Lawsuits Twitter/X Asks Court to Dismiss $250m+ Music Piracy Lawsuit Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has submitted a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several prominent music labels earlier this… August 15, 2023, 10:57 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Lux Vide Wins $1.86m Judgment Against Operator of File-Hosting Site EasyBytez After a four-year legal process that began before the coronavirus pandemic, Italian film production company Lux Vide has emerged with a $1.86m judgment against the… August 14, 2023, 19:05 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy BREIN Wraps Up IPTV Piracy Battle by Seizing .EU Domain Names BREIN is systematically taking down pirate IPTV services, especially those that cater to Dutch consumers. The anti-piracy group recently closed the books on a multi-year… August 14, 2023, 10:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Internet Archive’s Copyright Battle with Publishers Leads to Lending Restrictions The Internet Archive's online book lending library will be severely limited to avoid copyright liability. The library and book publishers have agreed the terms of… August 13, 2023, 20:11 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit Record labels including UMG, Capitol and Sony have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States targeting Internet Archive and founder Brewster Kale, among… August 12, 2023, 14:29 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy IP Address Blocking Banned After Anti-Piracy Court Order Hit Cloudflare In 2022, rightsholders obtained permission in Austria to block several pirate site domains and a list of IP addresses that actually belonged to Cloudflare. ISPs… August 11, 2023, 21:07 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Z-Library Petitions U.S. and Argentina to Cease ‘Illegal’ Criminal Prosecution Z-Library has launched a petition calling on the U.S. Attorney General and Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs to stop the criminal prosecution, labeling it as… August 11, 2023, 12:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits YouTube Rippers Run Out of Money, Give Up On $83m RIAA Legal Battle The Russian operator of YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com voluntarily dismissed his appeal against the RIAA this week. According to his attorney, the operator ran… August 10, 2023, 21:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar