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After a long hiatus, site blocking proposals have resurfaced in the U.S. Congress. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) strongly opposes these plans, condemning site blocking as ineffective against piracy but still a censorship tool that poses a serious threat to the open internet. The group is mobilizing public opposition, while drawing attention to the fierce SOPA battle that took place over a decade ago. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-04-03 20:24:50 READMORE

A group of prominent intellectual property law professors has weighed in on the high-stakes AI copyright battle between several authors and Meta. In an amicus brief, the scholars argue that using copyrighted content as training data can be considered fair use under U.S. copyright law, if the goal is to create a new and 'transformative' tool. This suggests that fair use could potentially apply to Meta's training process, even if the underlying data was obtained without permission. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-04-03 05:10:14 READMORE

A bill that aims to further undermine operators of restricted platforms including Meta, Instagram, and X will have a much wider effect when it's expected to come into force in September. The amendments ban the placement of advertising on any blocked site in Russia, regardless of reason. Submitted in 2024, the bill will affect thousands of pirate sites and Russia's rapidly growing influencer market. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-04-02 17:42:20 READMORE

Piracy poses a major threat to the Premier League's broadcast rights, prompting it to take continued action against rogue streaming sites. Hoping to unmask the anonymous operators behind dozens of pirate sites, the league has obtained a DMCA subpoena against Cloudflare in the United States. While Cloudflare is expected to comply, the usability of the information it holds remains uncertain. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-04-01 23:25:29 READMORE

In a rare legal move, Aylo subsidiary Licensing IP used a cybersquatting lawsuit to take out pirate websites infringing on its trademarks. The 'in rem' approach allowed the court to order the direct transfer of domains including mydirtyhobby.to without requiring personal jurisdiction over the site operators. The ruling, issued last week, requires the .to registry to transfer the trademark-infringing domains. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-04-01 04:48:46 READMORE

Protecting movies during their relatively short theatrical window remains a priority for the industry. According to data released by the Film Content Protection Agency, UK cinema staff spotted and disrupted illegal recording activity 105 times in 2024, with seven individuals arrested by police. One recording did appear online, although that contained zero video. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-31 16:10:11 READMORE

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Monkey' tops the chart, followed by 'Captain America: Brave New World'. 'Last Breath' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-31 08:09:40 READMORE

The legal battle between library database giant OCLC and shadow library search engine Anna's Archive has hit a snag. A federal judge in Ohio expressed uncertainty about the legality of large-scale data scraping under state law and declined to rule on OCLC's request for a default judgment. Instead, the judge decided to send core legal questions to the Supreme Court of Ohio for clarification.   From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-31 03:49:29 READMORE

Months after Dramacool and several associated streaming sites shut down, many fans are still in mourning. The shutdown was initially shrouded in mystery, but legal paperwork reveals that a U.S. court order, obtained by the owner of legal streaming platform Kocowa, is the likely culprit. The same company hopes to identify the sites' operators, including some copycats, to bring them to justice. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-30 00:01:09 READMORE

Last December, a Spanish judge authorized LaLiga to block Cloudflare's shared IP addresses to combat piracy. Thousands of innocent internet users were affected, prompting Cloudflare and cybersecurity group RootedCon to ask the court to overturn the order. A judge has now denied both requests, stating that no evidence was presented to show that blocking caused any damage. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-28 15:50:21 READMORE

A report from Brazil suggests that the existence of an international site-blocking movement isn't just a theory. After contributing 8,000+ pirate domains to a database maintained by UN IP agency WIPO, Brazil goes on to describe a "unified global effort" and the importance of a system underpinning it. According to Brazil,. WIPO ALERT ensures that sites identified as infringing in one country, are subsequently blocked and deindexed by other nations. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-27 16:35:31 READMORE

In a closely watched battle between music publishers and AI developer Anthropic, a California court has denied a request to halt the use of copyrighted song lyrics with its refusal to grant a preliminary injunction. The court ruled that the music publisher failed to demonstrate immediate and irreparable harm, while the scope of the requested restrictions was "ever-expanding". In addition, Anthropic's motion to dismiss several of the music companies' claims was granted, From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-26 20:29:23 READMORE

A lawsuit filed by several authors against Meta centers on Meta's alleged use of pirated books for AI training data and the technical details of BitTorrent which was used to obtain them. Yesterday, Meta filed a motion for summary judgment, while countering the authors' request to resolve the copyright claims in their favor. Meta's request includes new information, including the revelation that its uploads of 'pirate' library data were roughly 30% of the data it downloaded. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-26 02:27:46 READMORE

Premier League, Sky & ACE are celebrating the sentencing of one of the most elusive targets ever pursued in the pirate IPTV market. The man operated an IPTV empire out of Lebanon, supplying pirated content 'wholesale' all around world. Yet, despite an investigation that may already be close to a decade old, the man still isn't being named, and his platform isn't being named either. At least not officially. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-25 18:09:04 READMORE

Danish authorities have claimed two new victories in the ongoing battle against online piracy. A 46-year-old man, who allegedly uploaded content to the Danish torrent trackers "SuperBits" and "DanishBytes", was sentenced to nine months in prison. The other defendant, a 48-year-old man, was linked to 'The Scene'. He received a twelve-month sentence for hosting two servers and sharing pirated content in one of the most elusive piracy groups. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-24 23:59:04 READMORE

Two senators have presented a bill to address what is now openly described as a crisis in French football. The draft envisions sweeping reform to tackle "structural" issues, including broadcasting rights and the ever-present threat from illegal streaming services. On the table, seven years in prison and a €750,000 fine for pirate IPTV suppliers operating as a group, three years and €300,000 for those not, and a new crime of inciting use of pirate IPTV services or software. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-24 17:04:57 READMORE

In an unexpected turn of events, the director of the Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK has sent takedown notices to YouTube requesting its removal. The director states that he sees the streaming portal as a radicalizing platform full of hate. The takedowns are not without controversy, however, as TPB-AFK was published under a Creative Commons license. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-24 02:05:27 READMORE

Strike 3 Holdings continues its quest against alleged BitTorrent pirates in U.S. courts. This week the adult entertainment company secured sizable default judgments in three copyright infringement cases. The defendants, none of which appeared at a federal court in Georgia, were ordered to pay significant monetary damages, up to $97,500 each. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-22 18:34:10 READMORE

Last December the Court of Milan ordered Cloudflare to block sites added to Italy's Piracy Shield system. Cloudflare sees itself as a neutral intermediary but increasingly frustrated rightsholders say it should play a more active role by assisting their fight against piracy. A decision issued by the same court now requires Google to poison its Public DNS to prevent access to pirate sites. It was handed down on March 11 without Google being heard in the matter. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-03-21 21:07:51 READMORE