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Anti-piracy coalition ACE is continuing its crackdown on pirate sites, targeting several high profile actors. Represented by the MPA, the group requests a DMCA subpoena that requires Cloudflare to hand over personal information and account details relating to the operators of The Pirate Bay, YTS, 1337x, EZTV, Seasonvar, Tamilrockers, Lordfilms, and many others. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-23 15:16:34 READMORE

A class-action lawsuit, filed against YouTube by Grammy award-winning musician Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor Ltd, has taken an unexpected turn. According to YouTube, Pirate Monitor first used bogus accounts to upload its own videos. It then filed DMCA notices to have the same content removed in a ploy to gain fraudulent access to Content ID management tools. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-23 00:08:06 READMORE

Technology giant Samsung is being sued for $1.3 million by content protection company Verance. According to a lawsuit filed in the US, for two years Samsung failed to pay licensing fees for use of Cinavia, the anti-piracy technology that aims to prevent copied or downloaded content being played on Blu-ray disc players. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-22 18:40:27 READMORE

The words Nintendo and pornography can only ever be seen together when the former is trying to distance itself from the latter. That's the case today after Nintendo's lawyers filed a DMCA takedown notice against a game called Peach's Untold Tale. It depicts the princess and many other Nintendo characters having fun in many ways that are completely unacceptable to the gaming giant. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-22 04:43:37 READMORE

The Pirate Bay has extended the registration of its main ThePiratebay.org domain until 2030. This update follows after someone forgot to renew Piratebay.org and Thepiratebay.com earlier. Over the past few days, these lapsed domains were auctioned off by drop catch services for tens of thousands of dollars. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-21 18:33:24 READMORE

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

Posted On:2020-09-21 16:14:40 READMORE

Every year rightsholders collect many thousands of dollars in settlements from alleged copyright infringers. However, these enforcement efforts can backfire as well. Photographer and attorney Richard Bell, who filed dozens of lawsuits over a single photo, has lost one of his legal battles and is now ordered to pay $172,173 in attorneys' fees and costs. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-21 06:21:42 READMORE

The Spanish pirate streaming giant Megadede will shut down within a week. The site's operators announced their surprise decision without providing any further detail. Megadede is among the 100 most visited sites in the country and will be missed by many. However, there certainly is no shortage of alternatives, as other sites are queuing up to welcome stranded pirates. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-21 03:15:45 READMORE

We've come a long way since the days of shortwave radio and analog pirate radio stations. The Internet promised a lot, allowing broadcasters to reach an international audience keen to soak up culture from all over the world. Sadly, the latest actions by the UK music industry against TuneIn feel like an attempt to bomb radio fans back to the stone age. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-20 19:43:11 READMORE

YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com will petition the US Supreme Court to take on its legal battle with several major record labels. While the case is ultimately about alleged copyright infringements, both parties disagree on whether US Courts have jurisdiction over the sites and its owner, a matter which the Supreme Court may provide more clarity on. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-20 05:12:15 READMORE

When officers from Hungary's National Tax and Customs Administration raided a pirate IPTV provider they were unsurprised to discover large amounts of satellite and computer equipment for capturing and distributing live TV . However, what they also found was hundreds of pounds of food that had been stockpiled by the operator, who hadn't been outside for months due to fears of catching the coronavirus. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-19 17:16:55 READMORE

The largest university in Denmark has signed a code of conduct with local anti-piracy outfit Rights Alliance to block access to pirate sites. Aarhus University will voluntarily prevent its 38,000 students from accessing sites that have previously been ruled illegal by a court, but without being served with a court order itself. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-19 01:15:05 READMORE

Earlier this week the Piratebay.org domain was sold at auction for $50,000. The domain was previously owned by the official TPB team who apparently forgot to extend the registration. The new owner could monetize the domain through advertising feeds or start a Pirate Bay copy, but that's not the case. Instead, it's being put up for sale again by "PirateBay Pictures" who say they are crowdfunding a new film; The Torrent Man. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-18 18:49:34 READMORE

Disney's Mulan is a smash hit on pirate sites, where millions of people streamed and downloaded pirate copies of the film over the past week and a half. For days on end, the film has been pirated many times more than the competition, which is a rare sight. This 'success' is the result of a volatile mix of steep costs, low availability, and high-quality pirate alternatives. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-18 02:36:16 READMORE

The MPA, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Homeland Security's National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and other groups have signed an agreement to collaborate on content protection efforts and launch a new public awareness campaign to deter citizens from engaging in IPTV, general streaming, and torrent-based piracy. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-17 16:40:48 READMORE

Several Pirate Bay-related domains become available again this month after their owner failed to renew the registration. Yesterday, Piratebay.org was sold in a Dropcatch auction for $50,000 and ThePiratebay.com will follow soon. Both domains were previously registered to the official Pirate Bay site. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-17 03:46:56 READMORE

Following the arrest of a 24-year-old man in the UK late June, police used his pirate IPTV service to display a warning message to subscribers. To further press home the message that viewing pirate streams is illegal, police are now serving thousands of GE Hosting's subscribers with cease-and-desist notices, referencing theoretical prosecutions under the Fraud Act. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-16 22:34:47 READMORE

Nova Scotia RCMP has charged two people in connection with Operation Hotwire, a federal investigation into illegal IPTV supply. The husband and wife team face a laundry list of charges that could result in a five year prison sentence, a CAD$1m fine, or both. The service in question hasn't been named but TorrentFreak understands that it operated under the Epic Stream branding. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-16 15:41:03 READMORE

In 2019, the High Court of England and Wales ruled that by offering an index of non UK-based or unlicensed radio stations to UK residents, radio aggregator service TuneIn breached copyright. In response the service has now geo-blocked thousands of stations leaving UK customers without their favorite sounds. Unless they use a VPN, then it's business as usual. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2020-09-16 03:48:25 READMORE