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For the first time ever, a Danish court has ordered a local ISP to block access to a news site. ‘The World News’ republishes hundreds of thousands of articles from third-party news sites. The website aims to combat ‘fake news,’ but according to publishers and the court, it infringes the publishers’ copyrights in the process. […]
ISP Cox Communications recently agreed to identify thousands of business subscribers accused of sharing pirated material. The disclosure, part of the piracy liability lawsuit filed by several music labels, was protested with success by a lone business subscriber. The identities of thousands of other subscribers who didn’t object will be revealed nonetheless. Copyright holders are […]
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup currently underway in England and Wales is set to conclude July 14, 2019. Rights to audio broadcasts are held by India-based Channel 2 Group but the company is facing competition from unlicensed ‘pirate’ streams. To combat this threat, the Delhi High Court has handed down a broad blocking order […]
More than seven years after the dramatic arrest of Kim Dotcom and several of his former Megaupload colleagues, the quartet are making a final plea to New Zealand’s Supreme Court. The hearing, expected to last five days, will determine whether an earlier decision to extradite the men to the United States should be upheld. For […]
Several movie companies are trying to shut down the largest torrent site on the Internet through the Hawaiian federal court. The filmmakers accuse the persons behind YTS.am and yifymovies.is of inducing massive copyright infringement. Two users of the sites were initially targeted as well, but these have resolved their cases. With millions of visitors, YTS.am […]
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 […]
The movie industry sees online streaming piracy as a prime threat to its revenues. Whether it’s through dedicated pirate boxes, websites, or apps. In recent years the major Hollywood studios have mainly targeted sellers of streaming boxes, while a group of smaller filmmakers is focusing more on apps. Last week, the companies behind the movies […]
The Russian operator of the YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has filed his answering brief at the US Appeals Court. The site owner rejects the “sky is falling” arguments and other piracy “hysteria,” noting that rightsholders have a history of trying to block technological progress. Most importantly, however, he argues that the court has no […]
After more than a decade in court, the legal dispute between anti-piracy group BREIN and Usenet provider News-Service.com has landed on the desk of the European Court of Justice. The Dutch Supreme Court referred questions to the EU court seeking clarification on several piracy liability related issues. In 2009, anti-piracy group BREIN took News-Service Europe (NSE) […]
Parents who knowingly cover for their kid’s file-sharing offenses become liable for their actions, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled. The decision brings to an end a case dating back to 2011, that involved the unlicensed distribution of the Rihanna album ‘Loud’ and a lengthy trip through lower courts. Hundreds of thousands of German citizens […]