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A long running piracy lawsuit between a piracy-accused Tor Exit Node operator and the makers of the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club has yet to see a breakthrough. A Magistrate Judge from a federal court in Oregon recommends to deny motions for summary judgment filed from both sides. This means that a jury may eventually […]
Internet provider Cox Communications has asked a Virginia federal court to rule that it’s not liable for pirating customers. The company points out that the evidence, gathered on behalf of the RIAA, is fatally flawed. The music companies., however, disagree and request a summary judgment that will hold Cox liable for the alleged infringements. Last […]
With a consent judgment issued by a Hawaii federal court, several movie companies have settled their piracy case with the operator of a “Showbox” site. The Pakistani man, who says he believed the app was legal, agreed to paying a settlement of $150,000. While the site operator is indeed linked to Showbox, he’s not the […]
Travis McCrea, the operator of controversial eBook download platform eBook.bike, appears set for his day in court. A motion for default judgment against McCrea filed by author John Van Stry has been set aside but the former Pirate Party leader’s own motion to dismiss, based on claims of deficient DMCA notices being served on him, […]
Former Pirate Party leader Travis McCrea says he has “no case to answer” in the copyright lawsuit filed by John Van Stry. According to a request to file a motion to dismiss at a court in Texas, DMCA takedown notices previously sent to the eBook platform do not meet the standard required by US copyright […]
In a case filed in California, Cloudflare stands accused of failing to terminate customers that have been repeatedly called out as copyright infringers. The case wasn’t filed by Hollywood or the major record labels, but by two manufacturers of wedding dresses. The CDN provider tried to have the case dismissed recently but in a new […]
Spanish ISP Euskaltel has welcomed a decision by a court to throw out a copyright trolling case against one of its customers. The Commercial Court No. 2 of Bilbao dismissed the case due to insufficient evidence supporting a claim for damages. Meanwhile, Euskaltel has now reported a third copyright troll to Spain’s data protection agency […]
A Spanish Criminal court has acquitted four men who were accused of facilitating copyright infringement through the defunct linking sites SeriesYonkis, PeliculasYonkis and VideosYonkis. The judge notes that, at the time, sites that linked to pirated content stored elsewhere were not criminally liable. The verdict is good news for the defendants but will be appealed. […]
SET TV, which stands accused of selling pirate IPTV subscriptions, has stopped responding in the lawsuit filed against the company by several Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix. The company’s lawyer has also withdrawn from the case due to a lack of payments and the company is now in default, facing hefty damages. Last year the […]
The legal battle between Eminem’s publisher and New Zealand’s National Party will not go to the Supreme Court. While it is clear that the political party’s use of an Eminem knockoff track wasn’t permitted, the Court doesn’t believe the publisher’s appeal to increase the $225,000 damages award is warranted. While Kim Dotcom remains embroiled in […]