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Anti-Piracy

Spotify Launches Crackdown on Tools Offering Premium Service For Free

Spotify has filed a wave of DMCA takedown notices with Google in an effort to remove links to software claiming to offer a premium experience…

May 24, 2020, 10:13 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

‘App Watch’ Allows Operators to Monitor and Ban Piracy Apps on Android Set-Top Boxes

Irdeto is mostly known for its 'Denuvo' anti-piracy tool, which protects many high profile games. However, the digital security company operates a broad suite of…

May 23, 2020, 23:12 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Hacker Mods Old Calculator to Access the Internet, CASIO Files DMCA Complaint

A hobbyist electronics hacker who took a cheap standard calculator and modified it to access the Internet has been hit with a DMCA copyright complaint.…

May 23, 2020, 12:43 by Andy Maxwell

Law and Politics

US Copyright Office’s Proposed DMCA Fine-Tuning Could Be Bad News for Pirates

The US Copyright Office has published its long-awaited review of the DMCA's safe harbor provisions. The report proposes several tweaks to the law, including one…

May 22, 2020, 22:46 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

YouTube Faces Permanent ISP Blocking in Repeat Copyright Infringer Lawsuit

A company that develops personnel assessment tests for companies to vet prospective employees has filed a lawsuit against YouTube demanding that the platform is permanently…

May 22, 2020, 10:38 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Anti-Piracy Lawyer Sues Torrent Sites for ‘YTS’ Trademark Infringement

Pirate sites regularly get into trouble for breaching copyright law. However, a new case filed in Hawaii is of an entirely different order. A well-known…

May 21, 2020, 22:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Pirate IPTV Reseller Boom Media Ordered to Pay $3.3m in Damages

A court in New York has ordered Boom Media, a prominent reseller of 'pirate' IPTV subscriptions, to pay $3.3m in damages to TV broadcaster DISH…

May 21, 2020, 11:22 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

The Simpsons Writer Promotes Disney+ Premiere With Pirate Movie Screenshot

Next week the Oscar-nominated The Simpsons short The Longest Daycare will premiere on Disney+, a fact announced on Twitter today by Al Jean, who has…

May 20, 2020, 21:10 by Andy Maxwell

Spotify Launches Crackdown on Tools Offering Premium Service For Free

‘App Watch’ Allows Operators to Monitor and Ban Piracy Apps on Android Set-Top Boxes

Hacker Mods Old Calculator to Access the Internet, CASIO Files DMCA Complaint

US Copyright Office’s Proposed DMCA Fine-Tuning Could Be Bad News for Pirates

YouTube Faces Permanent ISP Blocking in Repeat Copyright Infringer Lawsuit

Anti-Piracy Lawyer Sues Torrent Sites for ‘YTS’ Trademark Infringement

Pirate IPTV Reseller Boom Media Ordered to Pay $3.3m in Damages

The Simpsons Writer Promotes Disney+ Premiere With Pirate Movie Screenshot

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