TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Search accepts notices for web pages that are not even in our index at the time of submission. Nevertheless, we will proactively block such web pages from appearing in our Search results and will apply these notices to our demotion signal,” the page reads. If the past can change, then so can the future.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the final days of 2023 as people were preparing to welcome in the new year, yet more pirate domains were being redirected or transferred into the hands of the MPA, presumably as part of a settlement agreement. 2) Responsive Design with VIP membership system. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2023

In a message posted on the site’s front page, the team says its farewells. “The past 2 years have been very difficult for us – some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it – not being able to work at all. However, the real RARBG is no more.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 14, 2023

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is on the defensive as he tries to defend Bill C-18 in the wake of both Google and Facebook signalling that they may remove Canadian news from search results and social media sharing in light of the government’s approach that creates mandated payments for links.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 25, 2023

In August 2021, Bungie filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a number of defendants involved in the development and supply of Destiny 2 cheating tool, Wallhax. and owner Robert James Duthie Nelson, admitted that their tool breached copyright by injecting new code into Bungie’s, thereby creating an unlicensed derivative work.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Independent Russian news outlet Meduza reports that several movie theaters managed to get their hands on high-quality DCP copies. The Movie Distributor’s Bulletin reports that the major chains have reached a private agreement to keep Avatar 2 out of theaters until January 13. Legalizing Piracy?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 26, 2023

One reported purchase consisted of a file that “took about an hour” to download and then turned out to be 400 pages of screenshots. Given the low price, that might’ve been tolerable; if the textbook in its original form hadn’t run to 650 pages.

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43(B)log

MARCH 6, 2024

Although Meta argued that Metroplex was an ad purchaser for two of its local media properties (a news site and an FM radio station), given that it has advertised on Facebook dozens of times in the last few years, Metroplex argued that it was a Meta competitor.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 4, 2023

This service allows you to create RSS feed out of almost any web page. All RSS feed content is updated each time there is something new in target web page. This URL can be a link to any user or page from major social networks like Facebook, Twitter and so on. What is FetchRSS? The rest is our job.

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Sander Law

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Linking to another page or news story. Accordingly, if you find a news story you want to post about on your social media, only link to the story. Do not copy the images and/or literary content from the page and put this content in your post as then you are publishing the copyrighted work without permission.

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2022

With the Online Streaming Act having passed second reading in the House of Commons and headed for further study at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, the government moved swiftly to second reading debate on Bill C-18 , the Online News Act. What does it mean to make news content available?

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

On page 8, it mentions that India shall benefit from the AI innovation wave if it develops a robust intellectual property regime. On page 60, the report underlines the importance of a robust IP regime so that innovators have confidence in its application and enforcement. This is repeated on page 91. On page no.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 12, 2023

With access to court records restricted, news of progress in the case had been limited. Access device fraud and wire fraud are also included in a list that spans 18 pages. Documents related to the motion for forfeiture can be found here ( 1 , 2 , pdf). From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

Spring has sprung bringing along the latest news of the week. The new edition of the programme will start in January 2025 and the deadline for applications is 31 May 2024. For more information on how to apply, visit the programme’s page or contact catolica.law.sede@ucp.pt. For more information click here.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

came out with some surprising news. With over 200 million visits the anime streaming portal was one of the largest pirate sites until last June, when it was suddenly acquired by a new team , who redirected it to Aniwatch.to. now redirect to ACE’s ‘ Watch Legally ’ page. This sudden takeover likely wasn’t a coincidence.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The longstanding debate over whether Bill C-18, the Online News Act, requires payment for linking came to an end yesterday. As noted below, even that position may understate the impact of the bill, which appears to also cover a user post of a news quote without a link. This where the government is at with Bill C-18.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2024

“Although the last 2 years have been challenging for the project and the team, we are not giving up and are continuing to work on the development of the library,” the team writes, asking users to contribute. An email sent to many people this month is more to the point, urging people to visit and bookmark the new domain.

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43(B)log

JULY 7, 2023

As described: Consumers click on ads that appear to be news articles with false celebrity endorsements of the Keto Products. This ad takes them to a landing page for the product with more misrepresentations. When they click on the purchase button, they are presented with several purchase offers including “Buy 3 Bottles, Get 2 Free.”

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its introduction in early April, the Online News Act (Bill C-18) has flown below the public’s radar screen. The series starts with posts that examine some of the specifics in the bill, including problematic definitions for making available news, news businesses, and even the definition of news itself.

