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Japan’s 2 Trillion Yen Manga & Anime Piracy War Gets New Hollywood Backing

TorrentFreak

While these names represent just a sample of the individual companies represented by CODA, the anti-piracy group also has around ten ‘organizational’ members. Annual dues for the six major studios for piracy-fighting actions carried out by the MPA total $50m. Aniplex Inc. Cygames, Inc. SHUEISHA Inc.

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Hollywood: PrimeWire Pirate Streaming Site is Defying Court Injunction

TorrentFreak

It’s been around for at least eight years but in December 2021 it became clear that major movie and TV show companies had seen enough. Indeed, the studios claim that PrimeWire is effectively an attractive one-stop shop, one that provides all of their exclusive content under one roof. Nic AG, SWITCH, and Afilias, Inc.,

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DoodStream: Hollywood, Netflix, Amazon & Apple Sue “Rogue Cyberlocker”

TorrentFreak

The MPA still believed the site was operating from OVH in France but also listed other companies as hosts, including Online S.A.S., Entertainment Inc., Amazon Content Services LLC, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Hetzner Online GmbH, and Interkvm Host10 SRL. 1 to 3 were masked.”

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PrimeWire: Hollywood & Netflix Win Court Injunction to Disable Site Domains

TorrentFreak

Then, in early December, companies including Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix filed a full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit against the alleged operators of the site including moderators Dev_Team, Silverrain, Fugitive, and drodman250. Nic AG, SWITCH, and Afilias, Inc., or primewire.vc

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California District Court Rejects Infringement Claim Brought Over 2019 Film Ad Astra

LexBlog IP

1] The Court reasoned that the defendant companies could not have possibly copied the script in question, as they did not have access to the script until after Ad Astra was written. Phillip Madison Jones, the screenwriter, sued Twentieth Century Studios, The Walt Disney Co., 1] Phillip Madison Jones v.

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An “Evel” Outcome? Evel Knievel’s son unsuccessful in trademark suit against Disney

IPilogue

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . . Kelly Knievel, the son of infamous motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel, brought a trademark infringement action against Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures for their character “Duke Caboom” featured in Toy Story 4. K&K Promotions Inc.

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Surprise! Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Bored Ape Yacht Club v. Ripps

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In addition, although the takedown notices state that the company contacting Defendants, Appdetex, is Yuga’s DMCA Agent, it does not state that the notice is a DMCA notice. Case citation : Yuga Labs, Inc. Universal Music * 512(f) Plaintiff Can’t Get Discovery to Back Up His Allegations of Bogus Takedowns–Ouellette v.