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Anti-Piracy

Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year

In response to DMCA takedown requests, more than 125 million links were removed from the search engine last year. While this is a significant number,…

April 19, 2021, 21:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses

Last year the U.S. Government indicted three members of the infamous Team-Xecuter group, the alleged masterminds behind various Nintendo hacks. One of those men, Canada…

April 19, 2021, 11:14 by Andy Maxwell

How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates

The major Hollywood studios have put a lot of effort into making their content available online. There's an abundance of streaming options and more content…

April 18, 2021, 16:38 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem

After the RIAA had youtube-dl removed from GitHub last year, the platform decided to reinstate the YouTube-ripping tool, claiming that the industry group's takedown was…

April 17, 2021, 23:37 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search

The homepages of several legitimate organizations, including Live Nation Asia and Living Map, have been removed from Google search results. This is the result of…

April 17, 2021, 12:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device

Last November, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against an Amazon seller who distributed RCM Loader, a device that has the "sole purpose" of allowing people to…

April 16, 2021, 22:19 by Andy Maxwell

Research

UK Pirates Remain Driven by Convenience, Availability and Cost

A report published by the UK Intellectual Property Office shows that a quarter of all online entertainment consumers downloaded or streamed content illegally last year.…

April 16, 2021, 10:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Plex Plans To Place All Legal Streaming Options (and Piracy) Into One Interface

After completing a growth equity round of $50m, Plex has announced plans to become a one-stop-shop for movies and TV. The goal is to at…

April 15, 2021, 18:04 by Andy Maxwell

Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year

Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses

How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates

GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem

Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search

Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device

UK Pirates Remain Driven by Convenience, Availability and Cost

Plex Plans To Place All Legal Streaming Options (and Piracy) Into One Interface

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