Apple Joins Hollywood & Netflix on a Pirate Site Blocking Trip to Oz
Relative quiet over the past few months may have given the impression that Australia has lost interest in site-blocking injunctions. But just like waiting for a bus, suddenly two come along at once. The first aims to block Australians' view of more than 30 pirate sites, a disproportionate number serving the pirate anime market. A brand-new application sees Apple in a surprise partnership with Hollywood and Netflix, because everyone has exclusives to protect these days. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-19 03:37:09 READMORE
Publishers Cite Napster and AI Training Threats in Legal Battle with the Internet Archive
A copyright lawsuit filed by several major publishers puts the future of the Internet Archive's scan-and-lend library at risk. In a recent appeal, the non-profit organization argued that its solution is protected by fair use and critical to preserving digital books. The publishers, however, frame it as a radical and unlawful threat to their exclusive right to publish ebooks. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-18 18:53:43 READMORE
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/18/2024
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Madame Web' tops the chart, followed by 'Oppenheimer'. ‘'Poor Things' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-18 07:09:40 READMORE
LaLiga’s Card-Sharing Piracy Fight Harmed By Misinformation & Confusion
A piracy-related court order obtained by Spanish football league LaLiga should've been relatively easy to explain. Instead, it now sits at the heart of a controversy that began with misinformation and is now being fueled by mischaracterization and misinterpretation. Today we'll shine new light on the case and show why it has implications for every internet user in the country. That leads to the role of ISPs and whether internet users can rely on them to defend whatever privacy they have left. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-18 01:29:16 READMORE
AGCOM Runs Massive Piracy Blocking Operation But Has ‘Trouble’ Configuring Its Domain Name?
Italian telco watchdog AGCOM has taken on the task of rolling out one of the largest piracy-blocking schemes the Internet has ever witnessed. The organization fiercely defends its IP-address blocking efforts and has full confidence in its technical expertise. Curiously, however, AGCOM's domain name is only partly functioning, as it explicitly requires a www subdomain. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-17 00:02:16 READMORE
BitTorrent is No Longer the ‘King’ of Upstream Internet Traffic
BitTorrent is no longer the 'King' of upstream traffic. New data published by Canadian broadband management company Sandvine reveals that cloud storage, YouTube, and other apps have taken over. This marks the end of a period of declining dominance that started two decades ago when BitTorrent reportedly accounted for a third of all web traffic. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-16 04:41:42 READMORE
YouTuber Liable For Bogus DMCA Notice “Awareness Campaign” Targeting Bungie
A gamer who impersonated a Bungie anti-piracy partner as part of a bogus copyright takedown campaign on YouTube, has been found liable for violations of the DMCA. 'Lord Nazos' sent bogus complaints to YouTube claiming to represent Bungie, to take down Destiny content creators' videos, to "raise awareness" of shortcomings in the takedown system. A remarkable investigation followed as Bungie tracked down the perpetrator. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-15 18:56:49 READMORE
Cox Requests Rehearing of Piracy Case That ‘Threatens to Throw Countless People Offline’
Cox Communications has requested a rehearing en banc of the piracy liability lawsuit filed by several major record labels. While the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the $1 billion damages award, it kept the contributory copyright infringement ruling intact. This precedent results in a "draconian regime" that threatens the Internet connectivity of millions of people, Cox warns. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-15 07:08:02 READMORE
Nintendo Hits Circumvention Tool Linkers With DMCA Trafficking Violations
In the wake of its one-week lawsuit targeting the Yuzu Switch emulator, Nintendo is back to clean up the house. The company has just shut down around 30 GitHub repos offering circumvention tools with attempts to evade liability given short shrift. One Nintendo takedown notice makes it clear that, even when people link to a third-party site that hosts tools available via different links, it still amounts to trafficking in circumvention devices under the DMCA. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-14 18:00:36 READMORE
Oppenheimer Sees New Online Piracy Surge After Oscar Wins
Oppenheimer was one of the most-watched movies in theaters last year, grossing nearly a billion dollars in box office revenues. For several months, the movie has been widely available on pirate sites too. While one might think that all demand would be satisfied, winning the Oscar for 'Best Picture' more than doubled the interest on pirate sites this week. The same Oscar boost affects other titles as well. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-14 04:36:58 READMORE
Pirate IPTV User Fines “Coming Soon” But Are Not “Psychological Terrorism”
The head of Italy's telecoms regulator says fines of up to 5,000 euros for watching pirate IPTV streams are coming soon. Massimiliano Capitanio says users of apps downloaded from Google, Apple, and Amazon, will receive the same treatment, while confirming that investigators won't have to obtain per-person permission from a court anymore. Italians are assured, however, that warning them of the risk of 5,000 euro fines is definitely not "psychological terrorism." From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-13 23:03:02 READMORE
Does LaLiga’s Court Order Compel ISPs to Identify Piracy That LaLiga Has Not?
