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News Nintendo has responded to a motion to dismiss previously filed at court by the operator of the popular site RomUniverse. The game company accuses the site of brazen and mass-scale copyright infringement and stresses that the site’s operator is not protected by a “safe harbor” or “first sale doctrine” defense. In September, Nintendo filed […]
Back in August, DISH Networks filed a $10 million lawsuit against IPTV provider Easybox IPTV. The broadcasting company has now been given permission by the court to identify the IPTV service’s currently-unknown operators, using information held by some the world’s largest Internet companies – and more. DISH Networks’ efforts to disrupt, take down, or obtain […]
Two Uruguayan operators of the popular Latin American pirate streaming site have been sentenced to three years and four months prison each. The man and woman, who are a couple, were arrested earlier this year following a complaint from various movie studios. Roughly $500,000 in seized criminal assets will be transferred to the Uruguayan Government. […]
Two men have been found guilty of running Usenet portal Town.ag. Following an investigation and massive police raids carried out in 2017, the men went on trial last month in Germany. The site’s founder has now been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, while the site’s technical administrator was handed a year […]
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. […]
Cybercrime police from Bulgaria’s Ministry of the Interior supported by officers from Europol have carried out an operation against five local cable operators accused of illegally intercepting broadcasts. The signals were being captured for distribution worldwide via IPTV applications. A large volume of equipment has been seized. With pirate IPTV services continuing to gain traction […]
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 […]
Uruguayan authorities, helped by Interpol and the US movie industry, have arrested the alleged operators of the popular streaming site Pelispedia. The couple stands accused of profiting from copyright infringement. Following a raid on their house, several assets were seized and the site was shut down. With over a million visitors per day, Pelispedia.tv was […]
Four individuals connected to three once-popular pirate sites have gone on trial in Spain. The quartet is made up of the founder of the sites and three investors. One of the sites was previously labeled a “notorious market” by the US Government. Jail sentences are being sought by the prosecution with entertainment groups demanding more […]
A district court in Florida has ordered 27 pirate site operators to each pay $1 million in damages. The default judgment was ordered in favor of media giant ABS-CBN, which has scored several victories in US courts this year. The sites in question are mostly smaller streaming portals that offer access to ‘Pinoy’ content in […]