Lawsuits Warning for Twitter Users in Japan Following Supreme Court Copyright Ruling Twitter users in Japan are facing uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that people who retweet copyright-infringing images can have their details passed to copyright… July 22, 2020, 13:29 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Changes Domain to Avoid ISP Blocking YggTorrent, France's largest torrent site, has moved to a new main domain to counter fresh ISP blocking in the country. The move to a Slovenian… July 21, 2020, 19:56 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Hosting Provider is Not Liable for ‘Pirate’ Site, US Appeals Court Rules Hosting provider Steadfast is not liable for the copyright infringements of its customer, image-sharing site Imagebam.com. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed an earlier… July 21, 2020, 11:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Movie Companies Identify Pirating YTS User as US Army Veteran A group of movie companies has named a US army veteran as a pirating user of the popular torrent site YTS. The site hasn't commented… July 20, 2020, 21:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Police Target Pirate IPTV With 72 Searches Against Operators & Financial System Police have targeted a pirate IPTV operation, executing 72 searches across Italy, blocking a website and seizing pre-paid cards used to finance the system. The… July 20, 2020, 11:33 by Andy Maxwell
Technology Most Dedicated VPN IP-addresses Are Not Anonymous Many VPN services advertise themselves as ideal tools to offer security, privacy, and anonymity. To ensure the latter, they often have no-logging policies to prevent… July 19, 2020, 20:58 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Anti-Piracy Groups Mull “Know Your Customer” Proposal to Tackle Pirate Sites Anti-piracy groups and rightsholders in Europe are reportedly interested in a so-called "Know Your Customer" proposal to tackle pirate sites. In the finance world, companies… July 19, 2020, 13:38 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Appeals Court Reverses ‘Scathing’ Verdict Against Copyright Troll A Columbia appeals court has overturned an order in which Strike 3 Holdings was denied a subpoena, labeling it as a "copyright troll" that uses… July 18, 2020, 22:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar