TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2024

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting the topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting the topic. media, as it remains a hot topic. The UK mainstream press hasn’t shown much interest in the topic in recent years.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Over the past decades, the entertainment industries have tried out numerous anti-piracy PSAs. “A new cinema trailer also launches on 12th July, supporting the campaign message ‘piracy is a crime’,” one of the press releases read at the time. This was also the place where the public was asked to report piracy.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2023

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. Future Anti-Piracy Strategies An ideal opportunity to discuss the site-blocking potential arrived earlier this year when the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2023

Piracy is a complicated phenomenon but most consumer research surveys on the topic are relatively straightforward. Since most pirates don’t like to have their online activity monitored, piracy studies generally rely on self-reported data instead. This is a basic question that regularly appears in piracy surveys.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

Straight answers in response to straight questions is far from the default position in Hollywood where piracy is concerned. The topic is always controversial, and most of the interesting questions have answers that have the potential to make it even more so. It’s a claim as old as piracy itself. Can’t Buy It Legally?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Submissions may be on any topic that uses economic analysis (theoretical or empirical) to better understand any issue related to copyright. Calls and opportunities Call for papers: 2024 SERCI Annual Congress SERCI will hold its annual congress in Fort Worth, Texas (USA), on 6 and 7 September 2024. As usual, SERCI is looking for papers.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

Following the example of the United States, the EU started publishing its very own piracy watchlist a few years ago. This ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List’ is put together by the European Commission. IFPI submitted a 36-page document that begins by highlighting the harm piracy does to the music industry.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

Czech Pirates and Czech Piracy A string of notable events in the Czech Republic, including three Pirate Party politicians taking seats in the European Parliament, culminated in 2021 when Pirates won three ministerial positions in the country’s coalition government. Do the Czech Pirates still approve of non-commerical piracy?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 15, 2024

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. Blocking access to websites isn’t a perfect anti-piracy tool and rightsholders know that. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. politicians would rather avoid. site-blocking regime have started to flare up.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2023

The copyright angle is the topic of many debates and has already made its way to court in a few cases. While lawyers and lawmakers are working hard to explore this novel area, anti-piracy agencies are taking concrete action. The anti-piracy group acted on behalf of Danish book publishers whose works were featured in the database.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This has resulted in several conflicts already, including when Grande surprised the labels by introducing testimony about subscribers who had previously denied piracy allegations. These piracy claims, sent to the ISP by anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp, sit at the center of this case. “Pro-Piracy Website?”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2024

For almost a quarter of a century a subset of internet activists have equated certain types of piracy mitigation measures to censorship and attacks on free speech. An order to block Telegram in its entirety, handed down last week by a court in Spain, gave the latter group the kind of victory dreams are made of in the anti-piracy world.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2023

There are several other file-sharing and piracy-related topics where other polls appear. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. And indeed, a VPN does up as the answer in a massive font. Torrent Clients, Fmovies, RARBG, and The Dark Web User polls aren’t exclusive to The Pirate Bay.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and over the years several ISPs have been sued because of them. In anticipation, both parties submitted motions to exclude several topics, with partial success. The notices were sent by anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp and are not reliable, the ISP argued.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2021

Despite India’s progress in many areas, from science to literature to technology, protection for intellectual property rights (IPR) is a topic that has come under scrutiny. The IP laws in India have remained vastly unchanged and unreviewed over the past few decades.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2023

The European Union recognizes that online piracy poses a serious threat to copyright holders and the public at large. In recent years, Europe has updated legislation to deal with modern piracy threats. Members of the public face risks too, such as piracy-related malware and scammers determined to obtain their credit card details.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2022

The community-driven platform has “subreddits” dedicated to pretty much every topic you can think of. They delete spam, remove off-topic content, and make sure that ‘unauthorized’ content is swiftly removed. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and several ISPs have been sued over the years. These include rightsholders, legal experts, digital activists, and members of the public who like to follow piracy-related news. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. EFF Supporter?

