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“Pro Camcorder Pirate” Arrested in Govt, Police & UK Cinema Chain Operation

TorrentFreak

Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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Pirate Whac-A-Mole: Sky Takes On TeaTV, CucoTV & Cinema HD

TorrentFreak

Through strong branding it has managed to stay in the game, but whether today’s variant (of which there are several) is/are the same and/or operated by the original developer is a question for people with an abundance of spare time. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses an interesting decision (only available in Swedish) concerning copyright protection and originality, namely whether the sequence of twenty words in an instruction manual may be regarded as being enough for copyright to arise.

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Top Russian Official Thanks Pirates For Enabling Access to ‘Enemy’ Content

TorrentFreak

Facing an existential crisis and no support from the government, some elements in the cinema industry began screening unlicensed Western movies , for example. A current proposal envisages Russian cinemas legally screening foreign movies without rightsholders’ permission but with some kind of payment. They do not work.

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ACE Targets MagisTV and Other Piracy Apps Through Cloudflare

TorrentFreak

In one of the subpoenas requests, two ‘MagisTV’ apps and their associated sites are listed, together with the ‘TVExpress’, ‘My Family Cinema’, and ‘Brasil TV’ apps. The IPTV service markets through resellers and some unaffiliated third parties try to profit from the brand as well.

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Russia Claims Ukraine & Allies Use Pirate Sites to Spread Propaganda

TorrentFreak

Following the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, new video content produced by major Western companies mostly disappeared from Russian cinemas and online platforms. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. None of the opinions expressed thus far are particularly unusual. Less plausible.

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Russia Piracy Takedowns Up By 100%, “Western Rightsholders to Blame”

TorrentFreak

Zlobin says that, if Western copyright holders continue to treat Russian consumers poorly, piracy will continue to grow unhindered due to the lack of Western rightsholder enforcement in Russia. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. However, Western content isn’t the only content in town. “[P]irates

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