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Piracy

Hulu Plus Attracted Many of its First 2 Million Subscribers From Pirate Sites

Pirate sites are considered a threat by the majority of today's legal streaming platforms but at least one can say it directly benefited from them.…

April 23, 2021, 20:00 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Popcorn Time Plans to Make a Comeback, Despite Legal Trouble

A few weeks ago, several movie companies sued a widely used Popcorn Time fork, as well as VPN.ht. When the app's official website disappeared a…

April 23, 2021, 11:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Student Sues Proctorio for Using DMCA Takedowns to Remove Critical Tweets

Miami University student and security researcher Erik Johnson has filed a lawsuit against software company Proctorio, which used DMCA notices to remove several critical tweets.…

April 22, 2021, 19:10 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Mangadex Works With ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ to Warn Users About Hacked Database

Huge scanlation platform MangaDex says that following a hack in March, its database is now confirmed as being "in the wild". With usernames, email addresses…

April 22, 2021, 09:46 by Andy Maxwell

Law and Politics

Russia Wants Instagram to Stop Blocking Its Anthem over Copyright Issues

Russia's telecoms watchdog 'Roskomnadzor' has sent a letter to Instagram demanding that the company removes its copyright restrictions on posts that feature the national anthem.…

April 21, 2021, 20:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Anti-Piracy Groups Pressure EU To Prevent Pirate Sites Operating Anonymously

Dozens of major anti-piracy groups and other interested parties are pressuring the European Commission to enhance "know your business customer" checks as part of the…

April 21, 2021, 11:32 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

DMCA Shortcut Helps Movie Companies Cheaply Identify ‘Potential’ BitTorrent Pirates

Several movie companies have obtained a DMCA subpoena to identify 25 account holders whose IP-addresses were caught sharing pirated content. This is an effective shortcut…

April 20, 2021, 22:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

YouTube Class Action: Plaintiff Can’t Identify Piracy Without Access to Content ID

Maria Schneider's class action lawsuit against YouTube has taken another unusual turn. The complaint alleges massive infringement but thus far identifies no infringing videos. YouTube…

April 20, 2021, 11:41 by Andy Maxwell

Hulu Plus Attracted Many of its First 2 Million Subscribers From Pirate Sites

Popcorn Time Plans to Make a Comeback, Despite Legal Trouble

Student Sues Proctorio for Using DMCA Takedowns to Remove Critical Tweets

Mangadex Works With ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ to Warn Users About Hacked Database

Russia Wants Instagram to Stop Blocking Its Anthem over Copyright Issues

Anti-Piracy Groups Pressure EU To Prevent Pirate Sites Operating Anonymously

DMCA Shortcut Helps Movie Companies Cheaply Identify ‘Potential’ BitTorrent Pirates

YouTube Class Action: Plaintiff Can’t Identify Piracy Without Access to Content ID

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