Lawsuits Amazon Profits From Pirate IPTV So Can’t Sue Pirate IPTV Provider, Court Hears In April, a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon sued 'pirate' IPTV provider Nitro TV. In an answer… June 28, 2020, 11:13 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Court Grants Groups Permission to Intervene in Canadian Pirate Site Blocking Lawsuit Canada's Federal Court of Appeal is allowing several high-profile groups and organizations to intervene in the country's first pirate site blocking case. This includes rightsholder… June 27, 2020, 23:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy MangaDex Develops P2P System to Distribute Manga Sharing Bandwidth Costs MangaDex, a scanlation platform with tens of millions of monthly visitors, has developed an innovative solution to help satiate its users' thirst for content. The… June 27, 2020, 12:57 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Appeals Court Revives Record Labels’ Lawsuit Against YouTube Rippers The copyright infringement case between several major record labels and the YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com is back on. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed… June 26, 2020, 22:17 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits EFF & Heavyweight Legal Team Will Defend Internet Archive’s Digital Library Against Publishers The EFF has revealed it is teaming up with law firm Durie Tangri to defend the Internet Archive against a lawsuit targeting its Open Library.… June 26, 2020, 12:26 by Andy Maxwell
Research Social Media Buzz Boosts TV Piracy, Research Finds A new paper published in the Journal of Internet Electronic Commerce Research concludes that social media buzz boosts online piracy numbers for TV-shows. The more… June 25, 2020, 22:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Technology EU Court of Human Rights Declares Order to Remove Anti-Censorship Tool Advice Illegal In 2015, a a human rights organization that monitors web-censorship and pirate site blockades in Russia was itself ordered to be blocked by a local… June 25, 2020, 11:56 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics President Sends South Africa’s New Copyright Bill Back to Parliament after US & EU Pressure South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent two copyright-related bills back to Parliament. The legislation, which was just a signature away from becoming law, includes… June 24, 2020, 21:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar