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Sweden's Patent and Market Court sentenced a man on Friday for his part in the operations of popular pirate IPTV service, Viking IPTV. Long suspected of being the operator of the platform, the man was found guilty of violating copyright law and was handed a suspended prison sentence. In addition to payment of a fine, the man must also pay damages, with claims from movie and TV companies said to reach $1.8m.

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YouTube Ripper Seeks IP-Addresses of ‘Threatening’ & ‘DMCA-Abusing’ Competitors

YTMP3.nu, one of the largest YouTube ripping sites on the web, is trying to pinpoint competitors who allegedly sent abusive takedown notices to Google in…

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French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Goes Private

YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, is no longer available as a public site. After going private, only registered users can access the site now.…

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Shueisha DMCA Subpoena Targets Two Dozen Manga Piracy Sites

Japan-based publisher Shueisha is maintaining the pressure on sites distributing vast quantities of pirated manga content. A DMCA subpoena obtained at a United States court…

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Internet Archive Fails to Dismiss Record Labels’ Copyright Lawsuit

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Anti-Piracy

Piracy Block Reversed For Tech Site That Reported Site-Blocking Workarounds

Italian tech website Giardiniblog.it usually receives around a million visits per month. As of today, the 18-year-old site appears to have lost around 36% of…

May 16, 2024, 09:39 by Andy Maxwell

Research

VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023

According to a new survey published by the Australian government, when internet users try to access any of the pirate sites blocked by their ISPs,…

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Lawsuits

ISP Must Unmask Alleged Pirates But Rightsholders Can’t ‘Harass’ Them

Internet provider Frontier Communications must share the personal details of subscribers with movie and music companies, as part of two ongoing piracy liability lawsuits. The…

May 15, 2024, 11:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Research

Four-in-Ten Aussies Pirated Content in 2023, Overall Online Consumption Up 6%

Since 2015, the Australian government has commissioned research to understand the level of online infringement and how that changes over time. The latest survey covering…

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Viking IPTV Defendant Avoids Immediate Prison But Faces Millions in Damages

YouTube Ripper Seeks IP-Addresses of ‘Threatening’ & ‘DMCA-Abusing’ Competitors

French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Goes Private

Shueisha DMCA Subpoena Targets Two Dozen Manga Piracy Sites

Internet Archive Fails to Dismiss Record Labels’ Copyright Lawsuit

Piracy Block Reversed For Tech Site That Reported Site-Blocking Workarounds

VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023

ISP Must Unmask Alleged Pirates But Rightsholders Can’t ‘Harass’ Them

Four-in-Ten Aussies Pirated Content in 2023, Overall Online Consumption Up 6%

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