy Maxwell 7
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 5
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 8
Stats 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 89