Lawsuits EU Court to Decide on BitTorrent Questions in Copyright Trolling Case A copyright troll that failed in its quest to target Virgin Media customers earlier this year is having another bite at the cherry against a… November 16, 2019, 14:11 by Andy Maxwell
Technology Company That Acquired ‘Copyright Troll’ Warns ISPs & VPN Providers American Films Inc, a company that 'acquired' the US operations of notorious 'copyright troll' outfit GuardaLey earlier this year, says it has made a new… November 15, 2019, 17:55 by Andy Maxwell
Court Punishes Copyright ‘Troll’ Lawyer for Repeatedly Lying to The Court Copyright lawyer Richard Liebowitz has been sanctioned by a federal court in New York for repeatedly lying about his grandfather's date of death, which made… November 15, 2019, 12:57 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Canadian Court Rejects Reverse Class Action Against BitTorrent Pirates The Canadian Federal Court has dismissed a motion from Voltage Pictures to go after alleged BitTorrent pirates through a reverse class action lawsuit. The case… November 14, 2019, 21:22 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Kodi Addon & Build Repositories Shut Down Citing Legal Pressure (Updated) Two groups involved in the distribution of third-party Kodi addons and 'builds' have shut down citing legal pressure. KodiUKTV and OneNation both ran so-called repositories… November 14, 2019, 12:11 by Andy Maxwell
Disney+ Launched and Pirates Love It, Especially Mandalorian Disney's exclusive streaming service launched in three countries this week. While many new subscribers flocked to the Disney+ platform, others went to pirate sites instead.… November 13, 2019, 22:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar
EU Academics Publish Recommendations to Limit Negative Impact of Article 17 on Users In March 2019, the European Parliament adopted the new Copyright Directive, including the widely opposed Article 13 (later renumbered to Article 17). Alongside fears that… November 13, 2019, 16:54 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits IPTV Supplier Omniverse Agrees to Pay $50 Million in Piracy Damages Omniverse, a now-defunct supplier of IPTV streams, has agreed to pay $50 million in piracy damages to several Hollywood studios. Omniverse initially described the piracy… November 13, 2019, 12:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar