TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

After playing the victim for years, an investigation found that the law firm uploaded movies to sites like The Pirate Bay and then sued those who downloaded them. Movies covered by these licenses subsequently turned up on BitTorrent networks and people who downloaded them began receiving legal threats.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately for the publishers, however, those utilizing Sci-Hub tend to be tech-savvy individuals who are not only undeterred by blocks but can also have a penchant for making downloading even easier. Over the weekend Wierenga released an interesting new browser tool that turns the finding of Sci-Hub download links into child’s play.

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The Trichordist

MAY 9, 2022

Many readers participated in the Physical and Download Mechanical Rates Survey that various organizations have sent to their members over the last few weeks. Here are the… Read more "Survey Results: Physical and Download Mechanical Rates Survey–Artist Rights Watch".

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

“Tool to bypass YouTube security measures allowing users to illegally download our copyrighted content,” the identical notices inform Google, requesting various stream-ripper URLs to be removed. Google has removed many thousands of stream-ripper URLs in response to these takedown requests.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While the latter still protects content from being easily downloaded, it’s certainly not impossible to bypass, as pirates have repeatedly shown. A developer named “ Widevinedump ” posted a collection of download tools on GitHub. As such, keeping it secure is vital. Widevine DRM. Widevine DRM comes in different levels.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 16, 2023

The most recent results for 2022 were just released and show that illegal streaming and downloading remain prevalent. Roughly a third of the respondents (33%) admit to having downloaded or streamed something in the past and 15% did so over the past year. In 2020, fewer young Danes said they had downloaded or streamed pirated content.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. Services like Netflix have sought to mimic some of these benefits by allowing content to be played on most devices and even downloaded for offline viewing.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2022

However, in this case, Mark didn’t download a pirated copy of Skyrim. So, would Zenimax want one of its legitimate customers to be sanctioned for downloading a mod pack? This is an easy mistake to make when there’s no manual verification, as the download is titled “Skyrim SE 2021.rar.” We doubt it.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In an unsurprising decision, the Board reversed a refusal to register the mark PERMWARE for "downloadable software for managing permeation laboratory master data," finding Applicant Mocon's screenshot to be an acceptable specimen of use. In re Mocon, Inc. 90673935 (October 13, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jyll Taylor).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The tracking service has been entertaining and sometimes scaring BitTorrent users for years, matching IP addresses to infringing downloads and even providing lists of IP addresses relating to specific content. Those seeking pirate downloads will find absolutely nothing of interest. No downloads. No torrents.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

The pirated copy – complete with Russian dubbing – was downloaded from an unnamed torrent site. Tickets cost around 500 rubles (US$7.00) with the organizers framing the screening as an art performance with artistic commentary on Hollywood’s departure from the Russian market.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Applicant's first set of specimens comprised webpages displaying the mark and describing the software, but did not provide a way to download the software. The second set of webpages offered pricing information, but did not allow downloading of the software. The third specimen likewise failed to provide for downloading of the software.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

No matter where people live or how much knowledge and experience they’ve accumulated, governments and corporations rarely shy away from an opportunity to offer behavioral advice.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a claim interpretation that flows naturally from the parties’ stipulated claim construction is binding on the parties even if the interpretation reads preferred embodiments out of the claims. Finjan LLC v. SonicWall, Inc., 22-1048 (Fed. 13, 2023) (Reyna, Cunningham, JJ.) dissenting).

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The Trichordist

APRIL 17, 2022

We are participating in a survey being conducted by a number of songwriter groups around the world to ask our readers what you think the new un-frozen… Read more "Please take our physical and download mechanical royalty rates survey and help decide the new rates!".

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 28, 2022

To be able to use the wi-fi, everyone instructed in the gate area was told over the loudspeaker that we had to download the airline app on our phones, and that if we wanted to purchase anything during the flight, we had to input our credit card numbers into the app. I am sure everyone can visualize my dismay at this announcement.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

Internet Archive hits back in music label lawsuit, German police seize billions worth of bitcoin and Nightshade gets 250K downloads. The post 3 Count: 78 RPMs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2023

Netflix's King of Collectibles is sued over show idea, Google takes down Downloader app and USPTO launches new roundtable on piracy. The post 3 Count: Not-so Goldin Touch appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2022

