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Researchers from Delft University of Technology plan to amplify their BitTorrent client "Tribler" with decentralized AI-powered search. A new demo shows that generative AI models make it possible to search for content in novel ways, without restriction. The ultimate goal of the research project is to shift the Internet's power balance from governments and large corporations back to consumers. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-25 18:49:54 READMORE

In a joint press release on Monday, the Premier League and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment revealed the first-ever online piracy conviction in Vietnam. The news came as a surprise, as did comment published in local media attributed to a government official. It may seem like a small step, but admitting that Vietnam has a manga piracy problem, one that causes "hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to copyright owners," is a big step forward. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-25 04:09:18 READMORE

A new survey confirms that the high cost of online streaming services keeps piracy relevant. The findings suggest that one in three Americans have pirated a movie or TV series over the past year. Costs are a key motivator for these self-proclaimed pirates, with the number of legal subscription services and their price tags a key trigger. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-24 18:26:13 READMORE

The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use. Major publishers assert that digitizing books without appropriate licensing amounts to infringement but IA counters that the practice is in the public interest. It also fits copyright's ultimate purpose; to promote the broad public availability of literature and other arts. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-24 02:23:48 READMORE

Long before the launch of Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system, ISP association ASSOProvider warned that trouble lay ahead and innocent parties were likely to get caught up in the crossfire. After failing to stop the launch of the platform with a legal bid in 2023, ASSOProvider has mounted a new legal challenge at the Council of State, the body that ensures public administration is carried out legally in Italy. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-23 21:43:23 READMORE

An operator of the widely popular piracy service 'BestBuyIPTV' has received a 30-month suspended prison sentence in Vietnam. The prosecution followed criminal referrals from the Premier League and ACE, who note that this is the country's first-ever piracy conviction. While this is significant, the BestBuyIPTV brand isn't gone. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-22 23:24:38 READMORE

Spanish football league LaLiga has asked a local court to charge the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei in a row over an IPTV player app. The companies removed the Newplay app from their stores in 2022 to comply with a court order but LaLiga says that apps already installed on users' phones must be remotely deactivated. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-22 18:38:28 READMORE

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Dune: Part Two' tops the chart, followed by 'Immaculate'. ‘'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-22 08:09:40 READMORE

The Premier League wants domain registrar GoDaddy to identify people connected to dozen of pirate sports streaming domains that broadcast live football matches. The information, including IP-addresses and payment information, could assist with enforcement efforts. In addition, the Premier League would like GoDaddy to take action against these infringements but, as far as we know, that hasn't happened yet. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-21 19:58:33 READMORE

Media player app Smart IPTV is available on Google Play from where over 500,000 users have downloaded it. As its name suggests, it can be directly installed on smart TVs, thanks to listings on the official LG and Samsung app stores. In Spain, ISPs have just started blocking access to Smart IPTV's official site on copyright grounds. For an app that contains no streams, period, a cynical move like this gains perfect cover under an administrative blocking scheme. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-20 17:28:12 READMORE

Independent movie companies have filed an updated complaint in their joint piracy liability lawsuit against Internet provider WOW!. With the addition of hundreds of new works, the potential damages are raised to well over $50 million. The update also adds two new piracy tracking companies, and doubles down on site blocking demands. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-20 05:19:15 READMORE

More than a decade ago, Movie2K was one of the largest pirate sites on the Internet. Serving a German audience, the streaming portal shut down in 2013, but that wasn't the end of the story. This week, a suspected operator of the site and an accomplice were charged by German authorities. The long delay is noteworthy but also lucrative; a Bitcoin haul with a current value of €3 billion was seized recently. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-19 19:49:16 READMORE

A court in Japan has ordered the former operator of pirate site Mangamura to pay 1.7 billion yen ($11m) in damages to manga publishers Shogakukan, Kadokawa, and Shueisha. In 2021, Romi Hoshino received a three-year prison sentence after a criminal prosecution but in a subsequent civil action, the publishers hoped to recoup millions in damages. Commenting outside the Tokyo District Court on Thursday, Hoshino was clear: "I have no intention of paying anything." From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-19 03:18:03 READMORE

Downtime at file-hosting platform Uptobox last September was initially described as a serious technical problem. It soon became apparent that several major Hollywood studios, StudioCanal, Apple and Amazon, had obtained a court order to seize Uptobox servers hosted at two cloud hosting companies. Seven months later, Uptobox's Dubai-based owner has just tried to convince a court that Uptobox should be resurrected. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-18 16:02:55 READMORE

With shorter theatrical windows, access to legal streaming services, and a preference for consuming movies in higher quality, copies of films recorded in theaters are less attractive to Western consumers than they once were. Still, camcorder piracy remains a threat; data just released by the Film Content Protection Agency reveals that exhibitors reported 155 piracy-related security incidents in 2023. The end result was the worst year for pirates in the UK since 2012. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-18 05:07:50 READMORE

Reddit's latest transparency report reveals that user bans for repeat copyright infringement skyrocketed in the last half of 2023. The company attributes the 258% increase to improved detection methods and increased operational capacity. The number of items that were removed from the site following copyright complaints dropped to little over half a million. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-17 19:32:36 READMORE

During a recent copyright meeting at Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, representatives from Google (YouTube) and ByteDance (TikTok) were asked to give presentations on the topic of appropriate compensation. Soon, however, questions turned to Content ID, with a representative for manga publishers noting that, while record labels receive billions of dollars, the manga industry receives nothing. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-17 03:04:13 READMORE

American nonprofit OCLC sued Anna's Archive in February for allegedly hacking its WorldCat database and posting the records online. The only named defendant, a software developer from Washington, denies any involvement with the hack and the pirate library, suggesting that the plaintiffs targeted the wrong person. With a motion to dismiss, the defendant hopes to end the case here and now. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-16 19:39:26 READMORE

Every month, many millions of Americans visit pirate streaming site FMovies to bypass paid subscription services and watch movies and TV series for free. The platform is a thorn in the side of the movie industry and a prime exhibit in the quest for local site-blocking measures. According to SimilarWeb's Top 10 chart of U.S. 'Streaming & Online TV' sites, FMovies beats Disney+ and Crunchyroll. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-04-16 05:50:54 READMORE