Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/05/2024
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. “A Quiet Place: Day One” is the most shared title. The most...
Taking Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds
Faced with the growing popularity of ‘pirate’ libraries such as Z-Library and Anna’s Archive, book publishers have ramped up their anti-piracy efforts. This year alone, Google has processed hundreds of millions of takedown requests on behalf of publishers, at a frequency we have never seen before. The same publishers also target the pirate sites and their hosting providers directly, hoping to achieve results. Thus far, little is known...
Premier League Pirates Caught Offside as Police Raid Their Car Wash Base
Major rightsholders are constantly seeking tougher legislation, more effective anti-piracy tools, and enhanced cooperation with governments and other stakeholders. Even in countries where authorities view protection of intellectual property rights as a priority, achieving any of the above usually involves significant periods of negotiation. In Asia, where attitudes to IP crime vary considerably from one country to the next, tackling...
Sports Leagues See ‘X’ as the ‘Home of Social Media Piracy’
Similar to other user-generated content platforms, X allows people to freely share content online. This includes text, images, music, video, and live streams. In some cases, content is shared by users of X without first obtaining permission from rightsholders. Over the years, various parties have called out Twitter/X over alleged copyright infringement. Research published by the EU Intellectual Property Office found that X is rife...
Suno & Udio to RIAA: Your Music is Copyrighted, You Can’t Copyright Styles
On June 24, 2024, the RIAA announced two separate copyright infringement lawsuits targeting what many believe are the most impressive services in the generative AI music market. Unchartered Labs, the owner of Udio, was sued in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. At the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the target was Suno, Inc. the company behind the AI platform of the same name. Plaintiffs...
Kim Dotcom Denied Leave to Appeal High Court’s Dismissal of His Appeal Against Human Rights Tribunal Decision
Three years after the raids that dismantled his Megaupload empire, it was clear that Kim Dotcom was digging in for the long haul. Whether even he anticipated just how long that haul would be is unclear. Having taken every imaginable step to make his prosecution and likely extradition as difficult as possible, it certainly can’t be ruled out. For Dotcom, information has proven to be a valuable and flexible commodity; in 2015 he made...
