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‘Copyright Troll’ Law Firm & Partner Charged With Fraud Over Piracy Settlements

After accusing thousands of Danes of illegally sharing movies using BitTorrent, Danish law firm Njord Law approached many for cash settlements despite their clients not…

January 20, 2021, 19:08 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

MPA Takes Down NYAA GitHub Repository But Copies Swiftly Appear (Updated)

GitHub has removed a repository that included the source code of the popular BitTorrent tracker site NYAA.si. The developer platform responded to a DMCA takedown…

January 20, 2021, 11:36 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

U.S. Government’s List of Notorious ‘Piracy’ Markets is a Mixed Bag

Ten years ago, the USTR's list of notorious online piracy markets was mostly made up of classic pirate outlets, such as torrent sites and cyberlockers.…

January 19, 2021, 20:46 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Russia Adds 1,768 Pirate Site Domains to WIPO Advertising Blacklist

A database run by the World Intellectual Property Organization with the purpose of depriving pirate sites of ad revenue has just swelled significantly with the…

January 19, 2021, 12:48 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

RIAA: Not Even Improper YouTube ‘Rolling Cipher’ Complaints Can Be Countered

In response to a lawsuit filed by YouTube-ripping service Yout, the RIAA is doubling down on its assertion that YouTube's rolling cipher is indeed an…

January 18, 2021, 21:20 by Andy Maxwell

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

‘Copyright Troll’ Law Firm & Partner Charged With Fraud Over Piracy Settlements

MPA Takes Down NYAA GitHub Repository But Copies Swiftly Appear (Updated)

U.S. Government’s List of Notorious ‘Piracy’ Markets is a Mixed Bag

Russia Adds 1,768 Pirate Site Domains to WIPO Advertising Blacklist

RIAA: Not Even Improper YouTube ‘Rolling Cipher’ Complaints Can Be Countered

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

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