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VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023

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As reported yesterday, the Australian government has just released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. “To access free content (e.g. music, films, TV series, e-books, etc.)” That being said, awareness of VPNs is on the rise.

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Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User

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.” According to some, this almost utopian model with ‘free’ and ‘sharing’ underpinning everything, had no chance of survival. Right now, a company is claiming that Blender’s free content is actually their content and as a result, must be immediately removed from the internet.

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Piracy Advertising Researchers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks

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ering them ‘free content,’ including the latest movies, music, and television shows. They found that less than 10% of these sites linked to malicious content, which includes the less severe “potentially unwanted software.” “Piracy operators lure users to their sites by o?ering