Pornhub Risks Losing Its Domain Name in Bizarre Piracy Lawsuit
Pornhub is without a doubt one of the most visited adult entertainment outlets on the Internet. The ‘entertainment’ platform is…
Pornhub is without a doubt one of the most visited adult entertainment outlets on the Internet. The ‘entertainment’ platform is…
Numerous reports published by the European Union over the past decade have linked higher levels of content piracy with lacking…
After being sued by DISH Network in 2021, former Nitro TV operators Alex Galindo, Anna Galindo, Martha Galindo, and Osvaldo…
Strike 3 Holdings is a familiar name in U.S. federal courts. Last year alone the adult entertainment company filed a…
In 2009, anti-piracy group BREIN took News-Service Europe (NSE) – one of Europe’s largest Usenet providers at the time – to…
Three years ago, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota sentenced Paul Hansmeier to 14 years in prison. Hansmeier was a…
In August 2021, Bungie filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a number of defendants involved in the development and supply…
In a September 2022 blog post, YouTube’s Global Head of Music revealed that in the 12 months between July 2021…
In 2020, YouTube-ripper Yout.com sued the RIAA, asking a Connecticut district court to declare that the site does not violate…
More than two years ago the federal government shut down Gears-branded IPTV services operated by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man,…
As an employee of Simon & Schuster, London-based Filippo Bernardini would’ve been expected to act in the interests of the…
In March 2021, DISH Network filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against pirate IPTV provider ChitramTV, demanding $31 million in damages….
A 2020 class action lawsuit filed by musician Maria Schneider accused YouTube of mass copyright infringement, failing to suspend ‘repeat…
Free access to information is a broadly held ideal, but when students have to pay for their textbooks, it’s far…
Any platform that allows users to upload and share content runs the risk of some users uploading content for which…
In 2020, YouTube-ripper Yout.com sued the RIAA, asking a Connecticut district court to declare that the site does not violate…
A few years ago, Malibu Media was one of the most active ‘copyright trolls’ in the United States. The California-based…
Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga has been waging war against pirate sites and services for the past several years. In…
After more than two decades of use and abuse, the DMCA takedown notice has managed to make enemies on all…
Some players in the pirate IPTV market view subscription sales as little more than a side hustle, one that brings…
By now most BitTorrent users should be well aware that their IP-addresses and downloads can be easily monitored. This has…
Competition is almost inevitable in business and as a key driver of innovation, that’s mostly a good thing. Unfair competition,…
Adult entertainment conglomerate MindGeek owns several of the largest ‘free’ tube sites including Pornhub. In the early days, these sites…
In recent years, game companies have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against alleged cheaters, cheat makers, and sellers. GTA V developer…
Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of cases in U.S. federal courts….
ISPs in the United States service millions of subscribers who use the internet as they see fit. At least in…
U.S. broadcaster DISH Network has already booked a string of successes against pirate IPTV services this year, securing millions of…
When users of popular IPTV provider SmoothStreams.tv began reporting issues with the service mid-July, few could’ve predicted events to follow….
Two years ago, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down the open source YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. The RIAA…
When several major studios filed a copyright lawsuit against PrimeWire last year, it shouldn’t have come as much of a…
After gaining serious momentum over the past seven years, the pirate IPTV phenomenon is now a major challenge for the…
As widely reported for most of this year, French anti-piracy agency ARCOM and numerous rightsholders have been using all available…
WOW! is being sued by a group of smaller movie companies, including Millennium Media and Voltage Pictures. The filmmakers accuse…
With over half a billion active users around the globe, Telegram is one of the most used messaging services. The…
When the U.S. Government shut down Megaupload in 2012, similar platforms were presented with a practical example of what could…
Many private torrent sites track user traffic to ensure that when content is downloaded, an agreed amount is uploaded back…
YouTube is one of the most successful sites ever to grace the internet. The site is extremely easy to use…
Six years ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of…
Legal action filed last week by two Arizona-based companies aims to prevent pirate sites distributing their content. That’s not unusual…
In April 2020, Columbia Pictures, Amazon Content Services, Disney Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, plus three companies owned by…
Over the past two decades, pirate sites and services frequented by millions of users have been shut down following legal…
Setting aside two hours to watch a movie can be a luxury these days, especially when the busiest among us…
A few hours ago, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the indictment and complaint against two alleged operators of Z-Library….
With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. The site…
India began blocking websites in the late 1990s and even today sites are blocked with no explanation. Just this week,…
As part of a campaign against torrent sites in Denmark, local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance (Rettigheds Alliancen) targeted several members-only…
Founded more than 16 years ago, Rojadirecta is one of the oldest and most popular linking sites for sports streaming…
Starting in the early part of the last decade, large numbers of technically-minded individuals began selling piracy-configured set-top boxes to…
Last year, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among…
Adult entertainment conglomerate MindGeek owns several of the largest ‘free’ tube sites including Pornhub. In the early days, these sites…