MPA Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Pirate Sites’ Use of Internet Intermediaries
After more than a decade at the MPA, including his tenure as Chief of Global Content Protection while heading anti-piracy…
After more than a decade at the MPA, including his tenure as Chief of Global Content Protection while heading anti-piracy…
Last December, Swedish anti-piracy group Rattighetsalliansen (Rights Alliance) reported that a local prosecutor had filed an indictment against a man…
Like many other stream-ripper services, YTMP3.nu had many of its search results removed from Google’s search engine. DMCA notices sent…
Most of the larger pirate sites serve a global audience, but many countries have their local favorites too. In France,…
Any content that can be digitized is immediately vulnerable to being pirated. The speed and scale at which that happens…
The non-profit Internet Archive (IA) aims to preserve history in a digital format for generations to come. The organization literally…
The Piracy Shield blocking controversy on the boil since February has shown that overblocking in Italy either doesn’t exist, is…
As reported yesterday, the Australian government has just released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement….
In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Internet providers, for failing to take action…
The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Commissioned by the Attorney-General’s…
Founded in 1990, the Internet Movie Database, commonly known as IMDb, is one of the oldest online repositories. The service…
The DMCA takedown process gives copyright holders the option to remove infringing content from the web. It’s a powerful, widely-used…
During a telephone call with Kim Dotcom, following the unprecedented raids that dismantled his Megaupload file-hosting empire in 2012, the…
Following a rightsholder complaint about copyright infringement taking place on Telegram, a judge in Spain issued a controversial order for…
The fourth installment of Marvel’s Captain America film series is scheduled to be released February next year. Captain America: Brave…
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist Inc, an independent label that recorded just one album and…
The big debate over the effectiveness of site-blocking measures will form part of the discussion in the United States this…
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) protects the rights of several of the largest game companies in the world. With promiment…
After almost a decade of fine-tuning, including amendments to copyright law, the administration of Australia’s pirate site-blocking system looks organized…
More recent generations of video gamers will undoubtedly have their own ideas about which company in business today has made…
Seven years ago, a new global anti-piracy coalition emerged under the umbrella of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The Alliance…
Any pirate site operating at scale risks negative attention from the authorities and once governments get involved, any movement in…
Anti-piracy outfits come in all shapes and sizes and due to the nature of the business, there has been no…
After two decades online and maybe even a few more under Divxstation branding right at the beginning, veteran subtitle download…
Last summer, Lithuania amended its Code of Administrative Offenses, allowing media watchdog LRTK to fine pirates, without going to court….
This year, major rightsholders are hoping that data from similar programs overseas will persuade Congress that site-blocking is a measured…
Over the last quarter-century the piracy landscape has regularly received major blows from which many believed it could never recover….
The United Kingdom is no stranger to website blocking. The High Court granted permission for a blockade against Newzbin2 in…
Copyright law crafted decades ago to prevent infringement in an analog world has in many cases held up remarkably well…
Starting last year, various rightsholders have filed lawsuits against companies that develop AI models. The list of complainants includes record…
Starting last year, various rightsholders have filed lawsuits against companies that develop AI models. The list of complainants includes record…
As part of anti-piracy scheme featuring warning letters, fines, and ISP disconnections, France has monitored and stored data on millions…
Many people see optional anonymity as a key feature of the Internet but increasingly there are calls for stricter identity…
Last November, IPTV subscription resellers operating from channels4cheap.com (C4C) and purchase-iptv.com found themselves being sued by broadcaster DISH Network. After…
Tracking BitTorrent pirates isn’t all that hard since IP addresses are openly broadcasted. With help from Internet providers, these addresses…
In February 2023, Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security revealed an extension to Operation 404, an ongoing anti-piracy operation…
In the summer of 2009, hackers from all over the world gathered at an outdoor conference near Vierhouten in the…
Each year the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes a new update of its Special 301 Report,…
In a world where there’s always someone telling people what to do, Garry’s Mod is a breath of fresh air….
It’s long been the case that access to certain services, whether on or offline, will only be granted when customers…
Twenty-five years ago, peer-to-peer file-sharing took the Internet by storm. The ability to search for and share content with complete…
The joint press release issued Monday by the Premier League and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) was unusual right…
For online media consumers, things have improved significantly over the years. More content is being made available on-demand than ever…
The non-profit Internet Archive (IA) aims to preserve digital history for generations to come. The organization literally archives key parts…
Since its launch early February, Italy’s Piracy Shield system and its operators have been at the center of a series…
In recent years, copyright holders have paid close attention to a growing number of large piracy services with connections to…
Spain found itself at the center of a worldwide controversy last month when it was revealed that various rightsholders had…
England is widely regarded as the ‘home of football’ and the Premier League is its top competition, drawing hundreds of…
In a world where users can have their own ChatGPT-like AI instances up and running on their own PCs, in…
Under U.S. copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Many ISPs have been…