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VNest IPTV Faces US Piracy Lawsuit After Failing to Cease-and-Desist

TorrentFreak

. “Defendants advertised VNest TV as a subscription-based service providing more than 5,000 channels, movies, sports programs, and other premium content, all for a low monthly fee,” the complaint reads. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. The complaint can be found here (pdf).

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Private School Too Public With Photographs

BYU Copyright Blog

Francis") committed copyright infringement and was in breach of contract over the use of hundreds of photographs he took for the school and its students. Morlos also provided large complimentary promotional posters for the school to advertise with. In December 2022, Morlos sent a cease-and-desist letter to St.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. — For the claims related to illegal selling of scraped data, the court dismissed those because they were preempted by copyright. That’s what copyright law is for. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts. Bright Data Ltd. ,

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Court Orders Universe IPTV to Pay DISH $7m in Copyright Infringement Damages

TorrentFreak

Over the years DISH has filed large numbers of civil lawsuits, some based on copyright law and others the Federal Communications Act. DISH Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against IPTV Provider. Together they were accused of direct and contributory copyright infringement.

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PrimeStreams Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Sucks in KTV Streams & Firestick Steve

TorrentFreak

The complaint alleges that Everly acquired the Firestick Steve customer database from someone who had already received cease-and-desist notices from DISH, which may explain why they were keen to pass former users over. Not even a cease-and-desist convinced him to stop. So what happened to Firestick Steve?

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Cheat Makers ‘Troll’ Activision Lawyer, Brag They Will Never Be Found

TorrentFreak

In reponse to rampant cheating in Call of Duty games, earlier this month Activision filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against cheat maker EngineOwning UG and CMN Holdings S.A. In 2017 and 2018, its lawyers wrote to them several times, demanding that they cease and desist. Activision Subpoenas… Everything.

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Protecting brands and trademarks on the internet

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Online advertisers bid to use keywords from search engines that feature famous brand names to divert customers to their website which damages the brand’s reputation. Further, using legal assistance and adopting traditional enforcement strategies like a cease and desist notice may also help enforce trademark rights.