TorrentFreak - News ⋆ Page 5 of 1732

Piracy

‘Pirate’ Streaming Apps Beat Netflix and Disney in Brazil’s Play Store

Pirate streaming apps are leading the entertainment category in Brazil's Google Play Store. These unauthorized streaming apps draw a massive audience and beat official streaming…

June 16, 2022, 09:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Canadian Judge: Movie Company’s Piracy Evidence Just Not Good Enough

Movie company Voltage Holdings has a reputation for filing lawsuits against alleged BitTorrent pirates, usually based on IP address evidence backed up by creative interpretations…

June 15, 2022, 21:40 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Ghost Piracy: Work-From-Home Software Piracy Worries BSA

The Software Alliance (BSA) is helping enforcement authorities in Southeast Asia to crack down on businesses that use unlicensed software. This includes "Ghost Piracy," where…

June 15, 2022, 10:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Publishers & Internet Archive Both Seek Piracy Lawsuit Win Without Full Trial

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive claiming that its mass scanning and lending of print library…

June 14, 2022, 19:56 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

YouTube and Facebook Are the Top ‘Pirate Sites’ in Denmark

There has been no shortage of anti-piracy initiatives in Denmark in recent years. Shutdowns, raids, arrests, and site-blocking orders have repeatedly made headlines. Against this…

June 14, 2022, 10:58 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

The U.S. ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board Goes Live this Week

The US “Copyright Claims Board” starts accepting its first claims this week. The tribunal, which is part of the Copyright Office, allows parties to resolve…

June 13, 2022, 22:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

IPTV Pirates Who Lost $90m Lawsuit Lose Another Worth $130m

Former operators of pirate IPTV service SetTV were previously ordered to pay $90 million in damages after losing a DISH Network piracy lawsuit. A second…

June 13, 2022, 09:53 by Andy Maxwell

Law and Politics

Proposed Freedom to Repair Act Seems Unlikely to Make Streaming Piracy Worse

Passed almost a quarter of a century ago, the DMCA prevents citizens from repairing many of their own electronic devices. The proposed Freedom to Repair…

June 12, 2022, 13:37 by Andy Maxwell

‘Pirate’ Streaming Apps Beat Netflix and Disney in Brazil’s Play Store

Canadian Judge: Movie Company’s Piracy Evidence Just Not Good Enough

Ghost Piracy: Work-From-Home Software Piracy Worries BSA

Publishers & Internet Archive Both Seek Piracy Lawsuit Win Without Full Trial

YouTube and Facebook Are the Top ‘Pirate Sites’ in Denmark

The U.S. ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board Goes Live this Week

IPTV Pirates Who Lost $90m Lawsuit Lose Another Worth $130m

Proposed Freedom to Repair Act Seems Unlikely to Make Streaming Piracy Worse

Sponsors

Popular Posts

Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2022?

Grand Jury Charges ‘Omi in a Hellcat’ With Conspiracy to Pirate Xfinity & Spectrum TV Services

Netflix Intensifies ‘VPN Ban’ and Targets Residential IP-addresses Too (Updated)

SPARKS Piracy Busts: Facts, Rumors & Fear Point to Something Huge

Meet FitGirl, The Repack ‘Queen’ Of Pirated Games

From 2 Years ago…

Telegram Channel

13855

179k

19.9k