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

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The claims are based on data supplied by local telecoms watchdog Roscomnadzor. Western Companies Are to Blame When good content is made available legally, conveniently, and at a fair price, studies have shown that legal sales tend to increase. That’s not exactly true, or indeed true at all.

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How Much is Your Personal Information Worth? And What Will It Be Worth in the Future?

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One of the most effective ways to influence consumer behaviour online is through targeted advertising. Known as paid-to-surf models, companies in this space require their users to install browser extensions to track their browsing. What monetary value do some privacy-conscious users demand to share their personal information?

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Telegram Copyright Lawsuits Pressure Messenger To Install Anti-Piracy System

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As a result, the company has been criticized by the RIAA and MPAA , made an appearance on the EU’s ‘ piracy watch list ‘, and been told to block pirated content or even face blocking itself. The company has also targeted YouTube and Google, the latter for allegedly hosting piracy apps.

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Russia’s Manga Pirates Face Publisher’s Lawsuit & Increasing State Censorship

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Signed by some of Russia’s most powerful tech and entertainment companies in 2018, a Memorandum of Cooperation saw the creation of a centralized database of pirated content. Internet companies agreed to query the database every few minutes and then remove corresponding content from their indexes. There are some outliers, however.

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TINA Issues Warning Letters to Celeb NFT Endorsers

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Well, according to consumer watchdog Truth In Advertising (TINA), by failing to disclose (i) their material connection to the NFT brands as well as (ii) the risks associated with investing in volatile speculative digital assets, these celebrities may be engaging in deceptive advertising practices. So what’s the harm?

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California Enacts a New Law about Olive Oil Labeling

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The watchdog government agency regarding olive oil quality and labeling in California is the Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC) established in 2014 and funded by olive oil farmers. California consumers have hardly been in danger of encountering low grade olive oil. The Irritant. 5279505 and Reg No. ” A Wild Idea.

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Cy pres recipient in false advertising case has to be false-advertising-focused group, court rules

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First, the court found that the state consumer protection law claims couldn’t cover the US because it wasn’t enough to allege that “substantially similar statutes” exist in all other states is insufficient, and they only cited California and Missouri consumer protection law in the complaint.