$8.1m Damages Agreed By YouTuber & Bungie For 96 Bogus DMCA Notices
In March 2022, YouTube began receiving DMCA takedown notices which claimed that content referenced in the notices infringed the rights of videogame developer Bungie. YouTube responded by removing the videos listed in the notices, some of which had been uploaded by high-profile Destiny content creators. Some notices targeted Bungie’s own channels on YouTube, but that didn’t prevent some in the Destiny 2 community concluding that Bungie...
LaLiga and UAE Launch ‘Anti-Piracy Laboratory’ to Block Pirate Sites
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is rapidly expanding its population, mostly through migrant workers. The country, where Dubai is the most populous city, presents itself as a region where people from all over the world can do business and find entertainment. UAE Pirates The region appears to be a magnet for the rich and famous, but it’s not all fun and games. As it turns out, some people in the UAE are enjoying entertainment without...
Filmmakers Legal Battle Over Reddit Users’ IP Addresses Heads to Appeal
Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena that required Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. The movie companies, including Voltage Holdings and Screen Media Ventures, said they were not planning to go after these people in court but wanted to use their comments as evidence in an ongoing piracy lawsuit against Internet provider RCN. Reddit wasn’t pleased with the intrusion....
TikTok Copyright Notices Up Again in 2023, Success Rate Collapses to 56%
Reports seem to vary but if servicing a billion users each month sounds like a lot, TikTok is on a mission to push way beyond that. Early January 2018, the platform acknowledged it had around 55 million global users then in December the same year, that figure had suddenly grown to 271 million. A year later, 271 million ballooned to over 500 million, then a year after that, over 700 million users were active on TikTok every month....
South Korean ISP ‘Infected’ Torrenting Subscribers with Malware
From a networking perspective, most Internet providers are generally not thrilled with BitTorrent users. Historically, torrent traffic has placed quite a burden on the network, which is one of the reasons why Comcast quietly began throttling torrent traffic many years ago. Another reason to limit torrent traffic is to reduce costs. BitTorrent users transfer large amounts of data that’s not always covered by cheap peering agreements,...
RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright
As developers of generative AI models and services continue to progress at a startling pace, it was only a question of when the RIAA would select the perfect litigation candidate, for the purpose of drawing a line in the sand. Two Targets, Two Lawsuits The RIAA announced not one, but two copyright infringement lawsuits on Monday, filed against two of the most impressive services in the generative AI music market. Udio owner...
