YouTube Rippers and Record Labels Clash in US Appeals Court
In 2018, a group of prominent record labels filed a piracy lawsuit against two very popular YouTube rippers, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. The labels, including Universal, Warner...
Nites.tv Mystery Solved as MPA Takes Over Domain of ‘Viral’ Pirate Site
Any pirate movie or TV show site operating on the Internet today at any scale can eventually expect to find copyright holders breathing down their neck....
Watch Tower Sues Journalists For Millions in Copyright Infringement Damages
The Jehovah’s Witness religious group is perhaps best known for knocking on doors to recruit new followers to the faith. When it comes to their promotional...
Pirated ‘DVD Screeners’ Will be History After Next Year’s Oscars
The Oscars is the most watched awards show of the year. It’s widely covered in the press and highly anticipated by movie fans. In the weeks...
Amazon Joins Pirate Bay and FMovies on US Govt’s “Notorious” Markets List
Every year the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes an updated list of its “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets.” Drawing on input from copyright holders, the...
German Anti-Piracy Outfit GVU Files For Bankruptcy, Despite Many Historic Victories
While the vast majority of movie and TV show piracy occurs on the Internet today, back in the mid 1980s it was VHS and Betamax tapes...
The Pirate Bay Has Made it Harder to Find Stuff
After more than a month of downtime, The Pirate Bay’s .org domain started working again recently. This was good news for the site’s millions of users,...
Woman Who Sold Access to Pirated Books on Dropbox Handed Suspended Sentence
Regular eBooks are among the cheapest items of digital content available to buy today but due to their cost, the underground market for academic textbooks continues...
Piracy Should be Tackled With ‘Carrot and Stick’ USPTO Paper Suggests
Over the past years, hundreds of academic piracy studies have been published, all focusing on their own unique angle. This resulted in a vast body of...
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