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Most people agree that cheating is an unfair way to win at online video games, but do cheating tools actually break the law? This question is at the center of a landmark trial currently underway between cheat maker AimJunkies and Destiny 2 creator Bungie. Among other things, the jury must decide whether the cheat maker infringed the game's copyrights. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-23 05:00:11 READMORE

The Market Court in Finland has just thrown out an attempt by a law firm to obtain the personal details of suspected BitTorrent users, without actually being a rightsholder of the works in question. After years spent representing movie rightsholders, the law firm felt copyright law should be interpreted as granting it rightsholder-like powers to obtain names, addresses, and similar information, without the rightsholders themselves having to be part of the action. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-22 17:58:24 READMORE

Internet provider Cox Communication has fought several piracy-related claims in court over the past decade. In one of the lawsuits, against music rights group BMG, it chose to settle, presumably for millions of dollars. The company hoped that its insurers would help cover the costs, but after the companies declined, Cox is now back in court after suing them both. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-22 05:05:40 READMORE

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment regularly 'seizes' domain names from pirate sites and services that have been persuaded it's in their best interests to shut down. However, the anti-piracy coalition officially reports just a tiny minority. During Monday and over the weekend, a batch of pirate IPTV domains came under ACE/MPA control adding to the flood of domains already commandeered in 2024. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-21 19:37:36 READMORE

Internet provider WOW has asked a Colorado federal court to dismiss an expanded piracy liability complaint filed by several film companies earlier this year. The ISP says there is no evidence to show that it received any piracy notices for the 300 new works added to the lawsuit. In addition, it believes that recent court verdicts support a dismissal of at least some of the claims in the multimillion dollar lawsuit. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-21 05:00:17 READMORE

A major hire at the Motion Picture Association, to a new senior position that until recently did not exist, offers a glimpse into part of Hollywood's global anti-piracy strategy. Jesse Martin, former senior attorney at The Software Alliance (BSA), joins the MPA with a brief to combat and disrupt pirates' use of intermediaries. The MPA speaks of "intermediary outreach" and "voluntary initiatives" but if cooperation isn't forthcoming, preparations will have been made. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-20 16:26:57 READMORE

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' tops the chart, followed by 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'. ‘'Dune: Part Two' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-20 08:09:40 READMORE

Sweden's Patent and Market Court sentenced a man on Friday for his part in the operations of popular pirate IPTV service, Viking IPTV. Long suspected of being the operator of the platform, the man was found guilty of violating copyright law and was handed a suspended prison sentence. In addition to payment of a fine, the man must also pay damages, with claims from movie and TV companies said to reach $1.8m. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-19 22:06:06 READMORE

YTMP3.nu, one of the largest YouTube ripping sites on the web, is trying to pinpoint competitors who allegedly sent abusive takedown notices to Google in an SEO battle. The company behind the site filed a lawsuit and previously obtained email addresses of the defendants. In addition, they now want Google, Cloudflare and Namecheap to share more information, including IP-addresses. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-18 23:45:38 READMORE

YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, is no longer available as a public site. After going private, only registered users can access the site now. The change comes just a few weeks after new blocking measures were put in place in France. By going private and processing takedown notices, the site's operators hope to shake off their copyright troubles, at least as far as that's possible. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-18 04:09:16 READMORE

Japan-based publisher Shueisha is maintaining the pressure on sites distributing vast quantities of pirated manga content. A DMCA subpoena obtained at a United States court reveals around two dozen targets, some with relatively low traffic but many enjoying millions of visits per month. One stand out platform is currently ranked the 14th most popular site in Vietnam, period. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-17 21:21:09 READMORE

Several major music labels, including Capitol, Sony, and UMG, sued the Internet Archive last year over its 'Great 78' phonograph archiving project. With hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages at stake, IA filed a motion to dismiss, hoping to end the matter swiftly. The court, however, was not convinced. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-17 05:42:40 READMORE

Italian tech website Giardiniblog.it usually receives around a million visits per month. As of today, the 18-year-old site appears to have lost around 36% of its traffic after being permanently blocked by ISPs for publishing site-blocking workarounds. Following a legal appeal, AGCOM nullified its own blocking order, but the basis for blocking the site in the first place has mission creep written all over it. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-16 17:39:57 READMORE

According to a new survey published by the Australian government, when internet users try to access any of the pirate sites blocked by their ISPs, six in every ten instantly give up looking for pirated content. Fifteen percent seek out content on legal platforms and a persistent one-in-ten dig in and attempt to bypass the blockade. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-16 04:48:04 READMORE

Internet provider Frontier Communications must share the personal details of subscribers with movie and music companies, as part of two ongoing piracy liability lawsuits. The ISP previously redacted the sensitive information, citing privacy concerns, but the court finds that, with proper safeguards, the interests of copyright holders weigh stronger. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-15 19:56:23 READMORE

Since 2015, the Australian government has commissioned research to understand the level of online infringement and how that changes over time. The latest survey covering 2023 shows overall online content consumption, whether from legal or illegal sources, reached 78% of the population in 2023, up 6% on the previous year. Of those surveyed, however, 41% consumed content from illegal sources in 2023, up from 39% in the previous year. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-15 05:04:10 READMORE

Copyright holders are repeatedly flagging IMDb URLs for alleged copyright infringement. Historically, these DMCA notices were mostly sent in error, flagging legitimate IMDb listings. More recently, however, the takedowns are being triggered by a persistent 'piracy' spam problem that tricks both rightsholders and opportunistic pirates alike. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-14 20:38:32 READMORE

Google's lawsuit against two men who it accuses of 'weaponizing' DMCA takedown notices is entering its final stage. The defendants allegedly targeted tens of thousands of URLs with fraudulent notices. Since the defendants failed to respond, Google now requests a default judgment at a California federal court. The company doesn't seek any money, but wants to put an end to the abusive and fraudulent actions. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-14 05:21:58 READMORE

To avoid spending decades in a U.S. prison, last summer Megaupload coders Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk received sentences of 2.5 years in New Zealand as part of a plea deal. Kim Dotcom says the men are already free after providing "false confessions" for use against him. After eight years, the criminal case against him in the U.S. showed action recently, with secret orders handed down by the court. Dotcom predicts a new raid and revocation of his bail. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2024-05-13 15:46:40 READMORE