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Are You Sure That’s Free? Content from Others in Your Social Media

McBayer IP Blog

Posted In copyright , Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Social Media Big business owners, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and influencers are all looking for boosts to their reputations that drive traffic and revenue their way.

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Sky Italia Targets Pirate Streaming App VancedFlix Through GitHub

TorrentFreak

The app openly promotes the availability of free content from paid services such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+ , although the operators suggest that legal responsibility for the streamed content lies with third-party services. ” Sky Italia Takes Action Copyright holders tend to see the legalities quite differently.

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

TorrentFreak

.” 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

TorrentFreak

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.” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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State Attorneys General Warn Public About Piracy Scams and Malware

TorrentFreak

According to DCA’s executive director Tom Galvin, pirated content is often used as bait to exploit naive Internet users seeking cheap access to online entertainment. Piracy operators dangle free content. That doesn’t have priority, at least not in this campaign.

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MANGA Plus Invites Users to Confess Piracy & Name Most-Used Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

It’s proven popular with fans for the range of free content in multiple languages but for a number of reasons it fails to compete with pirate sites. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Competing With Piracy. Confess Here Please.

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BeStreamWise: New IPTV Anti-Piracy Campaign Begins With Fake Site ‘Scam’

TorrentFreak

” “Streaming services offering free content from other platforms can be too good to be true and aren’t always legal. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Illegal streaming can let criminals into your devices and network. Who Wants Brits to BeStreamWise?