The 7 Habits of Highly Effective… Pirates?

In an effort to tackle online piracy, Lithuania has been issuing €140 fines to online pirates, catching several dozen people in the first few months. These early targets were mostly movie pirates on private trackers. However, a recent announcement revealed that audio copies of the classic self-help book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" are being watched too.

Research

Pirate Site Blocking Agency Reveals How and Why Pirates Circumvent Blocking

As the Motion Picture Association's site-blocking drive lands back on home turf, countries that have already implemented their own site-blocking programs are evaluating their effectiveness.…

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Anti-Piracy

Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted

After Nintendo filed a full-blown lawsuit against the developers of the Yuzu emulator in February, a rapid settlement effectively ended that phase of the project…

May 2, 2024, 19:03 by Andy Maxwell

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Google Removes Pirate IPTV Services From UK Search Results

Acting on a notice from Sky, Google has removed the websites of several pirate IPTV services from its UK search results. The domain names in…

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Lawsuits

Pirate IPTV Owner’s Conviction First Ever Under Protecting Lawful Streaming Act

Passed by Congress late December 2020, the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act (PLSA) was crafted to urgently close a loophole in copyright law that treated unlicensed…

May 1, 2024, 19:23 by Andy Maxwell

Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallucinations

Microsoft and OpenAI face yet another lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement. Eight newspapers, including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and the Denver Post,…

May 1, 2024, 11:26 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

CJEU Gives File-Sharer Surveillance & Data Retention a Green Light

In a judgment published today, Europe's top court concludes that suspected file-sharers can be subjected to mass surveillance and retention of their data as long…

April 30, 2024, 20:13 by Andy Maxwell

Law and Politics

Rightsholders Want U.S. “Know Your Customer” Proposal to Include Domain Name Services

The U.S. Department of Commerce has proposed new customer verification requirements for Infrastructure as a Service providers. The goal of the 'Know Your Customer' regime…

April 30, 2024, 13:12 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

DISH Sued Two IPTV Resellers: First Case Dismissed, Second Owes $30m

Most civil lawsuits against alleged IPTV pirates end badly for the defendants, something easily predicted after a single read of the initial complaint. Two separate…

April 29, 2024, 20:47 by Andy Maxwell

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective… Pirates?

Pirate Site Blocking Agency Reveals How and Why Pirates Circumvent Blocking

Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted

Google Removes Pirate IPTV Services From UK Search Results

Pirate IPTV Owner’s Conviction First Ever Under Protecting Lawful Streaming Act

Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallucinations

CJEU Gives File-Sharer Surveillance & Data Retention a Green Light

Rightsholders Want U.S. “Know Your Customer” Proposal to Include Domain Name Services

DISH Sued Two IPTV Resellers: First Case Dismissed, Second Owes $30m

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