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Anti-Piracy

ACE Obtains DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Operators of Major Pirate Sites

Global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has obtained a DMCA subpoena requiring the Tonic domain registry to hand over all information it holds…

October 25, 2020, 13:52 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Deezer Knows People Are Pirating Its Service But Says It Won’t Stop Them

Despite both Spotify and Deezer having a free-tier for listeners on a budget, some users prefer to use unofficial clients that allow them to obtain…

October 24, 2020, 22:43 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

RIAA Takes Down Popular Open Source YouTube-DL Software

GitHub has removed the open-source YouTube-DL repository as well as several forks. The developer platform took action following a takedown request from the RIAA. The…

October 24, 2020, 12:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Pirate IPTV Reseller Agrees to Pay $30m in Damages and Puts Users At Risk

A former reseller of pirate IPTV service SET TV sued by DISH in a Florida court has reached a rapid albeit expensive settlement with the…

October 23, 2020, 18:46 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

Denmark’s Largest Torrent Tracker Shuts Down After Owner’s Reported Arrest

Danishbits, one of the largest private torrent trackers on the Internet and particularly popular in Denmark, has shut down. Several insiders report that the site's…

October 23, 2020, 11:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Research

French Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law Mostly Benefited American Movies

New research into the effects of the French anti-piracy law Hadopi shows that its introduction failed to significantly increase box-office revenue. It did, however, cause…

October 22, 2020, 21:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Technology

Logs Seized From F-Secure’s VPN Must Be Destroyed, Court Rules

In January 2019, Finland's National Bureau of Investigation seized logging data from F-Secure's FREEDOME VPN service to investigate an alleged crime. After a prolonged legal…

October 22, 2020, 11:02 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Twitch DMCA “Bloodbath” Trades Copyright Strikes For Due Process

A large number of Twitch users have had their videos deleted following a new round of mass DMCA notice processing. Twitch has also imposed an…

October 21, 2020, 18:36 by Andy Maxwell

ACE Obtains DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Operators of Major Pirate Sites

Deezer Knows People Are Pirating Its Service But Says It Won’t Stop Them

RIAA Takes Down Popular Open Source YouTube-DL Software

Pirate IPTV Reseller Agrees to Pay $30m in Damages and Puts Users At Risk

Denmark’s Largest Torrent Tracker Shuts Down After Owner’s Reported Arrest

French Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law Mostly Benefited American Movies

Logs Seized From F-Secure’s VPN Must Be Destroyed, Court Rules

Twitch DMCA “Bloodbath” Trades Copyright Strikes For Due Process

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