Man Jailed For Five Years+ For Selling Streaming Piracy Devices
Streaming pirate content directly to living rooms around the world has become huge business over the past few years, with many hundreds of operations selling various services to the public. While the majority appears to do so with impunity, a growing number of UK providers are finding that their businesses attract the attention of rightsholders who are keen to send a message that they won’t be tolerated. The latest case involves...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 07/16/18
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Rampage is the most downloaded movie again. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for the articles of the recent weekly movie download charts. This week’s most downloaded movies are: Movie Rank Rank...
‘Copyright’s True Purpose Is Dead, It Never Existed’
We’re all familiar with the statement that piracy is “killing” the music industry. It’s one of the main arguments used to argue in favor of stronger copyright enforcement and legislation. The underlying idea is that strong copyright protection ensures that artists get paid. More money then opens the door to more artistic creations. But is that really the case? Glynn Lunney Jr, law professor at Texas A&M...
Suffocating Financial Power Means Mismatches in Copyright Cases
Entrepreneurs on the Internet face risks that are in many ways the same as those operating in the physical realm. All have to find a suitable market while combining hard work, skill, and elements of luck to create a sustainable and profitable business model. While there are plenty of opportunities out there to do things that other people have already done, the online world presents a whole raft of new possibilities to build projects...
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