Supreme Court: File-Sharing Platform Must Block Search Terms to Stop Piracy
To the global audience Ulož.to may not be a household name but in the Czech Republic, it is huge. The…
To the global audience Ulož.to may not be a household name but in the Czech Republic, it is huge. The…
Ten years is a long period of time in anyone’s life so when former Megaupload executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram…
After 10 years of legal battles following the closure of Megaupload, former executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk…
Up until a few years ago, MKVCage was a popular torrent portal that also uploaded its torrents on other sites….
In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against…
Late August 2022, game developer Bungie filed a lawsuit against the creators of software that enabled cheating in Destiny 2….
Over the past few years, stream-ripping service Yout.com has fought legal battles on several continents. The most prominent lawsuit was…
With datacenters in Europe, Asia and the United States, Leaseweb is a big player in the hosting space. The company…
No longer the sole preserve of Japanese consumers, manga publications (comics/graphic novels) now have global reach and massive commercial potential,…
Operating a mixtape site is not without risk. By definition, mixes include multiple sound recordings that are often protected by…
In common with other countries attempting to reduce their movie and TV show piracy problem, India has provisions in copyright…
When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright…
Last summer, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among…
More than ten years after the shutdown of Megaupload, there have been some major developments relating to the criminal prosecution…
Eary 2022, after more than a decade of legal uncertainty following the Megaupload raids in 2012, Kim Dotcom and co-defendants…
In 2019, the makers of the superhero film “Hellboy” (HB Productions) filed a lawsuit against torrent site MKVCage at a…
Often described as the biggest case in copyright history, the so-called ‘Mega Conspiracy’ battle has been living up to its…
January 2, 2022 marked the 10-year anniversary of the dramatic shutdown of Megaupload and other properties in the file-sharing and…
Most copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the recording industry are aimed at sites, services and individuals involved in the unlicensed…
A class action lawsuit filed in 2020 by musician Maria Schneider against YouTube is showing no sign of a conclusion….
Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Several game…
There has never been any shortage of Spanish-focused piracy sites. Roughly a decade ago these sites could operate relatively freely,…
More than a decade has passed since the file-storage empire of Kim Dotcom collapsed and Megaupload became the prime target…
Last year, Spanish-born movie tycoon Carlos Vasallo sued YouTube over various piracy related claims. The actor and producer own the…
Last year, Spanish-born movie tycoon Carlos Vasallo sued YouTube over various piracy-related claims. The actor and producer owns the rights…
Last October, the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com and their Russian…
Jake Paul vs Ben Askren was one the most-hyped boxing events of recent years, despite the former having limited experience…
Private torrent sites are members-only platforms that usually facilitate sharing of copyright content between a tightly-controlled network of like-minded individuals….
The major record labels don’t want people to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people….
MG Premium, part of the Mindgeek adult empire, had been homing in piracy platforms YesPornPlease.com and VShare.io for some time….
ResearchGate is a social networking site aimed at the academic community. Its users, which currently number around 20 million, are…
Mid-June 2017 and in the wake of a lawsuit filed in the United States by broadcaster DISH Network, TVAddons –…
PrimeWire is a popular streaming portal that provides a database of links to pirated movies and TV shows hosted by…
By providing a massive library of scientific and academic publications for free, Sci-Hub and Libgen have achieved a somewhat unique…
Founded more than 16 years ago, Rojadirecta is one of the oldest and most popular linking sites for sports streaming…
When fans want to get a brief idea of the nature and plotline of a movie they intend to watch,…
Last October, the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com and their Russian…
Hacking group Team-Xecuter has long been a thorn in the side of major gaming companies. The group offered hardware and…
In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet. Eight years…
For several decades, The Scene has been the main source of all pirated content made available on the Internet. Technically,…
Over the past year and a half, Danish law enforcement authorities did their best to shut down the local torrent…
Hacking group Team-Xecuter was a thorn in the side of major gaming companies for many years. The group offered hardware…
Early this week news broke that major manga publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa were about to sue Cloudflare in…
CDN company Cloudflare provides its services to millions of websites all around the world, enabling them to stay online with…
In the hope of accessing YouTube’s Content ID system, in 2020 musician Maria Schneider launched a class action lawsuit that…
Founded more than 16 years ago, Rojadirecta is one of the oldest and most popular linking sites for sports streaming…
Last October, the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, and their Russian…
In order to finance their operations, millions of websites rely on advertising to generate revenue. For some readers, however, excessive…
In October 2020, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. The RIAA cited the anti-circumvention…
The Hollywood studios of the Motion Picture Association are certainly not averse to filing copyright infringement lawsuits against pirate sites….