Pirate Site Cost MindGeek “$275 Million Per Month”: $117m Damages Will Suffice
Some people believe that the early internet received a welcome uptake boost when the adult industry began to move online….
Some people believe that the early internet received a welcome uptake boost when the adult industry began to move online….
Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit. Most discussions…
Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of cases in U.S. federal courts….
Many pirate sites have attracted large volumes of traffic over the years but a relatively new breed of streaming portals…
Generative AI models such as ChatGPT have captured the imagination of millions of people, offering a glimpse of what an…
Rightsholders operating business models that attempt to turn piracy into revenue are always looking for ways to streamline their work…
YouTube’s Content ID system helps rightsholders and content creators prevent copyright infringement. Copyright holders can either remove problematic content from…
Following a piracy crackdown in Denmark and the closure of the largest torrent sites as part of a joint Rights…
Over the years, Z-Library established itself as a premier source of pirated books, serving an audience of millions of users….
In 2021, the US Department of Justice launched a criminal proceeding against two men suspected of running a massive YouTube…
The wheels of justice in the Megaupload case may have moved at a glacial pace over the last 11 years…
In November 2018, DISH Network filed a copyright complaint against Jadoo TV, a distributor of self-branded set-top IPTV boxes and…
Under U.S. law, online service providers need to respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the…
Faced with extradition to the United States to face copyright infringement, racketeering, and money laundering charges, last year Mathias Ortmann…
Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement,…
Strike 3 Holdings has been a familiar name in U.S. federal courts for a while now. Last year, the adult…
According to the original complaint filed July 2, 2020, this was a case about “copyright piracy” and how YouTube, the…
Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Historically, Internet providers rarely…
According to the most recent order in Maria Schneider’s copyright lawsuit against YouTube, the long-running case is still scheduled for…
Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. In Japan, manga comics are a particularly popular category….
On January 2, 2015, a new system designed to assist copyright holders and better protect consumers went live in Canada….
Internet provider Cox Communications has been on the sharp end of several piracy lawsuits in recent years. The biggest hit…
After well over a decade of pushing back against pirate site blocking applications, many European ISPs now see little value…
Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service copied subscription TV broadcasts from official (and unofficial) sources and then…
Bungie’s pursuit of people behind Destiny 2 cheat operation Elite Boss Tech, is pushing forward and showing no sign of…
At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest YouTube rippers took the unprecedented step of taking…
Similar to any other online platform that deals with user-generated content, Instagram processes copyright complaints on a daily basis. Most…
When the French government formed a new anti-piracy agency called Hadopi, the mission was to significantly disrupt BitTorrent and similar…
Two years ago, Spanish-born movie tycoon Carlos Vasallo sued YouTube at a Florida federal court over various piracy-related claims. The…
The use of lawsuits to solve complex commercial disputes suggests that no amount of talking will ever produce the desired…
Most artists and music labels share their music with the public on YouTube, free of charge. The popular video platform…
Last fall, a Texas federal jury found Grande Communications liable for willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered the ISP to…
After filing a series of lawsuits against cheat developers, cheat sellers, resellers, and even gamers who use cheats, there’s little…
Bungie’s relentless pursuit of cheat developers, sellers, and resellers was probably crafted to send a deterrent message. After another judgment…
Obtaining a proper education can give people a leg up in life, but this privilege does come at a price….
Over the past several years, major videogame companies have taken cheat developers, sellers, and resellers to court in the United…
Two years ago, a group of several film companies including the makers of Hellboy, Rambo V, The HItman’s Bodyguard, and…
Hosting companies, CDN platforms and consumer ISPs face an increasing risk of being held liable for the activities of their…
Offering piracy-related services is a serious offense in the UK for which several vendors have received multi-year prison sentences in…
When the global music industry declared YouTube-ripping platforms public enemy number one and responsible for most music piracy online, the…
Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is…
Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been battling online piracy for almost a quarter…
Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit. In many…
Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Several game…
When a company like Nintendo puts out a press release, the entire world pays attention. This week was no different….
Ever since its launch in 2009, rightsholders have complained that file-hosting platform 1fichier.com fails to take intellectual property rights seriously….
The official stable release of the first person shooter game Dark and Darker is eagerly awaited by hundreds of thousands…
In the fall of 2020, the U.S. Government indicted three members of the infamous Team Xecuter group, the masterminds behind…
Last summer, the US Copyright Claims Board (CCB) officially launched. Through this Copyright Office-hosted venue, rightsholders can try to recoup…
Pirate sites with tens of millions of visits each month are large enough to consider themselves global players yet some…