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Updated: 2024-01-31 14:00:00BMO’s CD and savings account rates aren’t the best. Its online division, BMO Alto, offers much higher ones.World’s Most Notorious Pirate Sites Listed in New USTR Report
Updated: 2024-01-31 11:56:49
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has published its annual overview of the world's most significant and problematic piracy websites. Familiar targets such as The Pirate Bay, Sci-Hub, and Fmovies, appear alongside major newcomers including rising force, Vegamovies. Despite enforcement action, 2embed remains on this year's list, joined by newcomer Aniwatch, the most-visited anime piracy site in the world.
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Film Companies Counter Reddit: “An IP Address is Not a Person”
Updated: 2024-01-30 21:07:05Reddit is refusing to share the IP addresses of users who posted piracy-related comments, as that would violate their First Amendment right to anonymous speech. Responding to this argument, film companies now use a line of reasoning that's traditionally been used as a defense by accused pirates. "An IP address is not a person," they inform the court.
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Authorities Secure $2 Billion in Bitcoin from Pirate Site Operators
Updated: 2024-01-30 00:57:56Pirate sites can generate significant revenue streams, but they're not billion-dollar operations. With the right timing and risk tolerance, it is possible to build substantial wealth, however, as a German case illustrates. With help from the FBI, German police managed to secure nearly 50,000 bitcoin (USD $2 billion) from the operators of the defunct movie streaming portal, Movie2k.
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Music Labels ‘Gramophone’ Copyright Lawsuit Comes Too Late, Internet Archive Says
Updated: 2024-01-29 20:58:26
Several major music labels including Capitol, Sony, and UMG, sued the Internet Archive over its phonograph archiving project, Great 78. Hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages are at stake but IA says that many of the claims are simply too late. IA has asked the court to dismiss those that occurred over three years ago, citing an RIAA cease-and-desist letter as evidence.
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Viewing Illegal Streams: No Cautions, Fines or Arrests Say GM Police
Updated: 2024-01-29 11:53:53After two UK regional police forces refused to supply information on the number of people cautioned, fined or arrested for simply watching illegal streams, this weekend it emerged that Greater Manchester Police received the same request and actually responded. For the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the number of people cautioned, fined and/or arrested for simply watching illegal streams was.....zero.
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Disney ‘Cracks Down’ on Mickey Mouse ‘Steamboat Silly’ Pirates
Updated: 2024-01-28 17:26:12Mickey Mouse's first cartoon appearance entered the public domain this month. This means that the famous "Steamboat Willie" cartoon is now free to copy, remix and monetize. More recent Mickey appearances remain protected, including the "Steamboat Silly" short which, confusingly, uses Steamboat Willie footage.
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IPTV Lawsuit With 19TB of Data & ONE TON of Print Discovery Heads For Trial
Updated: 2024-01-27 18:30:39According to the U.S. government, subscription IPTV services Jetflicks and iStreamitAll were once two of the largest piracy platforms in the country. Eight Las Vegas residents were indicted in 2019 but while some pled guilty and were sentenced years ago, others are now heading to trial, 700 case filings later. With 19TB of data and 175,000 pages of print discovery weighing roughly a ton in paper form, this could be the most convoluted streaming piracy prosecution ever seen in the United States.
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Dish & Sling Sue ‘Pirate’ IPTV Operation For Circumventing Widevine DRM
Updated: 2024-01-26 21:08:30
DISH Network and Sling TV have filed a lawsuit against a pirate IPTV operation that allegedly made more than $20 million. The defendants, who allegedly worked with many resellers, stand accused of circumventing Widevine DRM and rebroadcasting channels without permission. The set-top boxes that served as gateways were sold through Amazon stores.
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Police Website Offers Pirated Live Sports Streams as IPTV FOIA Requests Denied
Updated: 2024-01-26 00:20:33
Two regional police forces have rejected Freedom of Information Act requests seeking data relating to cautions, penalty notices, and arrests in connection with illegal streaming. Since there is no way to run a report to provide the information requested, each potential case would need to be manually reviewed; too expensive, according to police. Meanwhile, a third regional police force's website appears to have been transformed into an illegal sports streaming platform.
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Oscar Contenders Get Piracy Boost from ‘Best Picture’ Nominations
Updated: 2024-01-25 23:41:31With thirteen nominations, "Oppenheimer" has positioned itself as the top candidate to scoop up several Academy Awards in March. Interestingly, these nominations didn't move the piracy needle. That stands in sharp contrast to other Best Picture contenders such as "Poor Things" and "Anatomy of a Fall" which saw a significant piracy spike.
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IPTV Blocking System Survives: “Crafty People Thwarted,” Says Serie A CEO
Updated: 2024-01-25 08:22:38A legal challenge against Italy's incoming Piracy Shield IPTV blocking system is dismissed by a local court. An ISP association had voiced a range of concerns, from disproportionate costs for smaller providers to potential liability for overblocking. The CEO of football league Serie A, which is likely to benefit most from the system, welcomed the court's decision. "The usual crafty people have been thwarted," he said.
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beIN Sports’ Football Piracy Blitz Adds Blocking to Domain Seizures
Updated: 2024-01-24 14:09:58With no obvious signs that piracy of live sporting events is on the wane, beIN Sports appears to be waging war against unlicensed providers on multiple fronts. With the Africa Cup of Nations tournament now in full swing, a report that beIN has obtained an order to block 56 pirate sites coincides with action against dozens of others reported earlier this week.
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X Corp. Fights ‘Genshin Impact’ Subpoena, Defends Alleged Leakers’ “Anonymous Speech”
Updated: 2024-01-23 18:17:47X Corp refuses to comply with a DMCA subpoena targeting X/Twitter users who allegedly leaked unreleased Genshin Impact content online. Publisher Cognosphere obtained the subpoena last November and views this is a straightforward matter. X Corp believes that the lack of judicial oversight built into the DMCA subpoena process poses a risk to the First Amendment rights of its users.
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Sky Italia Targets Pirate Streaming App VancedFlix Through GitHub
Updated: 2024-01-23 00:17:33
GitHub has removed the popular pirate streaming app VancedFlix from its servers in response to a takedown notice sent by Sky Italia. The request targets a similarly named repository on the developer platform, as well as the app's APK file that's linked under the download button on the official site VancedFlix.com.
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‘Canada is a Video Piracy Hotspot While Brazil Sees Piracy in Decline’
Updated: 2024-01-21 11:38:00A recent report estimated that there were over 141 billion visits to pirate sites in 2023. This number is large, but rather meaningless without proper context. Today, we take a look at how piracy trends are evolving in different countries. Canada emerges as a piracy hotspot, while Brazil shows a decline in piracy rates. Meanwhile, there are plenty of piracy growth regions too.
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Unlocking the Power of RSS Daily News: Stay Informed like Never Before!
Updated: 2024-01-15 06:27:23In a world where information flows like a never-ending river, staying updated with the latest news can be overwhelming. RSS Daily News is the solution that can help you navigate this vast ocean of information and tailor it to your preferences. In this article, we’ll delve into the world of RSS Daily News, exploring what […]