Lawsuits Activision Fights Back Against Call of Duty Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Activision and Infinity Ward were hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit in February alleging that the companies made a direct copy of a character called… April 28, 2021, 19:33 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy File-Sharing Site Wants Movie Company to Pay For Overturned Anti-Piracy Filter Czech file-sharing and hosting site Ulož.to has successfully appealed a preliminary court order that required it to block files that contain the word "Charlatan." The… April 28, 2021, 09:37 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Operator of Torrent Tracker DanishBits Sentenced to One Year in Prison One of the ringleaders behind the defunct torrent tracker DanishBits received a one-year prison sentence today, of which nine months are conditional. The 33-year-old man… April 27, 2021, 18:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Pirates Who Illegally Streamed Jake Paul v Ben Askren Targeted in $100m Lawsuit Social networking service Triller has filed a $100m lawsuit against 12 'business entities' and 100 John Does who it claims were involved in the illegal… April 27, 2021, 10:24 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Man Sentenced For Selling Stolen Netflix and Spotify Accounts A man who ran a website that sold stolen credentials for services including Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime, HBO, Xbox Live, and EA Origin has been… April 26, 2021, 20:50 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Member of Busted Scene Piracy Group Hopes to Avoid Prison The U.S. probation service is recommending a six-month prison sentence for Jonatan Correa, who was part of the notorious Scene group SPARKS. According to Correa's… April 26, 2021, 11:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar
RIP: The Uncanny Business of Dead Celebrity Endorsements on Social Media The dead are more alive than ever. Thanks to social media and inherited 'intellectual property rights,' stars of the past enjoy digital immortality. Icons including… April 25, 2021, 17:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits YouTube Won’t Let “Bogus DMCA” Plaintiff Pirate Monitor Off The Hook Last month, Pirate Monitor withdrew from a class action copyright lawsuit against YouTube after the video platform discovered the entity had uploaded its own content… April 24, 2021, 16:54 by Andy Maxwell