Facebook Held Liable for Copyright Infringing ‘Links’ in Italy Social networking giant Facebook must pay damages for failing to remove a link to a copyright infringing YouTube video, an Italian court has ruled. The… February 21, 2019, 18:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Academics Issue ‘Emergency’ Statement Over Japan’s Proposed Download Law More than 80 academics, researchers, lawyers, and other experts have issued an 'emergency statement' urging the government to reconsider the scope of new proposals that… February 21, 2019, 11:00 by Andy Maxwell
Omniverse Hopes to Swiftly Resolve ACE’s Streaming Piracy Lawsuit Streaming TV provider Omniverse has responded to the lawsuit filed by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) last week. The company says it supports… February 20, 2019, 19:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar
China to Crack Down on ‘CAM’ Piracy & Online Distribution Platforms Following a recent call from China's National Copyright Administration (NCAC) for the public to assist in the fight against piracy, the agency is promising further… February 20, 2019, 12:23 by Andy Maxwell
Hollywood Uses ‘False Whois’ Domain Suspensions as Anti-Piracy Tool Hollywood's Motion Picture Association has a voluntary agreement with the Indian domain registry NIXI to suspend pirate sites that use false Whois data. This is… February 19, 2019, 22:30 by Ernesto Van der Sar
93 Students At One University Suspended From Web for Pirate Downloads Downloading and sharing copyrighted content is illegal in the UK but is rarely associated with serious consequences. However, it's now been revealed that 93 students… February 19, 2019, 12:12 by Andy Maxwell
Cloudflare Suspends Streaming Sites and File Hosters, But Not Over Piracy Cloudflare has suspended the account of the video streaming service RapidVideo, as well as several similar platforms. Some suspect that piracy allegations have something to… February 18, 2019, 22:44 by Ernesto Van der Sar
EU Commission Deletes Article 13 Post Because ‘Mob’ Understood it Incorrectly On Friday, the EU Commission published a piece on Medium that suggested that Google has taken over the minds of millions of citizens, rendering them… February 18, 2019, 18:06 by Andy Maxwell