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[Link] Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money
Read: 21/3/2023 torrentfreak.com
After almost 17 years online, file-hosting veteran Zippyshare will shut down at the end of the month. Founded in 2006, Zippyshare was known for its free, no-nonsense, no-frills approach to storing files online.
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[Link] Telegram Copyright Takedowns Breed a Hydra of Z-Library Bots
Read: 4/12/2022 torrentfreak.com
The U.S. Government's crackdown against Z-Library continues to make waves online. After the main domain names were seized, many book pirates switched to using alternatives such as Telegram bots. Several of these have since been removed by rightsholders.
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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] 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] Record Labels Face Sanctions Over ‘Destroyed’ Piracy Evidence
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Internet provider Bright House has asked a Florida federal court to sanction several record labels for 'destroying' evidence that it says is crucial to the ongoing piracy liability lawsuit.
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[Link] Subpoenas Targeted Over 35,000 Cloudflare Customer Domain Names in Six Months
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Cloudflare doesn't remove anything in response to DMCA takedown notices unless it stores the content permanently on its network. However, the company will hand over the personal details of customers to copyright holders who obtain a DMCA subpoena.
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[Link] FBI Arrests Man For Fraudulently Obtaining Leaks of 100s of Pre-Release Books
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The FBI has arrested a man who impersonated publishers and literary agents in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of pre-release novels and other books in electronic form.
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[Link] “Popcorn Time” Shuts Down Due to a Lack of Use
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
During its heyday, Popcorn-Time.to had millions of active users but these and other forks have lost their shine. The piracy tool that once had Netflix CEO Reed Hastings worried has decided to shut down.
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[Link] DMCA-Circumventing Cheat Maker Uses DMCA to Take Down Cracked Copy
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Copyright law exists so that creators of all kinds can enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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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] Do Pirate IPTV Customers “Support Human Trafficking & Arms Trading”?
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Over the years there have been frequent claims by entertainment companies that by using pirate services, users are helping to finance other crimes.
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[Link] India Expands Piracy Blocklist to Tackle ‘Hydra Headed Rogue Websites’
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Pirate site blocking is a common practice in many countries and India is no exception. The language used in Indian courts tends to be more colorful though. This is exemplified by a blocking extension several major Hollywood studios requested recently.
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[Link] Kim Dotcom Suffers Setback in His U.S. Extradition Battle
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Kim Dotcom and former colleagues Mattias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk have encountered a setback in their attempt to avoid extradition to the United States.
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[Link] Reddit Bans ‘No Way Home Leaks’ For Excessive Copyright Complaints
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Reddit's patience with a subreddit dedicated to leaks and spoilers relating to the expected blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home has been stretched to breaking point.
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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] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.
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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] Mr. Robot ‘Plugs’ uTorrent and Pirate Release Groups
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The latest episode of award-winning TV show Mr. Robot includes a nod to online pirates. The main character Elliot is shown pirating a movie using uTorrent, while his movie folder lists movies from various pirate groups including YIFY.
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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] 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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[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] GitHub Pulls Site and Repo of Pirate Proxy Service ‘Unblockit’ Offline
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
GitHub has removed the repository and the mirror website of Unblockit, a proxy service that allows people to access blocked sites. The developer platform says that the content in question was removed for violating its terms of service, which was confirmed by a follow-up investigation.
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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] Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video.
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[Link] Former UFC Star Paige VanZant is Hunting Down Photo Pirates on Discord
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Former UFC star and Dancing With The Stars runner-up Paige VanZant is reportedly making more money from selling pictures and videos of herself online than she ever did with the MMA organization.
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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] DMCA Takedown Errors Can Make it Harder to Find Movies Legally
Read: 19/9/2021 torrentfreak.com
Copyright holders have sent billions of takedown requests to Google. Their goal is to make it harder for people to find pirated content through the search engine. However, in some cases, takedown requests make it harder to find legal content too.
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