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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

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In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. It later disappeared.

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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

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Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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Hollywood Wins Injunction To Shut Down Pirate IPTV Operations, Disable Domain Names

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Last year his Area 51 service was shut down following a cease-and-desist issued by the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. It later disappeared.

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AimJunkies Maintain That Cheating is Legal, Appeals Bungie’s $4.3 Million Arbitration Award

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In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said. As a result, the copyright infringement dispute is currently ongoing and progressing to trial.

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Anti-Piracy Group Received $290K in Settlements from Usenet Pirates in 2021

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In August 2021, for example, Usenet indexer NZBXS agreed to shut down and as part of a confidential settlement, agreed to hand over the personal details of some of the platform’s users. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Nintendo’s ‘Mario Movie’ Leaks: DMCA Used To Suppress Spoiler Discussion

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Post Removed By Reddit For Copyright Infringement. As the embedded image shows, the user’s post was subsequently removed by Reddit’s Legal Operations team following a “copyright claim by a third party.” Spoilers: Are They Copyright Infringement?

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

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The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.