AI Models Reveal Pro-Copyright Bias By Shutting Down Piracy Research
Good news concerning AI development often finds itself dampened by reports of models hallucinating, providing misleading responses, or simply inventing facts that are anything but. This week Michael Kearns of Penn Engineering wrote about “model disgorgement,” a potential solution that forces models to purge themselves of “content that leads to copyright infringement or biased responses.” From our admittedly very narrow perspective,...
‘UFC Ripper’ Tool Can Download UFC Fight Pass Streams
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has promoted mixed martial arts fights for three decades, turning the sport into a billion-dollar industry. At the same time, the company has been fighting a battle against online piracy. Pirated livestreams and downloads are frequently used to bypass the monthly subscription fee for UFC Fight Pass, something the company is clearly not happy with. While UFC fans can legally access fights in...
Police Piracy Blacklist: No Celebrations For IWL’s 10-Year Anniversary?
Launched to considerable fanfare late March 2014, the ‘Infringing Website List’ (IWL) is operated by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The IWL is one of the tools available under the banner ‘Operation Creative’, a multi-agency anti-piracy initiative led by police and supported by major rightsholders in the film, TV, music, publishing, and live sports sectors. As publicly advertised, pirate site domains are nominated...
Hollywood Takes Down Animeflix, Vegamovies and Others With Broad Anti-Piracy Order
Pirate sites and services are a major problem for rightsholders and can be challenging to deal with. In India, however, recent court orders have proven to be quite effective. Indian courts have issued pirate site blocking orders for over a decade. In recent years, these have transformed into a powerful legal tool, allowing rightsholders to protect existing and future works with relative ease. More recent orders are not limited to ISP...
Anti-Piracy Chief: Google’s Gambling Ad Liability Should Be Adopted For Piracy
When it comes to digital policy and efforts to regulate online behavior, no topic comes close to the scale of the global content moderation drive. Tracking carried out by Digital Policy from 2020 currently shows 593 policy changes around the world, with the closely-linked platform intermediary / user-generated content category at 497. Policy changes related to user speech, on the other hand, fade into the distance with less than 50....
Destiny 2 Creator Bungie & Cheat Maker AimJunkies Go Head-To-Head at Trial
Over the past several years, game companies have pursued legal action against both cheaters and cheat makers. Rightsholders have mostly emerged from these lawsuits as victors, but until now, none have gone all the way to a full trial. The legal dispute between American video game developer Bungie and AimJunkies.com has been fiercely fought, and the long-awaited jury trial is now underway. Three years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a...
