Promoting Pirate Apps Lands US Phone Store in Court, Again
Millions of people around the world use pirate apps on their mobile devices to stream TV-shows and movies. In recent years copyright holders have tried...
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YouTube Rippers Battle RIAA in Takedown Whack-a-Mole
Late last year the RIAA started targeting several YouTube rippers and downloaders by sending relatively rare takedown requests to Google. Instead of the usual DMCA...
BitTorrent Owner Accused of Profiting From Movie Piracy
In 2018, Justin Sun’s Rainberry Inc. successfully acquired BitTorrent Inc. While the name Rainberry is rarely used in public, company brands such as BitTorrent, TRON,...
YTS ‘Settles’ Another Movie Piracy Lawsuit, While More Users Get Sued
With millions of users, torrent site YTS is one of the largest pirate sites on the Internet. The site is a thorn in the side...
South Korea Requests Interpol Red Notice to Track Down Pirate Site Operator
For the very first time in a copyright infringement case, South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in conjunction with the National Police Agency...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 01/27/20
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Terminator: Dark Fate is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is...
Indonesia Faces Call for US Trade Sanctions over Online Piracy
Indonesia has been very active on the anti-piracy front in recent months, with the government ordering Internet providers to block hundreds of pirate sites. Despite...
Movie & TV Show Database Bombards Google With Bizarre Takedown Notices
First launched in 1993, France-based company AlloCiné aims to support the entertainment industries by providing information on movies and TV shows. The company operates a...
Internet Provider RCN Asks Court to Dismiss Piracy Liability Lawsuit
Last summer several major music companies filed a lawsuit against Internet provider RCN. Helped by the RIAA, they argued that the ISP turned a blind...
Rivendell Has Now Sent Half a Billion DMCA Takedown Requests to Google
DMCA notices or their equivalents can be filed against websites, hosts, ISPs and other services almost anywhere in the world, with the majority of entities...
