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Google Search Receives Fewer Takedown Notices Than Before

Following years of increases in the volume of takedown requests, the tide appears to be turning at Google search. The number of received DMCA notices…

April 14, 2018, 22:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar

MPAA and RIAA Still Can’t Go After Megaupload

A federal court in Virginia has granted Megaupload's request to place the cases filed by the RIAA and MPAA on hold for another six months.…

April 14, 2018, 20:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar

IP Address Fail: ISP Doesn’t Have to Hand ‘Pirates’ Details to Copyright Trolls

A Swedish ISP has landed an interesting win against a UK-based company acting for international copyright trolls. In 2016, Tele2 was ordered to hand over…

April 14, 2018, 11:36 by Andy Maxwell

‘Pirate’ Android App Store Operator Avoids Prison

More than half a decade ago a unique FBI operation took down several pirate Android app 'stores' and arrested their operators. One of the accused…

April 13, 2018, 21:26 by Ernesto Van der Sar

WHOIS Limits Under GDPR Will Make Pirates Harder to Catch, Groups Fear

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect next month, evolving the current system for protecting personal data of individuals in the EU.…

April 13, 2018, 10:59 by Andy Maxwell

uTorrent Flagged as ‘Threat’ by Microsoft and Anti-Virus Vendors

This week several Windows users noticed that the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent was suddenly being flagged as a threat. While details are scarce, Windows Defender…

April 12, 2018, 18:40 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Russia Blocks 500+ Google IPs & Domains, Fails to Shutdown Encrypted Chat App

Last month, Russia's telecoms watchdog told ISPs to block 15 million IP addresses to shut down the encrypted chat app Zello. Most of those IP…

April 12, 2018, 11:02 by Andy Maxwell

MPAA Quietly Shut Down Its ‘Legal’ Movie Search Engine

A few years ago the MPAA launched its movie search engine WhereToWatch, offering viewers a database of legal alternatives to piracy. While the site worked…

April 11, 2018, 21:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Google Search Receives Fewer Takedown Notices Than Before

MPAA and RIAA Still Can’t Go After Megaupload

IP Address Fail: ISP Doesn’t Have to Hand ‘Pirates’ Details to Copyright Trolls

‘Pirate’ Android App Store Operator Avoids Prison

WHOIS Limits Under GDPR Will Make Pirates Harder to Catch, Groups Fear

uTorrent Flagged as ‘Threat’ by Microsoft and Anti-Virus Vendors

Russia Blocks 500+ Google IPs & Domains, Fails to Shutdown Encrypted Chat App

MPAA Quietly Shut Down Its ‘Legal’ Movie Search Engine

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