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Anti-Piracy

Serious Copyright Infringers Face Up to Six Years in Prison Under New Swedish Law

A draft law in Sweden envisions much tougher penalties for serious copyright infringement. Under current rules, sentences carry fines and/or prison terms up to a…

March 14, 2020, 15:00 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Spotify Hits Windows Software That Downloads Tracks & Removes DRM

A law firm acting for Spotify has taken down a piece of Windows software that allows users to download and remove DRM from music tracks…

March 13, 2020, 19:47 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Descenders ‘Rewards’ Pirating Gamers With a Fitting Flag

RageSquid, the studio behind the downhill biking game "Descenders" has come up with a unique feature for players who pirated the game. To "reward" the…

March 13, 2020, 12:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Research

Windows Users Stream More Pirated Video than Others

New research published by researchers from the Technology Policy Institute suggests that the more pirated video people watch online, the less legal video content they…

March 12, 2020, 22:17 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Modder Counters Take-Two Lawsuit

The developer behind the Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project is fighting back against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Take-Two. Among other things, Johnathan…

March 12, 2020, 10:51 by Andy Maxwell

Law and Politics

Movie Industry Praises the Effectiveness of Pirate Site Blocking in U.S. Senate

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing yesterday on how other countries are handling online piracy. While the US is often critical…

March 11, 2020, 22:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Japanese Government Approves New Bill to Criminalize Manga Piracy

The government of Japan has approved a new bill aimed at reducing the downloading of pirated content from the Internet. The new law, which is…

March 11, 2020, 09:33 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

BPI Has Reported Half a Billion ‘Pirate’ Links to Google

UK music industry group BPI has reached a new milestone after the group reported its 500 millionth infringing link to Google. Combined with Bing and…

March 10, 2020, 19:32 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Serious Copyright Infringers Face Up to Six Years in Prison Under New Swedish Law

Spotify Hits Windows Software That Downloads Tracks & Removes DRM

Descenders ‘Rewards’ Pirating Gamers With a Fitting Flag

Windows Users Stream More Pirated Video than Others

Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Modder Counters Take-Two Lawsuit

Movie Industry Praises the Effectiveness of Pirate Site Blocking in U.S. Senate

Japanese Government Approves New Bill to Criminalize Manga Piracy

BPI Has Reported Half a Billion ‘Pirate’ Links to Google

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