DataCamp & DISH Settle Massive IPTV Piracy Lawsuit, Still Completely Disagree
A DISH Network copyright infringement lawsuit filed in February 2022, demanded $32.5m in damages from UK-based CDN company DataCamp. The original complaint alleged that DataCamp failed to take appropriate action against 11 pirate IPTV services. DISH claimed these clients were repeat infringers after sending over 400 DMCA notices to DataCamp. In many respects the lawsuit was not dissimilar to others that have targeted ISPs and various...
Rightsholders Brand Vietnam an Online Piracy Haven & Demand Action
In recent years, copyright holders have paid close attention to a growing number of large piracy services with connections to Vietnam. Representatives of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), went as far as traveling to the Asian country to discuss the problem with local authorities. The problematic sites and services, which include Fmovies, AniWave, 123movies, BestBuyIPTV,...
Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly
From the launch of its online streaming service fifteen years ago, Netflix positioned itself as a piracy competitor. The idea was to take market share away from piracy sites, by offering a legal and more convenient streaming platform. Initially, this seemed to work. Netflix amassed hundreds of millions of subscribers, some of whom left their piracy habits behind. However, as the ‘streaming wars’ turned legal and convenient streaming...
IPTV Anti-Piracy Threats May Increase Male Motivation to Pirate By 30%
If it was possible to recall and then count every anti-piracy campaign targeted at the UK public since the dawn of the VCR, the answer would be of interest to us, because we have absolutely no idea. But maybe volume isn’t particularly important. Perhaps a better question would be this: Has an anti-piracy campaign targeting the public in the last 40+ years ever actually worked? Those who guessed “yes” are absolutely right, well done....
Lawsuit Targets Genshin Impact Hackers ‘Akebi Group’ & ‘Crepe Team’
Over the past couple of years, Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere has been to court several times in the United States hoping to identify those who leak unreleased content online (1,2,3,4,5). What happens when leakers are identified is mostly unknown. Direct contact from Cognosphere’s legal team seems the most likely outcome but, since the courts aren’t directly involved, nothing can be confirmed from official records. These matters...
Court Slams Brakes on DMCA Subpoena Use to Expose Alleged Movie Pirates
Two decades ago, when the RIAA tried to obtain the identities of Verizon customers via the convenient DMCA subpoena process, significant pushback led to defeat for the record labels. The case made it clear that subpoenas obtained under section 512(h) of the DMCA only apply to ISPs that directly store, cache, or provide links to infringing material. An RIAA lawsuit against Charter failed for similar reasons. In 2014 and after a...
