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[Link] New Music Industry Takedown Service Targets NFT and ‘Metaverse’ Piracy
Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com
Italian anti-piracy group Digital Content Protection has launched a new service that helps rightsholders to police NFT platforms, Web 3.0 projects, and metaverse precursors.
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[Link] Pirate IPTV Providers “Exploit PayPal, Mastercard & Visa Branding”
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Pirate IPTV providers generally require payment in exchange for a subscription. In the majority of cases this involves utilizing a third-party payment processor such as PayPal, Mastercard or Visa.
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[Link] Record Labels Still Want to Know if Piracy Trial Jurors Read TorrentFreak
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The piracy liability trial between several major record labels and Internet provider Grande is about to begin. To rule out conflicts, both sides submitted an updated series of questions for the jury selection.
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[Link] Youtube Ripper Strikes Back at the RIAA in DMCA ‘Circumvention’ Lawsuit
Read: 6/12/2021 torrentfreak.com
YouTube-ripping service Yout.com sued the RIAA last year in an attempt to have its platform declared legal in the US. The music industry group asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that Yout clearly circumvents technological protection measures.
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[Link] Founder of Piracy & Subtitling Site YYeTs Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison
Read: 6/12/2021 torrentfreak.com
Following pressure from Hollywood, more than a dozen people behind famous Chinese piracy and subtitling site YYeTs.com were arrested in February. After a legal process in China, the founder of the platform - also known as Renren Yingshi - has been sentenced to 3.
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[Link] Disney Seeks Analyst to Spot the Latest Online Piracy Trends
Read: 25/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Disney plans to add fresh blood to its anti-piracy team. The movie giant wants to hire an analyst who will be tasked with investigating the latest piracy trends, helping out with enforcement efforts, and evaluating new anti-piracy tools and services.
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[Link] RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak
Read: 24/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
A popular Discord server specializing in music piracy has been taken down by the RIAA. Sources inside the RipRequests community suggest the problem stemmed from a pre-release leak of Adele's new '30' album.
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[Link] Research Center: Limiting Anonymity Helps to Expose Terrorists (and Pirates)
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The International Center for Law and Economics believes that cloud hosting providers and related services should do more to deter illegal activity. Responding to an inquiry from the U.S.
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[Link] Piracy Release Group EVO ‘Blames’ Movie Industry For Its Popularity
Read: 21/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
P2P release group EVO has built quite a reputation in recent years by being the first to release pirated copies of screeners and popular movies.
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[Link] The Pirate Bay Story Will Be Turned Into a TV Series
Read: 21/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The Pirate Bay's turbulent history will be turned into a six-part TV drama. The Swedish production is scheduled to start filming next year and will be aired by public broadcaster SVT. The makers will base their story on input from various insiders but the site's founders are not part of the crew.
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[Link] After Being Sued By ACE, Nitro IPTV Now Faces a New DISH Network Lawsuit
Read: 7/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
In 2020, pirate IPTV service Nitro TV was sued by members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment for millions in copyright infringement damages.
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[Link] RIAA Criticizes ICANN for ‘Hindering’ Its Anti-Piracy Efforts
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The RIAA is helping U.S. music companies to fight piracy, which isn't always an easy task. One of the major frustrations is that, due to hidden or shielded Whois information, it's often hard to identify the people who run sites and services.
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[Link] Anti-Piracy Outfits Still Target Pirate Sites That Shut Down Years Ago
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Pirate sites such as ExtraTorrent, KickassTorrents, and isoHunt disappeared from the web more than half a decade ago. Intriguingly, that hasn't stopped some anti-piracy groups from going after them, as they're still asking Google to remove 'infringing' URLs of these sites.
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[Link] Hollywood and Netflix Signal “Piracy as a Service” (PaaS) as New Threat Vector
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has submitted its latest overview of 'notorious' foreign piracy markets to the US Trade Representative. Aside from The Pirate Bay's and Fmovies of this world, Telegram, Baidu, and various domain registries are called out.
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[Link] Google Opposes ‘Sweeping’ Popcorn Time Piracy Blocking Request
Read: 14/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
Google has asked a Virginia federal court for permission to formally oppose the request for a far-reaching anti-piracy injunction. The contested anti-piracy measures, aimed at shutting down a popular Popcorn Time app, are proposed by a group of filmmakers.
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[Link] High Traffic Pirate Sites Worldwide Under Investigation, DMCA Subpoenas Reveal
Read: 11/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
The operators of around two dozen torrent sites and pirate streaming services are at risk of having their identities obtained by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.
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[Link] VPN Hosting Company Settles Copyright Lawsuit by Blocking Pirate Sites
Read: 11/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
Hosting provider Sharktech has settled a copyright lawsuit filed by several movie companies. The service stood accused of failing to take action against VPN providers, some of whose subscribers were pirating films.
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[Link] EU Parliament Committee Adopts Digital Services Act
Read: 10/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving ahead. The Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has just adopted a draft of the new Digital Services Act.
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[Link] CEO of Major Anti-Piracy Company Arrested in Russia For High Treason
Read: 29/9/2021 torrentfreak.com
Cybersecurity company Group-IB, which for several years has investigated hundreds of pirate sites and their connections to organized crime, is currently in the midst of a huge scandal in Russia.
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