4K Content Protection “Stripper” Must Pay $5 Million in Damages Warner Bros. and Intel have signed a massive settlement with hardware seller Ace Deal. The California company admitted to violating the DMCA and has agreed… May 27, 2016, 18:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar
New Hollywood Injunction Blocks CouchTuner, Putlocker & More The major Hollywood studios of the MPA have obtained their first new High Court injunction in more than a year targeting so-called 'pirate' sites. The… May 27, 2016, 10:10 by Andy Maxwell
FBI “In Latter Stages” of Prenda Law Copyright Troll Investigation For years Prenda Law extracted millions of dollars in cash settlements from alleged BitTorrent pirates, leaving misery in its wake. The company itself is no… May 26, 2016, 17:17 by Andy Maxwell
Huge Billboard Protests VPN Blocking at Netflix HQ Netflix's ongoing VPN crackdown is meeting fierce resistance from concerned users around the world. Today, privacy activists are driving a massive billboard around Netflix's headquarters,… May 26, 2016, 11:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Fan-Created Movie Subtitle Site Operator Facing Prison The operator of a site that hosted fan-made translated movie subtitles has been prosecuted in Sweden. Undertexter.se was raided by police in the summer of… May 25, 2016, 17:37 by Andy Maxwell
Research Music Piracy Triggers Significant Losses, EU Study Shows New research published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office shows that piracy hurts both digital and physical music sales. In EU countries the total… May 25, 2016, 11:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Hollywood Writers: Set-top Box Piracy Fears Are Overblown Copyright holders and cable companies are fiercely against FCC's plan to open up the set-top box market. They fear that this will facilitate piracy and… May 24, 2016, 22:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Hollywood Withdraws Funding for UK Anti-Piracy Group FACT The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft has received a major blow after the Motion Picture Association advised the anti-piracy group it will not renew its… May 24, 2016, 17:00 by Andy Maxwell