Police Arrest Pirate Site Operators Following 3-Year Investigation
A study published in September by the European Union Intellectual Property Office found that by late 2022, each internet user in the EU accessed websites offering pirated content at a rate of around 10 times per month. Estonia and Latvia were called out as Europe’s most prolific infringers with around 25 accesses per user per month. German citizens and their Italian counterparts were highlighted as among the best behaved; 7.5 accesses...
FBI & Austria’s C4 Hit Z-Library With a Massive New Wave of Domain Seizures
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the United States government’s crackdown on Z-Library, one of the world’s largest shadow libraries. With legal proceedings underway in the United States, authorities have not given up trying to take Z-Library down. One of the site’s primary login domains, singlelogin.me, was seized alongside other domains early May this year. Users were encouraged to switch to singlelogin.re, which remains...
Relentless Genshin Impact Leakers Face Cognosphere’s Attorneys Yet Again
New figures published by CharlieIntel predict that free-to-play, action role-playing game Genshin Impact, will have 63 million players in November alone. These impressive figures suggest that the game’s developers give gamers want they want but for a significant subset of Genshin Impact players with specific needs, that itch has to be scratched elsewhere. The overwhelming urge to obtain or merely catch a glimpse of videogame content...
Naver Webtoon: “150 Pirate Sites Shut Down” After Cloudflare DMCA Subpoena
DMCA subpoena applications filed at courts in the United States provide a relatively inexpensive mechanism for compelling intermediaries to hand over the personal details of allegedly-infringing users. Since Cloudflare offers reverse proxy services to websites as part of its free tier, most subpoena applications filed in the United States target the company. They typically seek disclosure of pirate site operators’ personal details,...
PropellerAds Labels MPA’s Piracy Claims “Harassment” and “Defamation”
With more than a billion impressions per month and over 30,000 active advertisers, PropellerAds is a serious player in the online advertising industry. The Cyprus-based company works with advertisers and publishers from all over the world and while many are legitimate companies, Hollywood believes there are some bad apples too. MPA’s List of Notorious Markets Last month, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) nominated PropellerAds for...
Film Censors Given Powers to Remove Pirated Movies From YouTube, Telegram
India’s Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill was first introduced in 2019 with the aim of updating the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to better protect filmmakers. In April 2023, India’s Union Cabinet gave the bill a green light and during July it was passed by both Houses of Parliament. The primary goal of these amendments is to reduce rampant online movie piracy, but also contains measures related to the certification of films. This ultimately...