Reports that top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga will soon file lawsuits against users of pirate IPTV services are incorrect. A court in Barcelona has indeed authorized LaLiga to obtain the identities of subscribers at five major ISPs, but if our reading of court documents is accurate, LaLiga hasn't identified any, even by their IP addresses. As unlikely as it may sound, LaLiga may have no evidence that any subscriber did anything wrong, so ISPs have been instructed to find some. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-13 03:59:16 READMORE
Pirate Streaming Site Vumoo.to Goes Offline Following ACE Action
Popular pirate streaming site Vumoo.to was taken down by its operator this weekend, in response to enforcement action by anti-piracy group ACE. With more than 12 million monthly visits, Vumoo was one of the more popular piracy portals. The site was presumably being operated from Vietnam, where many of the largest pirate sites and services still reside today. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-12 20:29:50 READMORE
Brazil Piracy Concerns at USTR Follow MPA Anti-Piracy Deal Controversy
The USTR recently asked the International Intellectual Property Alliance to elaborate on why "recent positions" vocalized by Brazil's Ministry of Culture and cinema regulator ANCINE, were a cause for concern. IIPA said there was an implied bias towards the protection of domestic content, leaving U.S. content unprotected. In Brazil, a deal between MPA and ANCINE was effectively torn up for allegedly prioritizing U.S. content over that produced locally in Brazil. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-12 03:37:52 READMORE
Authors Sue NVIDIA for Training AI on Pirated Books
Several authors have filed a class action copyright infringement lawsuit against technology giant NVIDIA, which leads the AI revolution. In addition to selling hardware and services, NVIDIA has its own large language models. The authors allege that the AI models were trained on copyrighted works taken from the ‘pirate’ site Bibliotik, and as such they're entitled to compensation. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-11 21:17:33 READMORE
You Wouldn’t Steal an Episode of the ‘Pirate Bay’ TV Series?
The Pirate Bay will make its debut as a TV series on Swedish public television later this year. Undoubtedly there are some good stories to tell about the history of this notorious torrent site. Whether the series will see a global release on an international streaming service is unclear at this point. Needless to say, some may be tempted to pirate it instead. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-10 23:32:25 READMORE
Movie & TV Giants Say French Pirate Site Audiences Are Continuously Shrinking
French anti-piracy group ALPA represents some the world's largest movie and TV show companies and through various organizations, the recording industry and authors' groups. A new ALPA, Mediametria, and NetRatings study suggests positive news for the French entertainment industry. Minus an anomaly during the pandemic, local pirate site audiences continue to fall year-on-year and are currently just half of those reported five years ago. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-09 17:04:01 READMORE
DMCA Notices Took Down 20,517 GitHub Projects Last Year
GitHub received more than 2,000 valid DMCA takedown notices last year, which resulted in the removal of over 20,000 projects. Targeted repositories included pirate apps and games, as well as hundreds of RARBG backups. The number of takedowns has increased significantly in recent years. However, legitimate projects have grown faster and GitHub says it continues to take a developer-first approach. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-09 05:24:48 READMORE
DSA: Google Reports Billions of Deletions on Google Play & Shopping
TorrentFreak can confirm a massive action against billions of content items reported under Europe's Digital Services Act. On Google Play, thousands of apps have been removed following rightsholders' copyright complaints, over 200,000 for other reasons. Other reports, over 13.5 billion of them and counting, include mass action against Google Shopping advertisers found in breach of agreed terms and conditions. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-03-08 18:56:40 READMORE