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News A cloud storage platform operated by technology giant Baidu has become the first service of its type to be found liable for copyright infringement in China. A Beijing court found that the rights to distribute the popular TV series ‘Eternal Love’ on the Internet were held by online video service Youku Tudou and Baidu […]
Breaking Internet provider Cox Communications is responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers, a Virginia federal jury has ruled. The ISP is contributorily and vicariously liable for the copyright infringements and must pay a group of music companies $1 billion in damages. The ISP has already announced that it will appeal. Last year Cox […]
News The Premier League says it has secured one of the highest copyright-related damages awards in Thailand’s history after targeting individuals behind a major ‘piracy network’ in Asia. A British man and a Thai national pleaded guilty to infringement, paid the Premier League around £385,000, forfeited close to £180,000, and received suspended jail sentences totaling […]
News Amazon, Netflix, and several Hollywood studios have added another victory to their legal track record. A federal court in California has granted a default judgment which orders the owner and an employee of the IPTV service Set-TV to pay over $7 million in piracy damages. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the anti-piracy […]
Breaking Omniverse, a now-defunct supplier of IPTV streams, has agreed to pay $50 million in piracy damages to several Hollywood studios. Omniverse initially described the piracy allegations as “scandalous” but has since stepped back from its claim. Anti-piracy group ACE, which was a driving force behind the lawsuit, is pleased with yet another legal victory. […]
Vader – formerly one of the most visible brands in the pirate IPTV space – shut down in May amid mysterious circumstances. As was initially suspected, it’s now confirmed the platform was targeted by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Following a secret legal process in Canada, the service is now on the hook for […]
A California Federal Court ordered the now-defunct IPTV service SET TV to pay $7.6 million in piracy damages. In addition, the company is forbidden from operating a similar service in the future. The default judgment was issued in favor of several major Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix, which filed the lawsuit last year. Last year […]
Several Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix, are requesting millions of dollars in damages from SET TV, an IPTV service that was sued last year. The company initially denied the copyright infringement allegations but stopped responding a few months ago. As a result, it’s now facing a default judgment. Last year the Alliance for Creativity and […]
A-Box TV, a company that acted as a reseller of ‘pirate’ streams provided by the now-defunct IPTV service SET TV, has agreed to pay U.S television provider Dish $2,000,000 in damages. SET TV itself agreed to pay DISH a settlement of $90,000,000 in 2018. Last June, popular ‘pirate’ IPTV service SET TV went offline after […]
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 […]