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Corsearch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

2] More recently news outlets and blogs reported on a lawsuit filed by Meta against Freenom, a Dutch company, acting as Registry for 5 country code top level domain names and Registrar for other generic top level domain names.[3]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

Game developer Bungie is continuing its legal battle against businesses and individuals who develop and distribute cheats for its popular multiplayer game Destiny 2. Sometime in June, the Destiny 2 cheat was removed from the Wallhax cheat status page and the term ‘Destiny 2’ was added to the forum’s profanity filter.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

Less visible costs include significant user tracking, with an average of seven trackers per YouTube page, according to WhoTracksMe data. If YouTube/Google really wants the Invidious team out of the picture, they are prepared for that, but disappearing their software will present a whole new set of challenges.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2023

. “This activity is manifestly illicit, and it represents a violation of our Client’s exclusive intellectual property rights (COPYRIGHT) on the Asset, given that our Client has never authorized – neither intends to authorize – any of the Page/s displaying contents concerning the Asset,” the notice reads.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

Option 2 is to obtain a municipal Class B Beer and Class C Wine license. As with Option 2, spirits will be unavailable under Option 3. i] Assembly Bill 304 at Page 61 However, the municipality with the license to spare must agree to the transfer and can dictate the price, which may be above $10,000. More changes are coming!

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

.” Leaked Content Redacted in DMCA Takedown Notices The locations of the allegedly-infringing content are laid out in eight-pages of DMCA takedown notices sent to Twitter on Sunday by anti-piracy company Remove Your Media. The URLs relating to @HutaoLoverGI are still up ( 1 , 2 ) but the images in both tweets have been taken down.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The popularity of these games also attracts cheaters, including those who used the ‘Destiny 2 Hacks’ suite that was for sale at AimJunkies.com. The “Destiny 2 Hacks” listing was swiftly pulled from the AimJunkies site but an archived copy of the page remains available. Bungie Sued AimJunkies.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Amazon, Bell Media, Columbia, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures, and Universal City Studios launched their action on October 2, 2020, before executing an ex parte injunction on November 24, 2020. The complaint is available here ( pdf ) From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Warner Bros.,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The original complaint didn’t provide sufficient evidence for a plausible claim that the ‘Destiny 2 Hacks’ infringed any copyrights, the Judge concluded. Bungie has repeatedly stressed that cheaters are not tolerated as they ruin the pleasure of honest players, which ultimately hurts sales of games such as Destiny 2.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2022

Weight Lifting Simulator 2 was uploaded to Roblox in August 2017 and since then has been visited 77 million times. One alleged clone, originally called Weight Lifting Simulator 3 and uploaded in July 2021, has been removed and its page renamed , but not before amassing in excess of three million visits.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

The filing includes 20 pages of communications with Reddit beginning August 4, 2022, and relate to several DMCA takedown notices sent by Warner. The application and proposed DMCA subpoena can be found here ( 1 , 2 , 3 , pdf). From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Discovery Inc.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In an injunction application dated December 2, 2021, Nintendo requested a website blocking order under section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Nintendo said that its solicitors had made extensive efforts to contact the operators of the NSW2U sites and have its social media pages taken down.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2022

Earlier this week a notice appeared on the FACT Administration LLP page on Companies House , announcing that if it persists with its non-compliance, things could get very serious indeed. Robert Croucher (UK) 1 , 2. Kieron Sharp (UK) 1 , 2. Oliver Williams (UK) 1 , 2. After 2 Movie LLC (USA) 1 , 2.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

Further, geographical regions (2) can be included/excluded for viewers. RTI’s statement on its partnership with Meta can be found here ( pdf ) Image credit: Pixabay/gerault From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. At least until Facebook’s AI flicks the switch.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 22, 2021

Part 2: Group Registration. In fact, the following words are featured prominently on the first page of the USCO’s explanatory introduction “Copyright Registration of Websites and Website Content” ( Circular 66 ): “The Copyright Act does not explicitly recognize websites as a type of copyrightable subject matter.” Don’t Panic”.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

GitHub’s user search page currently reports a healthy 108 million users but that still means a few billion internet users are missing out. Back in 2018, less than 2% of notices carried a circumvention claim. While notable alternatives exist , GitHub is a goldmine of information, ideas, and free education.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2022, a variety of “generative AIs” were launched, including Dall·E 2 , Midjourney , Stability AI and tools from Google ( Imagen ) and Meta ( Make-A-Scene ). These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’. Blurring as a cause of action exists to protect the value that marks possess by ensuring the ‘distinctiveness’ of a mark is protected (page 483).

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