Law and Politics MPA: Mandatory Release Windows Could Exacerbate Piracy Over recent decades, theatrical movie release windows have shrunk significantly around the world. In France, however, movie fans still have to wait more than a… November 3, 2022, 22:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Premier League Celebrates “Success” as IPTV Pirate Walks Out of Court The owner of pirate IPTV service Marvel Streams UK appeared in court this week expecting to go to prison, but after being handed a suspended… November 3, 2022, 13:03 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers In July 2021, Bungie and Ubisoft filed a lawsuit in the United States targeting alleged members of Ring-1, an online group behind Destiny 2 and… November 2, 2022, 22:00 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Google Removes Hundreds of Domains to Aid French Sports Piracy Crackdown In January 2022, rightsholders began utilizing a new site-blocking law introduced by France, specifically targeted at live sports streaming piracy. In the following months, Internet… November 2, 2022, 14:44 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits RIAA Seeks $250,000 in Attorneys’ Fees from YouTube Ripper After winning a landmark legal battle against Yout.com last month, the RIAA is seeking $250,000 in attorneys fees from the stream-ripping site. The music group… November 1, 2022, 23:39 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Don’t Feed Copyright Trolls: Canadian Court Urged to Protect Internet Users Copyright holders often write to internet billpayers claiming that their IP addresses have been linked to piracy. They say that billpayers are liable because they… November 1, 2022, 12:26 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy TikTok Blocks Z-Library Hashtag Pending Piracy Investigation Publishers and authors are not happy with Z-Library, an online repository offering millions of pirated books for free download. The site's userbase is growing rapidly,… October 31, 2022, 21:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Court Orders Kim Dotcom to Pay Costs After ‘Seized Device’ Challenge Failed During the 2012 operation to shut down Megaupload, 135 electronic devices were seized, mostly from founder Kim Dotcom. After the FBI cloned some of the… October 31, 2022, 09:59 by Andy Maxwell