Lawsuits Group Who Operated 20 Pirate ‘beIN’ Streaming Sites Found Guilty, Leader Jailed Five individuals who administered a ring of 20 pirate sports streaming sites have been found guilty of intellectual property offenses by a court in France.… July 10, 2020, 10:00 by Andy Maxwell
Technology Libtorrent Adds WebTorrent Support, Expanding the Reach of Browser Torrenting Libtorrent has bridged the gap between WebTorrent and traditional torrent clients. The open-source BitTorrent library, used by clients including Deluge, qBittorrent, and Tribler, will help… July 9, 2020, 22:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits EU Court: YouTube Not Required to Share Email and IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates A judgment handed down by the EU Court of Justice this morning has found that online platforms, including YouTube, do not have to hand over… July 9, 2020, 12:24 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy GitHub Removes ‘Chimera13’ iOS Jailbreak After DMCA Notice from ‘Unc0ver’ Jailbreaking tools are generally protected from copyright infringement claims through a DMCA exemption. This week, however, GitHub removed the Chimera13 jailbreak code. The takedown notice,… July 8, 2020, 21:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Sue ‘Kiss Library’ Pirate eBook Sites Amazon Publishing has teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue 'pirate' sites operating under the… July 8, 2020, 11:30 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits The Pirate Bay: OVPN Responds to Movie Companies’ Court Injunction OVPN has responded to a court injunction requiring it to hand over information relating to The Pirate Bay. The Swedish VPN provider has rejected the… July 7, 2020, 18:51 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics U.S. Copyright Office: Disconnecting Persistent Pirates is Not Always Preferred In a letter to US Senators, the Copyright Office comments in detail on the 'repeat infringer' issue, stressing that a one-size-fits-all approach is not ideal.… July 7, 2020, 12:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Anti-Piracy Company & Record Labels Are “Running Pirate Sites”, Investigation Claims An ongoing anti-piracy investigation being carried out by The Music Mission project has teased some interesting findings. According to the groups involved, the owner of… July 6, 2020, 19:11 by Andy Maxwell