YouTuber Liable For Bogus DMCA Notice “Awareness Campaign” Targeting Bungie
One of the most frustrating aspects of DMCA notices outside the usual complaints aired by rightsholders, is their ability to…
One of the most frustrating aspects of DMCA notices outside the usual complaints aired by rightsholders, is their ability to…
It took less than a week for Nintendo’s lawsuit against the company behind the Yuzu Switch emulator to have the…
With over 420 million code repositories, GitHub takes pride in being the largest and most advanced development platform in the…
Late last month we reported on the latest copyright claim data made available by YouTube. In the first half of…
Available on Windows, Linux, and since 2023, Android, Yuzu claims to be the most popular open-source Switch emulator in the…
To protect copyright holders, YouTube regularly removes, disables, or demonetizes videos that contain allegedly infringing content. For years, little was…
It’s not uncommon for people to wander into some corner of the overall emulation scene with a specific question: Are…
For many people, Google is the go-to starting point when they need to find something on the web. With just…
The InterPlanetary File System, more broadly known as IPFS, has been around for nearly a decade. While the name may…
A DISH Network copyright infringement lawsuit filed in February 2022, demanded $32.5m in damages from UK-based CDN company DataCamp. The…
Two decades ago, when the RIAA tried to obtain the identities of Verizon customers via the convenient DMCA subpoena process,…
Legal video streaming platforms such as Amazon, Disney, and Netflix have gained massive userbases in recent years. Not everyone is…
With more than 14 million digital books in its archive, Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the…
Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to…
For those not fully engaged in the global manga/webtoon phenomenon, the scale and depth can be a little bewildering. Fans…
In 2012, Google expanded its transparency report with a new section dedicated to DMCA takedown requests. For the first time,…
For people on a budget and even for those who are not, there’s a lot to like about free, ad-supported…
On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly…
Any content creator who sees their work being used by unauthorized third-parties can file DMCA notices against platforms communicating that…
During the past few hours, users of streaming site ahaseries.com hoping to access their favorite site would’ve met with disappointment….
There’s no question that content creators should have the ability and means to protect their work. Those who rely on…
Early December the English Premier League announced a new broadcasting rights deal worth a staggering £6.7 billion (US$8.5 billion). Running…
Back in August we reported how Google had received requests to remove one billion allegedly-infringing links from its search results….
Bungie’s interest in individuals linked to Destiny 2 cheat maker and distributor, Ring-1, became public in 2021. A lawsuit filed…
Signed into law a quarter century ago, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) aimed to equip copyright holders with new…
Created by software developer Elias Saba and released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, ‘Downloader’ offered two things; an…
Over the past few years, copyright holders have reported more than seven billion copyright-infringing URLs to Google. At one point,…
While premium IPTV services have built a reputation for beating legal platforms on both selection and price, they also cost…
As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. Many of these…
While all non-compliant DMCA takedown notices are invalid by default, there’s a huge difference between those sent in error and…
New figures published by CharlieIntel predict that free-to-play, action role-playing game Genshin Impact, will have 63 million players in November…
The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down. It’s a…
For those trying to avoid identification by anti-piracy groups with considerable but nevertheless finite resources, staying out of reach is…
Launched by South Korean tech giant Naver Corporation in 2004, Webtoon gained popularity as a hosting platform for a specific…
The DMCA takedown process gives copyright holders the option to remove infringing content from the web. It’s a powerful, widely-used…
Kiwi Farms is an online forum with a reputation for mocking and harassing people, actions that have been linked to…
With over 60 million players every month, Genshin Impact is one of the greatest success stories in videogames. The game…
With millions of daily users, Reddit is without a doubt one of the most visited sites on the Internet. The…
Artificial intelligence is booming. Dozens of companies are enthusiastic about its potential and many regular people are tinkering with it…
Google’s Play Store offers a vast library of millions of apps, in pretty much every category imaginable. Most of the…
“You’re talking about things I haven’t done yet, in the past tense. It’s driving me crazy. Are you sure you…
Former President Trump is one of the most interesting characters to ever appear on the American political landscape. Trump’s ability…
There’s no denying the many victories of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) over the past few years. The…
Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform WordPress, receives thousands of takedown requests from copyright holders. For several years…
Bungie’s copyright infringement-based lawsuits against cheat makers, sellers, and those who use them, have divided opinion in unexpected ways. While…
The advent of the internet and its subsequent development in the mainstream have given rise to a perpetual, collaborative, global…
Under the current DMCA legislation, US-based Internet services are expected to remove infringing links, if a copyright holder complains. This…
For many people, Google is the go-to starting point when they need to find something on the web. With just…
The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world. Their events…
Japanese manga comics remain massively popular online but with that comes high levels of piracy that publishers are struggling to…