Four-in-Ten Aussies Pirated Content in 2023, Overall Online Consumption Up 6%
The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Commissioned by the Attorney-General’s Department, the research aims to better understand internet users’ consumption habits, across five key content types – Television, Movies/Film, Music, Video Games, and Live Sport – and track changes in behavior over time. The 2023 survey was conducted online from June 27 to July 15...
IMDb Struggles with Persistent Movie ‘Piracy’ Problem
Founded in 1990, the Internet Movie Database, commonly known as IMDb, is one of the oldest online repositories. The service predates the World Wide Web and was initially launched as the Usenet group “rec.arts.movies”. Three years later, it moved to the web in the form of the now widely known IMDb.com. Ever since, the site has served multiple generations of video fans. Today, it is owned by Amazon and despite the many alternatives that...
Google Requests Default Judgment Against DMCA Scammers
The DMCA takedown process gives copyright holders the option to remove infringing content from the web. It’s a powerful, widely-used tool that takes millions of URLs and links offline every day. This often happens for a good reason, but some takedown efforts are questionable or even outright abusive. Google Sues DMCA Scammers Google is no stranger to DMCA abuse. The company has processed more than 8 billion takedown requests over the...
Kim Dotcom Expects New Raid & Bail Revocation After “Secret Orders” Issued in U.S.
During a telephone call with Kim Dotcom, following the unprecedented raids that dismantled his Megaupload file-hosting empire in 2012, the tech entrepreneur insisted that this was no ordinary case. It wasn’t just a massively scaled-up version of piracy raids we’d reported on dozens of times before either. This prosecution had high-level politics not just at its core, but running so pervasively throughout that every twisted fiber had...
Telegram Reportedly “Ready to Fight Piracy” According to Govt. Official
Following a rightsholder complaint about copyright infringement taking place on Telegram, a judge in Spain issued a controversial order for ISPs to block Telegram in its entirety, across the whole country. As soon as the order was made public, nationwide and then international uproar led to the judge reconsidering whether the order really was a “necessary” and “proportional” response. After concluding that preventing around eight...
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...
