LLM Taken Down Following Legal Pressure from Anti-Piracy Group The use of copyrighted material in training large language models (LLMs) has sparked legal battles and takedown notices. In the Netherlands, anti-piracy group BREIN takes… January 28, 2025, 12:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held an anti-piracy symposium last week to discuss the latest achievements, challenges, and solutions in combating piracy. Experts… January 27, 2025, 21:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Pirates Surprise as Oscar-Nominated Movie Screeners Leak Online Again 'Screener season' used to make its annual appearance as reliably as the Oscars themselves. Copies of the most significant movies, intended for awards voters, would… January 27, 2025, 13:34 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, not $155m Software company Bitmanagement has been dealt another blow in its piracy battle against the U.S. Navy. Instead of winning over $155 million in damages, the… January 26, 2025, 19:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Manga Publishers Maintain Pressure Despite Pirate Countermeasures Japan's major manga publishers are facing perhaps the most complex set of piracy challenges ever seen online. With limited options to have a visible and… January 25, 2025, 10:41 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy PIPCU Uses UK IPO’s ‘Surplus Millions’ to Wage War on IPTV Pirates City of London Police formed the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit over a decade ago. Since then, the specialist anti-piracy unit has targeted pirates of… January 24, 2025, 11:11 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Supreme Court: Bank Can Terminate Contract Over Lacking Anti-Piracy Measures The French Supreme Court has confirmed that Société Générale rightfully terminated a payment processing agreement with file-hosting service 1fichier. The cyberlocker failed to monitor and… January 23, 2025, 11:27 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Tech Industry Urges EU to Halt Italy’s Overreaching Anti-Piracy Measures The CCIA, which represents global tech firms including Amazon, Cloudflare and Google, is sounding the alarm over Italy's "Piracy Shield" blocking scheme. The group's European… January 22, 2025, 18:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar