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Anti-Piracy

Danish Torrent Tracker Crackdown Leads to Six New Arrests

Law enforcement officers in Denmark have arrested six people on suspicion of being involved with defunct Danish torrent tracker Asgaard. The suspects have been charged…

January 18, 2021, 12:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

How the MP3, Pirates and Apple Changed The Music Industry

When German engineer Karlheinz Brandenburg first released the MP3 format in the early 90s, it started a chain of events that disrupted the music industry.…

January 17, 2021, 21:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

TikTok Using DMCA to Take Down Reverse-Engineered Source Code

Video social networking service Tiktok is using the DMCA to prevent the spread of source code related to the Android variant of its software. The…

January 17, 2021, 14:43 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Supreme Court Denies Petition from YouTube Rippers ‘FLVTO’ and ‘2Conv’

The US Supreme Court has denied the petition of YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com over personal jurisdiction questions. The sites' Russian operator Tofig Kurbanov is…

January 16, 2021, 23:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Yandex & Mail.ru Reported For Abusing Dominant Positions To Facilitate Piracy

An anti-piracy group representing publishers in Russia has reported Internet giants Yandex and Mail.ru to the Eurasion Economic Commission for allegedly abusing their dominant market…

January 16, 2021, 14:10 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

RIAA Defeats False DMCA Takedown Notice Claims in Court

Popular mixtape platform Spinrilla has failed in its legal quest to hold the RIAA liable for willingly sending inaccurate takedown notices after a federal court…

January 16, 2021, 00:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

YouTube-DL Fallout: Google Rejects RIAA MP3 Ripper Takedown Notices

There has been an interesting development in the way that Google handles DMCA anti-circumvention notices sent by the RIAA. These have been used dozens of…

January 15, 2021, 10:57 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Member of SPARKS Scene Piracy Group Pleads Guilty

One of the key members of Scene piracy group SPARKS has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement. The US Government signed a plea…

January 14, 2021, 22:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Danish Torrent Tracker Crackdown Leads to Six New Arrests

How the MP3, Pirates and Apple Changed The Music Industry

TikTok Using DMCA to Take Down Reverse-Engineered Source Code

Supreme Court Denies Petition from YouTube Rippers ‘FLVTO’ and ‘2Conv’

Yandex & Mail.ru Reported For Abusing Dominant Positions To Facilitate Piracy

RIAA Defeats False DMCA Takedown Notice Claims in Court

YouTube-DL Fallout: Google Rejects RIAA MP3 Ripper Takedown Notices

Member of SPARKS Scene Piracy Group Pleads Guilty

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