Archive for the 'Anti-Piracy' Category
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
A partnership between the RIAA, MPAA and the major ISPs, which would see the latter taking action against infringing customers, has been confirmed. If final agreement is reached – a point believed to be as close as next month – ISPs including AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon will begin taking increasingly severe measures against pirating customers.
Source: MPAA, RIAA, Major ISPs Preparing ‘Graduated Response’ To Piracy
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
According to a disclosure report, the MPAA spent $400,000 lobbying a wide range of US government departments in the first quarter of 2011 including the FBI, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, ICE and the Vice President’s Office. Issues on the table include so-called “rogue sites” including RapidShare, streaming, graduated response (3 strikes) and domain seizures.
Source: MPAA Anti-Piracy Lobbying Targets FBI, DOJ, ICE, DHS and Biden
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Following last year’s failed High Court bid to force an ISP to adopt a 3 strikes-style regime to deal with pirates, the Big Four record labels are set to get their way through a change in the law. If adopted, proposals published yesterday by the Irish government would allow copyright holders to hold ISPs liable for infringements and take out injunctions against them.
Source: Ireland Set To Force ISPs To Disconnect Pirates
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
According to a report which has flown almost completely under the radar, last year an ISP sent out around 300 “first strike” warning letters wrongfully accusing innocent subscribers of Internet piracy. ISP Eircom implemented the scheme in partnership with the recording industry and is now being investigated by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
Source: ISP Wrongfully Sent 300 “First Strike” Letters To Innocents
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
While the rest of the world enjoys the latest theatrical releases, for the foreseeable future the Hungarian public will be subjected to a Hollywood-enforced time delay and a ban on midnight screenings. The action is in response to the discovery that a string of cammed blockbusters turning up on the Internet originated from cinemas in Hungary.
Source: Camcorder Piracy Epidemic Forces Studios To Delay Screenings
Posted in Anti-Piracy, camming, CiNEDUB, EP1C | Comments Off
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
This week’s raids against Kino.to led to many arrests and the rapid disappearance of many cyberlocker services, including Duckload.com. As an uploader to Kino.to reveals how he worked with the site, Anonymous have added more chaos to the mix by DDoSing the Hollywood-backed anti-piracy group responsible for the raid.
Source: Kino.to Uploader Speaks Out, Cyberlockers Down, Anon DDoS
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Friday, June 10th, 2011
A pair of lawyers who were responsible for the introduction of so-called Speculative Invoicing into the UK, have both been found guilty of professional misconduct by a tribunal. Among other charges, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found that the pair from law firm Davenport Lyons knowingly targeted innocent people. They now face a range of sanctions from monetary penalties through to being disbarred.
Source: Anti-Piracy Lawyers Found Guilty of Professional Misconduct
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011
As copyright cases pile up at various U.S. courts, anti-piracy lawyers are getting more bold with their demands for money and information. In one case at the District Court of Northern California, copyright holders are demanding the personal details of all members of a video streaming site. In their defense, the website’s owners referenced a recent TorrentFreak article, which the copyright holder’s lawyer incorrectly characterized as a “myriad of lies.”
Source: Anti-Piracy Lawyers Defame TorrentFreak in Court
Posted in Anti-Piracy, defamation, extortion, Legal Issues, libel | Comments Off
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In what appears to be a memo sent to ISPs by the regulator of Internet industries in Malaysia, all service providers have been ordered to completely block various file-sharing sites including The Pirate Bay, MegaVideo and other hosting services. The move follows an April statement by the country’s Prime Minister in which he promised his administration would never censor the Internet.
Source: Pirate Bay, MegaUpload & Others Blocked By Government Order
Posted in Anti-Piracy, Cyberlockers, Malaysia, MCMC, SKMM | Comments Off
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
During the last 24 hours Homeland Security seized another domain and put up the copyright infringement notice but now a quite unusual picture is forming. Allegedly an anti-vaccine blogger and claimed “batshit” conspiracy theorist with plenty of enemies had his server hacked and filled with illegal material. This appears to have resulted in his domain being seized for copyright infringement.
Source: Updated: Feds Seize New Domain, Add To “Batshit” Conspiracy Theories
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