Lawsuits Manga Piracy: Operator of MangaBank Sentenced By Chinese Authorities Following a complaint from Japanese publishers and a criminal process in China, a man in his thirties has been sentenced for operating MangaBank, a massive… July 14, 2022, 20:00 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy RIAA Takes Down ‘Infringing’ .ETH Domain Auctions from OpenSea The RIAA is no stranger to sending takedown requests. In most cases, these notices target pirated content but more recently the group has been defending… July 14, 2022, 11:06 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Music Companies Don’t Want ISP to Bring Up “Human Rights” and “Spying” in Piracy Trial Bright House Networks will go to trial accused by several major music companies of not doing enough to curb piracy. In preparation, both sides have… July 13, 2022, 20:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Movie Piracy Site Operator Faces Five Years in Prison After Arrest in Japan A man suspected of operating a piracy site offering links to over 3,300 local and Western movies has been arrested in Japan. The 51-year-old, suspected… July 13, 2022, 09:40 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Fake Sky Representative Abuses Copyright Claims Board to Target Pirate Streaming App The US Copyright Claims board officially opened less than a month ago and there's already a highly suspicious claim on the docket. The unknown “Copyrights… July 12, 2022, 22:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Pirate Site Blocking Expansion to Mobile Networks Raises New Questions Recording industry group BPI has announced that its program to block pirate sites via court injunctions in the UK will expand to mobile networks, starting… July 12, 2022, 07:43 by Andy Maxwell
Technology Iconic Demonii BitTorrent Tracker Makes Comeback With Millions of Users A veteran in the BitTorrent scene has resurrected the iconic BitTorrent tracker Demonii. The public tracker, which doesn't host any torrent files, was run by… July 11, 2022, 22:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Roblox Piracy: Developer Demands Thousands of Gamers’ Personal Details A DMCA subpoena application filed in a California court is seeking to identify potentially tens of thousands of people for being part of Roblox groups,… July 11, 2022, 08:54 by Andy Maxwell