Anti-Piracy RIAA Takedown Notices Target Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music The RIAA is known to use DMCA notices to remove pirated content from the Internet. These takedown requests are generally aimed at pirate sites and… March 13, 2021, 23:06 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Men Ordered to Pay 7 MIllion Euros in Damages For Illegal Sports Streaming Five men who administered a ring of 20 pirate sports streaming sites were found guilty of intellectual property offenses by a court in France last… March 13, 2021, 12:59 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics GitHub Wants to Get Rid Of the DMCA’s Anti-Circumvention FUD GitHub is urging the US Copyright Office to expand the DMCA anti-circumvention exemptions to eliminate FUD. The developer platform backs a proposal from Professor Halderman… March 12, 2021, 19:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ZLibrary Domains Were ‘Temporarily’ Suspended Over Copyright Infringement Claims A few days ago, several domains of the popular ebook repository ZLibrary became inaccessible. The 'suspensions' were handed down by the site's Chinese registrar, following… March 12, 2021, 11:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ISPs and Rightsholders Unite to Block Pirate Sites in Germany Several of the largest Internet providers and copyright holders in Germany have joined forces to tackle online piracy. With the new "Clearing Body for Copyright… March 11, 2021, 17:46 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Operators of Pirate Site ‘Movie-Blog’ Convicted, ACE Seizes Domains Two operators of the now-defunct pirate site Movie-Blog, which enjoyed an estimated 65 million visits per year, have been convicted by a court in Germany.… March 11, 2021, 12:04 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Mobdro Pirate Streaming: Police Arrest Suspect, Three Others Questioned The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation reports that police have arrested an individual, following an investigation into Mobdro, one of the most popular… March 10, 2021, 18:49 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits EU High Court: Embedding Protected Images Can Breach Copyright Law The EU Court of Justice has ruled that if rightsholders have taken or ordered protective steps to prevent their images from being embedded within frames… March 10, 2021, 12:45 by Andy Maxwell