Take a look and continue to be aware of how your information is collected, used and disclosed BEFORE you download it. Below are some articles that can help you assess which apps and types of apps that have been dubbed by other writers as “the worst.” ” You will see a pattern.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As the days get shorter, downloads of specific pirated movies start to increase. As a follow-up, we now take a closer look at the seasonal download, reaching an unexpected conclusion. As a follow-up, we now take a closer look at the seasonal download, reaching an unexpected conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Strike 3 subpoenas ISPs to determine the identities of John Does that it alleges downloaded its copyrighted (adult) films. The decision describes the procedure to be filed in view of the “sensitive nature of the allegations.” ” strike 2 john doe subpoena edny.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 25, 2024

Through Oscartorrents.com , pirates could download the nominated films, review them, and vote for their favorite. This rogue Oscars alternative taunted Hollywood by attracting over 100,000 ‘pirate’ votes and many more illegal downloads. Estimated torrent downloads (Jan 15 – 24) Below is an overview of all findings.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Wired News reports: Transit officials in New York and San Francisco have launched a copyright crackdown on a website offering free downloadable subway maps designed to be viewed on the iPod.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 27, 2024

A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday said a group of copyright holders can go to trial with claims internet service provider Frontier Communications is liable for failing to cut off customers who downloaded pirated music and movies.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2022

With help from IKnow , we scoured through millions of downloads to find pirates’ favorite films. Most downloaded Christmas Classics on BitTorrent. The Top 5 is completed by the 2003 comedy, “Elf” It’s The Most Downloaded Time Of The Year. Home Alone On Top. torrentfreak.com. Home Alone. The Grinch.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2023

Based on a sample of torrent activity tracked by IKnow , we can report that pirated downloads of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ skyrocketed this week. Since its release, the film has been illegally downloaded and streamed millions of times. After that, downloads leveled off again.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Finjan’s patents claim a system for checking downloadable files for security concerns. Back in 1996 when Finjan filed its original provisional application, the focus was on applets or other small downloadable programs. But downloadables today are much bulkier. You can see that there are several branches.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Entertainment Software Association , recently held that ‘making available’ a music stream online and a subsequent act of streaming / downloading the music are not subject to two separate royalties. On the other hand, if the e-book is made available for downloading, the copyright owner’s ‘right to authorise reproduction’ is engaged.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Perhaps unsurprisingly, millions of people decided to download or stream these illegal copies. However, when we analyzed a large sample (*) of the download numbers through BitTorrent, we noticed an interesting pattern. On that day, there were hundreds of thousands of downloads, which easily made Dune the most downloaded film that day.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2024

All the others aim to unblock access, downloading, and viewing of hosted files, for example to break the waiting time limit between two downloads or for viewing files.” Their analysis shows that the vast majority of files hosted on Uptobox are not downloaded or viewed. In essence, 73.5%

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

LaLiga chief Javier Tebas reported that during the first five days of the new Spanish football season, it had “eliminated” 58 Android-based piracy apps believed to have been downloaded by four million users worldwide. Tebas said that 800,000 of those users are in Spain where they use the app to watch pirated football streams.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2023

On March 20, 2020, David uploaded a video about a Docker container for youtube-dl, software that allows people to download videos from YouTube and other platforms. No specific reasons were given but YouTube’s terms of service state that downloading from the platform is not allowed.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This traffic can’t be measured publicly, so we decided to focus on BitTorrent downloads instead, assuming that this is a good proxy for the overall interest on pirate sites. In addition to the estimated downloads, we also added the numbers from the neighboring country Belgium as a control group. Friends downloads (torrents).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the report, the group lists various pirate sites that allow the public to download games for free. Cyberlockers, Linking and Torrent Sites Download sites remain a key problem for the video games industry and these exist in various forms. Over the past year, the number of estimated game downloads rose 135% according to the report.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2023

This means that all downloads and uploads can be browsed, including data related to those transfers, as seen below. The problem here is that with an entirely exposed WebUI, people can find out what Russians are downloading. The image above shows a WebUI for the Tixati torrent client.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Downloading a track takes about the same time as a shrug of the shoulders followed by an internal “who cares?” “Is it legal to download music from YouTube?” ” is always popular, along with its self-focused twin sister, “Can I get caught downloading music from YouTube?”

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 25, 2023

At the end of every year, we take a look at the most-downloaded TV shows among torrenting pirates. For several years in a row, the list was headed by Game of Thrones but that reign came to an end after the series ended. — Below we have compiled a list of the most-torrented TV shows worldwide released in 2023 (per episode).

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