TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Users may also prefer less advertising or find the amount of user data scooped up by official apps a privacy risk. In a strongly-worded copyright complaint sent this week, rightsholders say that will not be tolerated. These issues were caused by a DMCA notice sent by the Motion Picture Association to GitHub.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We begin with developments in the copyright field. In February , Kenya’s parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021. Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

The ISP addressed the substance of the allegations and described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner Maverickeye as “copyright trolls”. Nearly all of them denied having downloaded the pirated films and one subscriber said they had never received a copyright infringement complaint, contrary to the filmmakers’ claim.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Canadian digital law and policy in 2022 was marked by legislative battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, the Rogers outage, stalled privacy and AI reform, copyright term extension, and a growing trade battle with the U.S. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below. over Canadian policies.

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Michael Geist

JANUARY 30, 2023

This week’s Law Bytes podcast provides a preview of the upcoming session, looking at what may lie ahed for issues such as telecom policy, privacy reform, Bills C-11 and C-18, copyright, and trade policy. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Those who know how to create a Docker container can have an instance up and running in minutes and for the privacy conscious, the docker-compose file on GitHub supports VPNs via Gluetun. The Docker image has been downloaded nearly 25k times and the repository has been starred by more than a thousand other developers so far.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Copyright Office announced in the Federal Register that it will consider a proposed exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (“DMCA”) anti-circumvention provisions which prohibit the circumvention of any technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In 2021, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Court Dismissed Bungie’s Copyright Claims In May 2022, U.S. Mr. May holds copyrights in these materials…,” the counterclaim added.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He was one of the first MPs to seriously consider user rights within Canadian copyright law, a vocal supporter of net neutrality and more affordable wireless services, and a leading advocate for privacy protection and social media regulation. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2021, more than 900,000 users downloaded the app through Google Play, in Spain alone. Last September, Javier Tebas revealed that LaLiga had “eliminated” 58 pirate apps, by unspecified means, together worth a million downloads in Spain. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

A sample chapter, Chapter 14 (on publicity rights and endorsements), is available as a free download. We also have two online-only chapters on housing discrimination (Chapter 20) and political advertising (Chapter 21), both also freely downloadable. Chapter 11: Copyrights. Chapter 15: Privacy. What Does the Book Cover?

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. What is copyright protection? Why should I copyright my software?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Whois Privacy. Copyright holders have complained about these privacy services for years. To make matters worse for copyright holders, the EU’s GDPR privacy law only made it harder to identify domain owners. The domain name body added these to reduce liability under the EU’s privacy regulation.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 9, 2021

There is not really much of a privacy advantage for people who use Pirate Bay’s.onion domain to download torrents. While ISPs may not be able to see what pages they visit, their residential IP address is still publicly broadcasted when files are downloading through a torrent client.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Many non-compliant foreign companies exited Russia when faced with a choice; compromise your customers’ privacy, or else. In reality, people will simply download them, or download others from elsewhere that may or may not contain something much, much worse. Russia has been tightening the noose on VPN services for years.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Image Source: gettyimages]. What are takedown services?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We deliberately violate the copyright law in most countries. This includes direct downloads through Library Genesis forks and Z-Library, two well-known shadow libraries. They only increased the team’s motivation to go full steam ahead, while being mindful of their privacy. Leave No Trace.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2023

” Consumption of Illegal Streams & Downloads Fall The two most popular methods of obtaining infringing content in France are streaming and direct downloading, often referred to as DDL. Arcom’s 2023 Barometer report is available here (pdf, French) From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Yesterday I highlighted the top ten posts on this site and the series of looking back wraps up today with the most streamed or downloaded Law Bytes podcast episodes of the year. Bill C-11 once again leads the way, though there are episodes on privacy, security, Bill C-18, the invocation of the Emergencies Act, and copyright.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 17, 2023

The potential of AI is evident to just about everyone, but the challenges associated with bias, copyright, privacy, misinformation and more can’t be ignored. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below. Aidan Gomez , who worked on the “T” in ChatGPT, is the co-founder and CEO of Cohere AI.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2022

Millions of subtitle files are downloaded every week in many languages, often to be paired with downloaded movies and TV shows. “In August 2021 we received message on Telegram from a hacker, who showed us proof that he could gain access to the user table of opensubtitles.org, and downloaded a SQL dump from it.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2023

In Denmark, local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance has repeatedly warned that today’s youth should be properly educated when it comes to copyright and piracy. “Students must learn about copyright and relate this to the streaming culture they are a part of. “[Piracy] actually amounts to stealing. .

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down. The YouTube download portal has more than 40 million monthly visits but believes this figure would muc: higher today if Google hadn’t removed many of its search results. nu Takedowns YTMP3.nu

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2023

A cursory glance would’ve revealed the unlicensed nature of these platforms, but LaLiga also nominated more than 80 software video players, many of them available for download on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. “It ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Companies that own copyrighted works have the option to monetize them in any way they see fit. None of these avenues are inherently controversial but for some companies another option is attractive; track down people who allegedly downloaded and shared movies online and warn them that they could soon be facing a lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Full sets – which could take many weeks to download from the site – could be obtained from so-called ‘ burners ‘, volunteers who were willing to give up their time and electricity to burn their collections of ROM binaries onto CD-ROMs. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2021

This is a defense lawyer bonanza in terms of briefing opportunities in privacy and other cases. This opinion is more understandable than the Spokeo ruling, but I’m still confused about what this opinion does to privacy litigation (and maybe other areas of the law). The court relied primarily on Clapper , not Spokeo. Microsoft.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

The App Piracy Problem Copyright holders are not happy with these ‘unauthorized’ apps, which are big business. Yes, not only are rights holders losing money from the lack of legitimate App downloads, but Pirates steal what should be their ad revenue as well,” Bravo notes.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2022

Copyright holders are not happy with these ‘unauthorized’ apps, a sentiment that was reiterated by the Copyright Alliance a few days ago. Copyright Alliance Response to NTIA Inquiry. Piracy is not mentioned in the brief but the Copyright Alliance believes that this issue should be taken into account as well.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Copyright holders have tried a wide variety of legal options to tackle online piracy, including lawsuits. In response, the VPN announced that it would stop using US-based servers, to ensure the privacy of its users. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. is one of the companies that was sued.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

A Kat being extra careful while Mercury is retrograde Copyright SpicyIP analysed a recent decision from the Bombay High Court, in which it was decided that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2024

Designed to be used as live links rather than downloaded, these.m3u8 files are not only convenient and easy to use. For the sake of privacy, if any exists, some chunks are redacted. A district court went on to dismiss the copyright claims , and the case. They automatically update when providers change their stream URLs.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 3, 2020

Redbox [link] 2020-04-26 Freezing order made in the UK to enforce trade secret misappropriation judgment in the United StatesMotorola Solut… [link] 2020-04-27 Statutory damages for copyright infringement of a web site about page awarded2020 FC 379 (CanLII) | Biofert Manufa… [link] 2020-04-27 Link to York University v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. That includes copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Finally, systematic recording of IP addresses of users of P2P networks allegedly engaging in infringing activity to bring a claim for damages is in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. Copyright “trolls” benefiting from measures under the Enforcement Directive.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2023

Every day millions of people download or stream pirated movies, which are readily available online through hundreds of dedicated sites. Unlike The Scene, P2P groups don’t have to abide by a particular set of rules, but privacy is still a top priority. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. million people estimated to have downloaded at least one track illegally in 2022. The annual survey aims to understand the piracy habits of citizens aged 12 and above.

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