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

He wrote detailed posts on this topic later here and here. Talking about this topic, the issue of Judicial Recusals also shouldn’t be left untouched – an issue that has been the heart of several IP controversies, notably the Novartis dispute.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

As mentioned in our previous coverage, the music companies don’t want Bright House to argue that Internet access is a human right and that terminating repeat infringers is a disproportionate and unnecessary response to piracy allegations. Limited Piracy Admissions. This wasn’t the only motion to be denied.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2023

Sky has fought piracy mechanisms of all kinds over the years. Working as a Sky anti-piracy partner in Italy, Kopjra sprang into action after spotting software uploaded to GitHub by a user who only signed up this month. It’s a fairly sensitive topic, to put it mildly.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

It’s no secret that the Motion Picture Association (MPA) views site-blocking measures in the United States as the logical next step in their perpetual campaign against piracy. “In short, piracy is clearly not a victimless crime.” But piracy operations have only grown more nimble, more advanced, and more elusive.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Delivered via TV, radio and the internet, public service announcements enlighten the masses on topics seemingly so complex, they’re only fully understood by the few. For the last few years the global anti-piracy message hasn’t wavered for a moment. Those are the ones that work best,” a company official explained.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Site Blocking and CDN Providers Large international rightsholders are broadly in favor of site-blocking measures, but the topic is controversial in Japan. Japan’s anti-piracy contributions is more immediately visible. anti-piracy campaign run by Authorized Books of Japan (ABJ) to protect manga and similar content.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2022

These piracy issues drifted from the headlines in more recent months, but with the release of this year’s blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water”, the topic is hot once again. Legalizing Piracy? Interestingly, movie theaters that use pirated content to stay in business, also have piracy as their main competitor.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes. These don’t have piracy as their core business, but they allegedly facilitate infringing activity.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. Exactly what is allowed and what isn’t is a topic of legislative debate. Whether the voice models are the main issue here is unclear.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2022

This shift in consumption patterns is not limited to legal content; piracy has gone mobile as well. Piracy is not mentioned in the brief but the Copyright Alliance believes that this issue should be taken into account as well. In addition, the ban on sideloading helps to prevent piracy as well. Screening Apps and Devs.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

When Kodi addons became the new piracy bogeyman, the tabloids gorged on the drama. Piracy: A Problem Shared The Industry Trust For IP is part of the British Association for Screen Entertainment. In a new Industry Trust For IP report, the UK’s piracy problems are outlined once again. At least until now.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 9, 2022

Most have attacked the piracy evidence that was collected by companies such as Rightscorp and MarkMonitor, for example. Thus far, RCN has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit and argued that the underlying piracy evidence was fraudulent. This decision was made two years before the timeframe covered in the piracy liability suit.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 28, 2021

Release windows have been a topic of debate for decades. The Piracy Angle. What’s clear, however, is that it’s already changing the piracy landscape. As we have shown in our earlier coverage relating to Mulan and Wonder Woman 1984 , this results in massive piracy surges. That wouldn’t go over well.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

For most pirate sites and services, money is the main driver, with piracy as the means to that end. This year a new team entered the piracy arena in the form of the Pirate Library Mirror. The privacy angle is a topic that has become very relevant this week. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Conducted by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the inquiry invited submissions from stakeholders on numerous topics, including the identification of barriers to maintaining and increasing overseas investment. For the major Hollywood studios of the MPA, IP protection and piracy remain key issues.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

As with regular Internet providers, a subsection of these subscribers may be engaged in piracy activities. The VPN lawsuits are filed by a group of independent movies companies that previously went after piracy sites and apps. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Filmmakers sued Torguard.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Over the years we have seen dozens of anti-piracy campaigns. Rightsholders and anti-piracy groups regularly highlight reports which show that pirate sites are rife with malware and even alert potential pirates-to-be about the dangers of these sites. “Piracy operators lure users to their sites by o?ering 80%, 90%, or 100%?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2023

The anti-piracy coalition’s latest victim is Streamzz, a stream hosting platform that reportedly supplied over 75,000 movies and 15,000 TV episodes, which helped to fuel more than 60 pirate streaming sites. We will target piracy services of various kinds in order to protect the global creative economy,” he said.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2021

In addition to providing a list of web results, Google often shows related questions and popular topics, which should make it easier to discover new content. This message hasn’t gone unnoticed by the company, which has implemented a wide variety of anti-piracy optimizations. Pirate Recommendations?

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