Court Instructs Craig Wright to Distribute Billions to Plaintiffs
On August 26, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor, Craig Wright, was ordered by Southern District Court of Florida to distribute half of his BTC holdings and intellectual property assets from prior to 2014. According to the Kleiman estate attorney Vel Freedman, the family has waited a long time for the ruling and they believe things are headed in the right direction. Also read: Uyen T Nguyen: The Powerful Young Woman Behind the...
Eight Men Behind Two Pirate Streaming Services Charged by Grand Jury
Movie and TV show content is widely available on the Internet for no cost but it seems that many thousands of individuals are prepared to pay for the privilege. That has resulted in countless unlicensed subscription-based services appearing, some as part of live broadcast IPTV packages and others as standalone services. Earlier this year it was revealed that the MPAA had made several referrals to the Department of Justice (DoJ),...
RIAA Refuses to Share Results of ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Scheme
The so-called ‘Six-Strikes’ Copyright Alert System was once praised as an excellent tool to address online piracy. Under the agreement, which involved the MPAA and RIAA, several large Internet providers in the US sent copyright infringement warnings to pirating customers. After repeated alerts, these subscribers would face a variety of ‘mitigation’ measures but their accounts would not be terminated. Although...
