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Strike 3 Holdings Infringement

LexBlog IP

It is not uncommon to see demands of $25,000 to $35,000 for merely downloading movies (where copyright notices and FBI warnings are not usually found) and to try to milk these people financially dry. Send a demand letter (cease and desist) when you catch an infringement if you are serious about stopping the infringement.

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Rightsholders See Iraq as a ‘Corrupt’ Hotbed for Online Piracy, Ask the U.S. to Step In

TorrentFreak

As a result, “copyright notices” were sent to US bases and even United States Central Command was put on high alert. Corporate ‘Pirates’ Profit from Lacking Copyright Protection. This widespread piracy is hard to tackle since Iraq doesn’t have any effective copyright laws to protect foreign content.

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

TorrentFreak

Over the years we’ve published thousands of articles on copyright law, from how it works in theory to its application in full-blown lawsuits. But other copyright disputes, where infringement isn’t so obvious, can trigger new complexity and polarized legal opinions. .”