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On June 1, 1999, the first public release of Napster launched online, kick-starting a global piracy frenzy that never disappeared. At the same time, it can be argued that the file-sharing software paved the way for legitimate business models that would eventually evolve into subscription-based platforms such as Spotify and Netflix. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-06-01 20:56:26 READMORE

It's no secret that online piracy presents a major challenge to copyright holders. With owners of pirate sites largely unresponsive, search engines and other online intermediaries are often asked to intervene. With a starring role for anti-piracy company Link-Busters, Google has seen a significant surge in takedown requests, one that has set new records on the way. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-06-01 05:07:06 READMORE

Data published by S2CPI, the body responsible for Spain's administrative pirate site blocking program, shows that the number of headline domains blocked during Q1 2024 is noticeably down on the same period in 2023 and 2022. Overall, sites are still being blocked in large numbers, but the real growth isn't found on main domains. Easily and quickly deployed at almost no cost, subdomains can circumvent blocking and Spain blocks them in their thousands. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-31 18:05:42 READMORE

Reddit is not required to hand over to filmmakers the IP-addresses of several Redditors who made piracy-related comments. A California federal court denied the filmmakers' request for a 'de novo' review, after turning down their initial request in February. While this is bad news for the movie companies, a viable alternative appeared recently. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-31 05:00:35 READMORE

The U.S. Government's crackdown against Z-Library continues. The FBI just carried out a new round of seizures affecting several of the site's key domain names, including Z-Library.se. These efforts have also taken out the shadow library's main email domain but, thus far, its servers appear to be unaffected. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-30 17:35:51 READMORE

An Activision lawsuit targeting a group of Call of Duty cheat makers has ended with a $14.5m judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendants, all linked to Germany-based EngineOwning UG, initially put up a spirited defense against alleged violations of the DMCA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and civil RICO, among others. By last summer, all defendants had disengaged from the legal process. At the time of writing, EngineOwning is selling its latest MWIII and Warzone cheat. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-30 03:19:23 READMORE

After a five-month police investigation, the alleged 'mastermind' behind a nighttime graffiti attack on the 630-year-old Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, has been arrested. Last December, CCTV footage revealed a figure in black spray-painting the words "free movie" time and again. The damage to the culturally significant building was meant to advertise a pirate video site. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-29 18:57:29 READMORE

Cox Communications has filed its opening brief in a new appeal of the $1 billion piracy case. A jury previously held the Internet provider liable for the music piracy activities of its subscribers. After the trial, Cox learned that the music companies 'concealed' key information about 'destroyed' piracy evidence; this allegedly damaged the foundation of the landmark lawsuit. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-29 05:34:46 READMORE

Billed as the most advanced anti-piracy system ever, Italy's Piracy Shield had no chance of living up to the hype. It transpires that just eight weeks after its launch early February, top tier football league Serie A filed a complaint at an Italian court accusing Cloudflare of providing "services to pirates" that undermine Piracy Shield. In parallel, the system is already exceeding blocking limits agreed with ISPs. Now the law needs to be changed, so domains and IPs can be unblocked to free up capacity. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-28 16:09:05 READMORE

NVIDIA has responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several American authors. The chipmaker admits the use of "The Pile" dataset, which included the controversial Books3 database. However, NVIDIA denies all copyright infringement allegations and also rejects the use of the term "shadow library", which is often used for pirated book repositories. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-28 04:56:34 READMORE

The first installation of The Expendables franchise was released in 2010, followed by The Expendables 2 in 2012, and The Expendables 3 in 2014. It would be another nine years before Expend4bles shook things up with a new title format but little else had changed. Expendables movies come with a three-point guarantee: lots of explosions, a solid 6/10 aggregate score on the Internet Movie Database, and thousands of people being monitored on BitTorrent so they can be sued at a later date. Almost 3,000 now face action in Canada's Federal Court. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-27 15:49:57 READMORE

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Fall Guy' tops the chart, followed by 'Civil War'. ‘'Atlas' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-27 08:09:40 READMORE

A Seattle jury has issued a landmark verdict following the legal battle between 'Destiny 2' creator Bungie and cheat seller AimJunkies. The 'cheat' company and its three owners are liable for copyright infringement and must pay damages to Bungie. The same applies to an independent cheat developer whose counterclaim, alleging that Bungie 'hacked' his computer, was denied. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-26 21:54:52 READMORE

The seemingly endless possibilities of generative AI are not on an unavoidable collision course with copyright law; the collision happened way back and sooner or later, someone will have to pick up the bill. In the meantime, popular LLMs seem to be developing a stubborn, pro-copyright streak, partly due to all the industry propaganda they've been consuming. But don't fight back, it's time to team up. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-26 02:55:03 READMORE

While streaming dominates today's entertainment landscape, unauthorized downloads of UFC fights are widely available on pirate sites. Interestingly, a download option is now available for UFC fans who legally subscribe to UFC Fight Pass. The feature is available in the software "UFC Ripper" and its developer hopes that Dana White will allow the tool to exist. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-25 05:04:44 READMORE

Operation Creative is a multi-agency anti-piracy initiative led by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, also known as PIPCU. The primary aim is to shut down pirate sites but if that proves elusive, depriving sites of advertising revenue by placing them on a blacklist is seen as the next best thing. The Infringing Website List (IWL) isn't made public but since there was no celebration of its recent 10-year anniversary, here's what the decade-old list has been getting up to lately. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-24 22:19:09 READMORE

Netflix, Disney, Universal, and several other major Hollywood studios, have obtained a broad anti-piracy order in India. The High Court of New Delhi issued a dynamic+ blocking order targeting several pirate sites, mostly streaming portals. The order also requires domain registrars to suspend the associated domains and Namecheap appears to have already taken swift action in response. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-24 05:04:02 READMORE

A decision by Italy's Council of State, overruling the decision of a lower court that Google couldn't be held liable for displaying locally illegal advertising, is being welcomed by the head of telecoms regulator AGCOM. Massimiliano Capitanio notes that Google's defense failed the moment it became more than a passive host. "The same line should be adopted to eradicate piracy," Capitanio says. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-23 16:07:06 READMORE

Most people agree that cheating is an unfair way to win at online video games, but do cheating tools actually break the law? This question is at the center of a landmark trial currently underway between cheat maker AimJunkies and Destiny 2 creator Bungie. Among other things, the jury must decide whether the cheat maker infringed the game's copyrights. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-23 05:00:11 READMORE