E3 May Not Include Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo This Year - CNET
Updated: 2023-01-31 14:34:47
None of the three console makers will have a formal presence on the show floor, IGN reports.- None of the three console makers will have a formal presence on the show floor, IGN reports.
Today's the Last Day to Buy Windows 10 From Microsoft - CNET
Updated: 2023-01-31 14:27:01
Don't worry, though. The company will still support the operating system until October 2025.Pirate Site Admin Convicted After Five Years, Another Acquitted, Site Lives On
Updated: 2023-01-31 00:29:14
Following a legal process of more than five years, a court in Lithuania has handed down its verdict against two alleged operators of streaming portal Filmai. After being found guilty, one man was sentenced to fines and a confiscation order of 200,000 euros. The second man was acquitted. Meanwhile, Film.ai is still online and remains one of the most popular sites in the country.
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Pirate IPTV Owners Liable For $100m in Damages Fight House Seizure
Updated: 2023-01-30 19:24:25In June 2022, the operators of pirate IPTV service Nitro TV were ordered to pay $100 million in damages to broadcaster DISH Network. To recover at least some of the millions made by the service, DISH obtained permission to seize and sell a house worth almost $1 million. After failing to participate in the original lawsuit, the defendants are now trying to defend their house.
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Court: Accused Pirate Can Use the Term ‘Copyright Troll’ at Trial
Updated: 2023-01-30 11:10:32Online piracy lawsuits against individual file-sharers rarely make it to trial, but a case in Florida between Strike 3 Holdings and an alleged pirate is moving strongly in that direction. A recent order provides positive news for the rightsholder but that won't prevent the defense from being able to use the term "copyright troll" in court.
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MPA & ACE Need OSINT Investigators to Track Down IPTV Pirates
Updated: 2023-01-28 15:29:26The MPA's Global Content Protection team and the connected Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment are on a mission to disrupt video content piracy and those behind it. Job listings reveal openings at the MPA for OSINT investigators, with one position stating a strong preference for a candidate with IPTV experience.
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ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes Credit for USTVGO Shutdown
Updated: 2023-01-27 22:18:03The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) says that it is behind the surprise shutdown of USTVGO. The popular streaming service, which was ostensibly operated from Vietnam, suddenly closed its doors last week. ACE says that it is in the process of taking control of the site's associated domain names
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Usenet Provider Claims Supreme Court Victory Against Anti-Piracy Group BREIN
Updated: 2023-01-27 17:25:26An ancient piracy battle has reached its final verdict at the Dutch Supreme Court. After 14 years, defunct Usenet provider News-Service Europe has won its long-standing dispute with local anti-piracy group BREIN, which now has to pay €65,000 in legal fees. This is a bittersweet victory for the provider, which continued to fight despite shutting down over a decade ago.
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Domain Registry Takes Sci-Hub’s .SE Domain Name Offline
Updated: 2023-01-26 00:13:39Sci-Hub, a shadow library that offers a free gateway to paywalled academic research, has lost control over one of its main domain names. Sci-Hub.se was deactivated by The Internet Foundation in Sweden, which manages the country's .se domains. The action came without warning and took Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan by surprise.
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Copyright Troll Lawyer Can’t Hire an Undercover to Sue More Pirates from Prison
Updated: 2023-01-25 19:32:43Paul Hansmeier, a former copyright troll attorney who's currently serving a 14-year prison sentence, wants to hire an undercover investigator to go after online pirates while he's in prison. The convicted lawyer has also requested a sentence reduction, citing a prolonged stay in solitary confinement.
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Big Brother: TV Channel Staff Told to Report Password Sharers For Piracy
Updated: 2023-01-24 19:41:48Season 23 of Big Brother has just got underway in Brazil, and broadcaster Globo is taking no chances. In a leaked email, Globo staff are informed that when people share too much BBB23 content on social media, it hurts the show and the company, and it needs to be stopped. And if staff suspect people of sharing their passwords, they should be reported too.
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Court Dismisses Copyright Troll’s Piracy Lawsuit Over Suspension
Updated: 2023-01-24 10:48:24Malibu Media, the adult entertainment company that previously demanded hefty settlements from thousands of pirates, now finds itself in rough waters. A federal court in Texas has just dismissed one of its last remaining piracy lawsuits after Malibu failed to resolve a corporate suspension due to tax issues. The end of an era?
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Popular TV Streaming Service USTVGO Shuts Down
Updated: 2023-01-23 11:36:50Popular live TV streaming portal USTVGO appears to have shut down its service. A brief message on the site says "Sorry, we are closed," leaving millions of users with plenty of unanswered questions. While the reason for the sudden decision is unknown, rightsholders and anti-piracy outfits already had USTVGO on their radar.
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Under a New EU-Focused Copyright Law, Musical Artists Currently Earn *Nothing*
Updated: 2023-01-22 11:56:00With war raging over the border in Ukraine, a pro-Moscow separatist region to its east, and inflation at 35%, former soviet republic Moldova was granted EU candidate status last summer. New copyright law crafted to protect artists under strict EU standards is now mired in allegations of corruption and Russian interference. Meanwhile, local artists are currently being paid absolutely nothing.
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Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2023
Updated: 2023-01-22 07:26:28Continuing a long-standing annual tradition, today we publish our list of the most popular torrent sites at the start of 2023. Measured by traffic, we see that YTS takes the top spot, closely followed by 1337x. Anime torrent site NYAA, meanwhile, has entered the top three.
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