Research EU Study: More People Consume Legally But Stubborn Pirates Remain New research published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office shows that, in the EU, people more frequently pay to access online content. There is… November 25, 2020, 13:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Twitter Under Fire for Refusal to Attend Senate’s Anti-Piracy Hearing US Senator Thom Tillis is incredibly disappointed that Twitter declined his invite to testify at a subcommittee hearing to discuss how online piracy can be… November 24, 2020, 22:58 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Anti-Piracy Coalition Seeks Powerful New Tools To Tackle IPTV Piracy in the EU The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, which counts major TV broadcasters, sports rightsholders, and content security companies among its members, is seeking enhanced anti-piracy tools from the… November 24, 2020, 11:36 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics ‘The US Piracy Watchlist is a Marketing Campaign for Pirate Sites’ A concerned taxpayer has warned the US Trade Representative that its annual “notorious markets” overview, which lists prominent pirate sites, may do more harm than… November 23, 2020, 22:58 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits YouTube “Failed to Provide Evidence” in Copyright Class Action Counterclaim During the summer, Grammy award-winning musician Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor sued YouTube in an attempt to gain access to its Content ID tools. YouTube… November 23, 2020, 13:05 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Youtube-dl Wins Reprieve But Deezer & Spotify Downloaders Are On Thin Ice The RIAA's takedown of youtube-dl and its subsequent reinstatement by Github has generated hundreds of headlines and a fierce debate over the anti-circumvention provisions of… November 22, 2020, 22:23 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Amazon Patents Technology to Track Down Streaming Pirates Amazon hopes to protect online streaming content with a newly awarded anti-piracy patent. The company has developed a technique where personally identifiable information can be… November 22, 2020, 14:36 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits EFF and GitHub’s Support for YouTube Rippers is Bad News for RIAA Lawsuits This week GitHub reversed an RIAA takedown by reinstating the youtube-dl repository. The Microsoft-owned developer platform, together with the EFF, sent a clear message that… November 21, 2020, 23:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar