Law Professor Shows How to Fight Copyright Trolls Copyright trolls are known for their dubious tactics, but how should they be fought in court? Motivated by false accusations against alleged BitTorrent pirates. Matthew… May 14, 2017, 20:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar
YouTube Content ID Critic Doesn’t Appreciate the Irony Should discussion about copyright protection circumvention mechanisms only be allowed in certain places? That appears to be the takeaway from a post on the Music… May 14, 2017, 10:56 by Andy Maxwell
Texas Court Orders Temporary ‘Pre-Piracy’ Shutdown of Sports Streaming Sites A Federal Court in Texas has issued a broad preliminary injunction ordering several Internet services to disconnect a list of pirate sports streaming domains. While… May 13, 2017, 23:04 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Kodi Addon Navi-X Bites The Dust After 10 Years One of the oldest and most popular Kodi addons is being shut down after a decade in action. Navi-X, which was the go-to addon for… May 13, 2017, 18:40 by Andy Maxwell
ISP Bombarded With 82,000+ Demands to Reveal Alleged Pirates Scandinavian telecoms operator Telia has revealed how rightsholders are bombarding the company with demands to identify alleged pirates. During the past year alone, Telia has… May 13, 2017, 11:19 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Judge Threatens to Bar ‘Copyright Troll’ Cases Over Lacking IP-location Evidence A Californian judge is threatening to throw up a roadblock for Malibu Media, the adult media publisher that has sued thousands of alleged BitTorrent pirates.… May 12, 2017, 21:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar
BREIN ‘Hunts Down’ Pirate Media Player Vendors Last month the European Court of Justice ruled that set-top boxes and similar devices can infringe copyright if they are sold pre-configured for piracy. With… May 12, 2017, 15:43 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Hold ISPs Responsible For Piracy After Brexit, Music Biz Says The powerful UK Music coalition, which includes the BPI and PRS, has published its 2017 manifesto. It takes a keen interest in IP issues, particularly… May 12, 2017, 09:28 by Andy Maxwell