A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.
Tag Archives: copyright infringement
Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites
Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.
Flickr tackling online image theft with new AI service
Photo sharing website Flickr is trying to combat copyright infringement with a service that spots copies of its users’ images online.
Jailbroken PS4 seller sued by Sony
The consoles allegedly sold on eBay by the California man were packed with over 60 pirated games.
Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years
Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce.
Facebook set to clamp down on video piracy
Videos on Facebook largely belong to other people but that’s set to change as the company develops new tools and procedures to quickly identify and remove infringing content.
Explaining how to use pirate site Popcorn Time can get you arrested
The law is moving to crush the “Netflix for pirated movies” like so many crunchy snacks littering the floor of a crowded movie theater.
Madonna Hacker who leaked songs sentenced to 14 months
A 39-year-old Israeli man accused of hacking the pop star Madonna has been sentenced to 14 months in jail, after a reaching a plea agreement with authorities.
ISPs ordered to hand over names and addresses of illegal file sharers
In a landmark case, a Hollywood studio won the rights to unmask alleged pirates of the movie The Dallas Buyers Club.
Tumblr blocks torrent-related posts from search results, along with adult content
Logged-in users will have to click the lock icon to switch out of “safe mode” and get to any posts tagged with, or mentioning, torrents. 