Lawsuits Jehovah’s Witnesses File Copyright Lawsuit in Response to Blundering Christmas Album Publisher BMG has plunged itself into a copyright lawsuit with elements that are so bizarre it's hard to fathom what the company was thinking of.… December 25, 2020, 20:44 by Andy Maxwell 22
Lawsuits Convicted Copyright Troll Lawyer Reboots Pirate Honeypot Scheme From Prison Convicted copyright troll lawyer Paul Hansmeier is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence. However, that hasn't stopped him from going after pirates. With help from… December 25, 2020, 12:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar 9
Technology FBI and Europol Shut Down ‘Bulletproof’ VPN Service That Helped Criminals In a rather unprecedented enforcement action, the FBI and Europol have shut down a 'bulletproof' VPN provider that helped cybercriminals to conceal their operations. The… December 24, 2020, 19:26 by Ernesto Van der Sar 17
Lawsuits EU Opinion: Abusive BitTorrent Copyright Trolls Should Be Denied Access to Subscriber Data Should copyright trolls, whose only purpose is to extract settlements from alleged BitTorrent pirates, be allowed to obtain their identities from ISPs? According to a… December 24, 2020, 10:49 by Andy Maxwell 5
Anti-Piracy Nintendo Conducted Invasive Surveillance Operation Against Homebrew Hacker Leaked Nintendo documents have revealed a frightening surveillance operation carried out against a hacker who was researching exploits for the 3DS handheld. In addition to… December 23, 2020, 16:14 by Andy Maxwell 15
Law and Politics ‘DMCA 2.0’ Draft Hints at Filters With Notice-and-Staydown Scheme Senator Thom Tillis has released a discussion draft of the “Digital Copyright Act of 2021," a potential successor to the current DMCA. The draft proposes… December 23, 2020, 01:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar 5
Law and Politics US Passes Spending Bill With CASE Act and Felony Streaming Proposal US Congress passed the spending bill a few hours ago. The legislation package includes the CASE Act, which establishes a tribunal for small copyright claims.… December 22, 2020, 16:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar 16
Anti-Piracy Police “Seize” Pirate IPTV Platform, Prepare to Identify 50,000 Users Italy's Guardia di Finanza says it has carried out a "preventative seizure" of a pirate IPTV platform serving in excess of 50,000 users. The action… December 22, 2020, 09:41 by Andy Maxwell 2
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