Research UK Online Piracy Increases Slightly But Over Five Years Remains Stable A new report published by the UK's Intellectual Property Office reveals that online piracy was slightly up in 2021 versus the previous year. Overall, however,… January 7, 2022, 10:46 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits FBI Arrests Man For Fraudulently Obtaining Leaks of 100s of Pre-Release Books The FBI has arrested a man who impersonated publishers and literary agents in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of pre-release novels and other books in… January 6, 2022, 19:45 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Call of Duty Cheat Maker ‘EngineOwning’ Sued By Activision Under The DMCA Activision has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against business entities and individuals allegedly offering cheats for its Call of Duty games. According to the complaint,… January 6, 2022, 10:17 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy “Popcorn Time” Shuts Down Due to a Lack of Use During its heyday, Popcorn-Time.to had millions of active users but these and other forks have lost their shine. The piracy tool that once had Netflix… January 5, 2022, 18:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Tarantino’s NFT Auction Goes Ahead Despite Miramax Copyright Lawsuit Quentin Tarantino is not backing down from his plan to auction "Pulp Fiction" NFTs. The director announced the official auction dates today, despite being sued… January 5, 2022, 14:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy DMCA-Circumventing Cheat Maker Uses DMCA to Take Down Cracked Copy Copyright law exists so that creators of all kinds can enjoy the fruits of their labor. But what if a piece of software, that appears… January 4, 2022, 23:08 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Record Labels Still Want to Know if Piracy Trial Jurors Read TorrentFreak The piracy liability trial between several major record labels and Internet provider Grande is about to begin. To rule out conflicts, both sides submitted an… January 4, 2022, 16:06 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits YouTube Rippers Oppose $82 Million ‘Piracy’ Damages Recommendation YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com are opposing Magistrate Judge Buchanan's recommendation to award $82 million in piracy damages to the RIAA. The Judge's findings are… January 3, 2022, 23:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar