Law and Politics New Bill Aims to Block Foreign Pirate Sites in the U.S. Pirate site blocking orders are a step closer to becoming reality in the United States after Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act… January 29, 2025, 20:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy TorrentGalaxy Pleads Financial Difficulties, Asks Users to Chip In TorrentGalaxy was taken over by new owners last year and faced repeated difficulties in the months that followed. Official updates have been sparse, but according… January 29, 2025, 11:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Nintendo Piracy Lawsuit Defendant Makes Dire Situation Even Worse A Nintendo lawsuit filed last November targeted video gamer Jesse Keighin, aka EveryGameGuru. Given the scope of the allegations, narrowly focused on a single defendant,… January 28, 2025, 19:51 by Andy Maxwell
LLM Taken Down Following Legal Pressure from Anti-Piracy Group The use of copyrighted material in training large language models (LLMs) has sparked legal battles and takedown notices. In the Netherlands, anti-piracy group BREIN takes… January 28, 2025, 12:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held an anti-piracy symposium last week to discuss the latest achievements, challenges, and solutions in combating piracy. Experts… January 27, 2025, 21:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Pirates Surprise as Oscar-Nominated Movie Screeners Leak Online Again 'Screener season' used to make its annual appearance as reliably as the Oscars themselves. Copies of the most significant movies, intended for awards voters, would… January 27, 2025, 13:34 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, not $155m Software company Bitmanagement has been dealt another blow in its piracy battle against the U.S. Navy. Instead of winning over $155 million in damages, the… January 26, 2025, 19:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Manga Publishers Maintain Pressure Despite Pirate Countermeasures Japan's major manga publishers are facing perhaps the most complex set of piracy challenges ever seen online. With limited options to have a visible and… January 25, 2025, 10:41 by Andy Maxwell