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Sky Italia Targets Pirate Streaming App VancedFlix Through GitHub

TorrentFreak

These pirate services often use slick designs and easy-to-use apps that appeal to a broad audience. 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.

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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.

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Adobe Thinks it Can Solve Netflix’s Password ‘Piracy’ Problem

TorrentFreak

The company believes that if streaming video is to avoid the fate of streaming music where free content is expected, action is needed sooner rather than later. Citing potential losses of $9bn per year – three times those of rival Disney+ – Adobe says Netflix suffers most from credential sharing.

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Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandate

Michael Geist

Section 28 states: The designation of a public broadcaster as an eligible news business is subject to any other conditions specified in regulations made by the Governor in Council. At a minimum, there must be some level of free content, both news and entertainment, on CBC/Radio-Canada’s digital platforms.

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My Testimony to the Colombian Constitutional Court Regarding Online Account Terminations and Content Removals

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In other words, the law simply wasn’t designed to redress the plaintiffs’ concerns. To have enough money to pay for the professionally-produced content, publishers will increasingly adopt subscription models to access the content (sometimes called “paywalls”), which means we will enjoy less free content online.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

SpicyIP

Pikashow is an app which claims to provide free content of known OTT platforms. Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks launches IPO Grievance Portal. Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction to the Plaintiff, blocking ‘Pikashow’ App from being accessed in any matter whatsoever. for approvals.

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Keynote and copyright interactions

43(B)log

His predicted countermoves: web was predicated on amateur content; producers who lacked mechanism to reach an audience would provide that content for free—massive databases of free content that could be ad-supported b/c it didn’t cost much to obtain.