TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

From blocking innocent platforms and bizarre public denials claiming that never actually happened , to the leaking of Piracy Shield source code online and claims that didn’t happen either , a more difficult debut would be hard to imagine. Against the wishes of many, however, their role in the system is enshrined in law.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 19, 2022

In September 2021, US broadcaster DISH Network filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Michigan court. The first was Atlas Electronics, a Michigan-based retailer of unauthorized IPTV services, and company owner Alaa Al-Emara. The Iraq-based service was called out by beIN last October in a report sent to the USTR.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

broadcaster DISH Network files another new lawsuit in the U.S., targeting various players in the IPTV ecosystem, the company maintains a long tradition of legal action that aims high and goes in hard. As DISH works to track down anonymous operators, of mostly overseas IPTV services being resold in the U.S.,

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2024

Last November, IPTV subscription resellers operating from channels4cheap.com (C4C) and purchase-iptv.com found themselves being sued by broadcaster DISH Network. Flyers distributed in the Bay Area advertising the service had led to DISH investigators handing over $135 for a subscription test purchase. 1201(a)(2) and 17 U.S.C.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2022

broadcaster DISH Network has already booked a string of successes against pirate IPTV services this year, securing millions of dollars in damages. In addition to Alghafir and his company Texas Communication and Technology LLC, the lawsuit also targeted a pair of Chinese corporations, Street Cat Technology and Jiemao Technology.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 9, 2022

Those powers, which will be increased should Bill C-11 be enacted, lead to its position that any broadcasting from anywhere in the world is subject to its jurisdiction so long as there is a Canadian nexus to the activities. It was not at all clear that the CRTC has the jurisdiction to take this approach.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 8, 2022

With illegal streaming of live sporting events still causing headaches for leagues and broadcasters alike, rightsholders continue to demand more flexible tools to prevent infringement, especially via pirate IPTV services. Broadcasters Demand ‘Dynamic’ Injunction. Opposition to the Dynamic Injunction.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

Neither of these explanations were credible since there is no reason to think the amendment would limit consultation on a policy direction or prevent future adaption of the broadcasting system. The official explanation is an afterthought in Gold’s speech, who instead focuses on the loophole claims by citing two examples.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2022

VPN services are a useful tools for protecting internet users’ online privacy. The latter can be helpful if people want to access a streaming service’s content library in another country. However, Grand Production discovered that the streaming service also showed the program in Austria. Streaming Service Not Liable.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The CRTC’s Bill C-11 hearings are in their third and final week as a steady stream of broadcasters and producers make their way to Gatineau to urge the Commission to force Internet streamers to hand over cash in a giant cross-industry subsidy scheme designed to support everyone from small producers to Bell’s news division.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2021

Pre-loaded set-top boxes and pirate IPTV services are a major problem for content owners and broadcasters around the world. Through a growing number of out-of-court actions and full-blown lawsuits, media companies are trying to tackle the threat but as a case in Canada shows, these can be drawn-out affairs.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Despite widespread publicity and overt campaigns warning of the criminal consequences, there’s still no shortage of people prepared to openly sell piracy-configured set-top boxes and pirate IPTV subscriptions. According to the ads, the company also sold various IPTV devices. Again, intent plays a key role here.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2023

Indeed, it didn’t take long before NHL broadcasters asked the court for a pirate IPTV blocking order of their own. In part due to intervention from the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic ( CIPPIC ), an independent expert was appointed to measure the effectiveness and proportionality of the blocking efforts.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Most viewers will do so through authorized services but events like this draw massive pirate audiences as well. In anticipation, several Canadian media companies are taking legal action. Bell’s TSN4 network has the right to the FIFA broadcasts and with this lawsuit, the company wants to take preemptive action.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Anti-Piracy Coalitions, Members, Overlaps Submissions by the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), Football Association Premier League, plus a joint submission by beIN Media and Miramax, contain considerable detail on the problems faced by sports leagues and their broadcasting partners. The business is extremely sophisticated.

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IPilogue

JUNE 22, 2022

In the age of streaming, social media, and subscription-based entertainment platforms, critics have called for amendments to Canada’s Broadcasting Act , which was last updated in 1991 – long before the internet we know today materialized. Reactions to the proposed legislation have been mixed.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

The world of pirate streaming and IPTV services is one of intrigue. In December 2020, US broadcaster DISH Network and tech partner Nagrastar filed a civil suit under seal in the United States, naming Carlos Rocha plus SolTV and Stream Solutions, a pair of known IPTV brands operated by the Toronto resident.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2021

Top level football is massive business in the UK, generating money from turnstiles, merchandising and lucrative broadcasting rights. Needless to say, this doesn’t sit well with companies such as Sky. To counter this, some use cheaper domestic subscriptions instead while others go flat-out with a pirate set-top box.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2023

