Anti-Piracy ‘Movie-web’ Domain Shut Down By Hollywood Complaint Open source movie streaming project movie-web has lost its public-facing demo site. The domain name was seemingly suspended by registrar Namecheap, following a legal complaint… February 24, 2024, 14:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Google Search Takedown Requests Rush to 8 Billion at Record Pace Google has just processed the eight billionth DMCA takedown request for its search engine. With a recent increase in notices, the 10 billion milestone is… February 23, 2024, 21:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ‘IPFS Gateway Operator is not Liable for Pirated Software Keys’ The Interplanetary File System is known as a censorship-resistant technology. However, it's not immune to copyright holder complaints. When software company JetBrains warned an IPFS… February 23, 2024, 13:40 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Record Labels: ‘Hisses & Crackles’ Are No License to Copy & Digitize Old Records Record labels have responded to Internet Archive's motion to dismiss 'expired' ‘Great 78 Project‘ copyright infringement claims. The music companies, including UMG and Sony, counter… February 22, 2024, 22:37 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy IPTV Piracy Group Members Arrested For Signal Theft, Fraud, Money Laundering Officers of the Quebec Provincial Police (Sûreté du Québec) carried out raids this week against suspected members of an IPTV piracy group operating in Canada.… February 22, 2024, 09:45 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Appeals Court Vacates $1 Billion Piracy Damages Award Against Cox, Orders New Trial The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the $1 billion piracy damages award against Internet provider Cox Communications. While the ISP remains contributorily liable… February 21, 2024, 16:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy 100s of Pirate Sites Go Dark as .TV Domains Placed on ServerHold At the time of writing, at least dozens but most likely hundreds of pirate sites are effectively down due to a domain issue at a… February 21, 2024, 03:45 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Racing Driver Arrested as Police Target Thailand’s Largest & Oldest Torrent Site On Monday, anti-piracy coalition ACE announced the shutdown of SiamBit, an 18-year-old torrent site said to have as many as 100,000 paying members, mostly from… February 20, 2024, 22:14 by Andy Maxwell