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[Link] RIAA Discards EFF’s YouTube-DL Letter, Notes That it ‘Regularly Sides With Infringers’

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

YouTube rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com are contesting Magistrate Judge Buchanan's recommendation to award $82 million in piracy damages to the RIAA. The YouTube-rippers cited a letter where the EFF defends the non-infringing nature of the youtube-dl software.

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[Link] RIAA: Yout’s Attempt to Legitimize Stream-Ripping is ‘Wordplay’

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

YouTube-ripping service Yout.com is suing the RIAA in an attempt to have its platform declared legal in the US. The case boils down to whether YouTube has meaningful technical protection measures and whether Yout circumvents them. According to the RIAA, there is no question that Yout.

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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] 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] Soccer is The Number One Gateway Sport to Online Streaming Piracy

Read: 14/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

A new report published by Synamedia shows that soccer is the number one gateway sport to other forms of sports piracy. This is also true for the US where soccer has a relatively smaller audience. India is the only exception in the researched countries, with cricket as the main piracy gateway.

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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] Akamai: Online Pirates Are Clever But Not Unbeatable

Read: 7/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

There's a growing number of technology companies trying to help copyright holders fight online piracy. Akamai Technologies, one of the big players, takes a multi-faceted approach to tackle the problem.

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