Subscription channels often end up in IPTV subscription packages, sold to the public at a fraction of the cost after being obtained by pirates using both legal and illegal means. ” Telegram Groups Selling NOW TV Decryption Keys NOW TV is a subscription OTT TV service operated by Sky Group.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In a recent decision , the EUIPO added a jingle of a public transportation company to this list. Background On 15 March 2023, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (‘BVG’, the company operating the public transportation system in Berlin), applied for a two-second long sound mark as an EU trade mark (no. BVG responded and argued: 1.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

is uploaded to the social media service by the provider of the service or the provider’s affiliate, or by the agent or mandatary of either of them; or. (b)?is if the program has been broadcast by a broadcast undertaking that is either licensed or registered with the CRTC. The regulations in Section 4.2 That’s all.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2022

Most copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the recording industry are aimed at sites, services and individuals involved in the unlicensed online distribution of music. The platform allowed users to listen to the live internet broadcasts of 109 local radio channels via embedded links. Recording Industry Takes Action.

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Michael Geist

MAY 25, 2022

Bill C-11, much like Bill C-10, has been touted by the government as a measure to ensure that large foreign streaming services contribute to the Canadian cultural sector. A full transcript of the opening remarks are posted at the end of this post.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2023

Over the past few weeks, football organizations and broadcasters around Europe have been obtaining and/or renewing permission to block access to unlicensed online streams. The details of these orders, and others obtained by broadcasters elsewhere in Europe, are not made public, but their purpose is well known.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Organizations and companies, including the MPA, UEFA, Premier League, beIN, LaLiga, Serie A, Sky, and BT Sport, called on the EC to introduce new law that would compel intermediaries to take pirate streams offline within minutes of a complaint. The announcement followed a huge campaign by rightsholders last October.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Most pirate IPTV services online today operate by accessing official broadcasts and streams, capturing them with dedicated equipment, and then restreaming video to the public from dedicated servers. At the time of writing, ‘most’ of the third-party companies have yet to respond to the DISH subpoenas.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

CJEU judgments Seven.One, CJEU, C-260/22 Coming from Germany, this preliminary reference concerned broadcasting organisations and their entitlement to fair compensation as a result of private copying. Specifically, the Austrian law were found to violate the country-of-origin principle in Article 3 of the Directive.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

Hosting companies, CDN platforms and consumer ISPs face an increasing risk of being held liable for the activities of their customers. According to its website , UK-based CDN company DataCamp shifts a lot of data via its CDN77 service; 120 Tbps network capacity over six continents, with 140+ private peerings connecting 3,000+ networks.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

Not all publishers are happy with IA’s service which triggered a massive legal battle four years ago. They cited expert witnesses who concluded that there’s no financial harm and further argued that the service is substantially different from the ebook licensing market. ” the publishers write.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Under the current DMCA legislation, US-based Internet services are expected to remove infringing links, if a copyright holder complains. This process shields these services from direct liability. At the same time, the company also tweaked its search engine to steer people away from piracy. According to Google, this works well.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2024

With an entire generation exposed to piracy thanks to the most notorious pirates of them all, there was always a question mark over Sweden’s ability to turn its back on The Pirate Bay in favor of legitimate services. A resident of southern Sweden, the man was the alleged registrant of the service’s domain name.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

broadcaster DISH Network filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Michigan court targeting two sets of defendants. Atlas Electronics, a Michigan-based retailer of unauthorized IPTV services, and company owner Alaa Al-Emara made up the first set. In September 2021, U.S. Of course, beIN has seen it all before.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 31, 2021

In the United States, broadcaster DISH Network has filed dozens of lawsuits targeting the operators of numerous streaming platforms, usually based on relatively straightforward violations of either the Copyright Act or the Federal Communications Act. websites,” the companies add. The offer includes the channels listed below. .

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has built a reputation for shutting down pirate IPTV services by various means, US broadcaster DISH is more prolific when it comes to actual lawsuits. Over the years DISH has filed large numbers of civil lawsuits, some based on copyright law and others the Federal Communications Act.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 5, 2022

DISH filed its complaint against My Indian TV in a New York district in August 2021, describing the defendant as a global pirate television service. After attempts by DISH to shut the IPTV service down came to nothing, the company responded with its lawsuit alleging direct copyright infringement ( 17 U.S. Starting at $14.95

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2023

Focusing on MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL content, Hehestreams was no ordinary IPTV service. Instead of copied streams, captured from broadcasts, HeheStreams users were directed to genuine streams offered by sports broadcasters. A good decision for the tech company since Streit went on to save the company $600,000 annually.

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