Marvel Subpoenas Instagram to Expose ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Leaker
The fourth installment of Marvel’s Captain America film series is scheduled to be released February next year. Captain America: Brave New World is directed by Julius Onah and will star Anthony Mackie in the role of Samuel Wilson, better known to the broader public as “Captain America”. In the lead-up to the film’s premiere, there’s been no shortage of rumors and leaks. This is a testament to Marvel’s passionate fanbase and nothing new...
Supreme Court: There’s No ‘Time Limit’ on Copyright Infringement Claims
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist Inc, an independent label that recorded just one album and a few tracks. The venture didn’t score any hits and it eventually dissolved after a few years. Nealy’s personal life was no major success either, as he spent time in prison from 1989 to 2008, and again from 2012 to 2015. While Nealy was doing time, his former partner licensed the Music Specialist catalog to Warner...
Premier League Targets SportsHub, GiveMeRedditStream & FreeStreamsLive
The big debate over the effectiveness of site-blocking measures will form part of the discussion in the United States this year as Hollywood promotes piracy blocking on home turf. Elsewhere in the world, Europe in particular, proponents of site-blocking claim it’s effective at preventing access to pirate sites, at the same time as traffic to pirate sites continues to rise. In the UK, where pirates have been soaked in negative...
Gaming Companies Want Cloudflare to Unmask Pirate Site Operator
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) protects the rights of several of the largest game companies in the world. With promiment members, including EA, Disney Interactive, Epic Games, Nintendo, Take-Two, Ubisoft, and others, it is a force to be reckoned with. In addition to sending millions of takedown requests on behalf of its members, ESA also attempts to target pirate sites directly. In some cases, that requires outside...
New Piracy Blocking Order in Australia, Perhaps Congress Will Take a Look
After almost a decade of fine-tuning, including amendments to copyright law, the administration of Australia’s pirate site-blocking system looks organized and reliable. Applications for injunctions filed at Federal Court are usually headed by local movie company Village Roadshow, with the main beneficiaries the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, and more recently, Apple. This familiar format was evident again in a March application...
Nintendo’s DMCA Operation Continues With Lockpick, Kezplez-nx Takedowns
More recent generations of video gamers will undoubtedly have their own ideas about which company in business today has made the greatest contribution to the art of videogames. Those who nominate Sony, for marketing the original PlayStation at adults and forever transforming public perception of video games, have a very solid case. Yet when one balances software, hardware, innovation, consistency, branding and longevity, the only...
