Court Orders SportsBay to Pay Almost Half a Billion Dollars For Violating DMCA
In July 2021, U.S. broadcaster DISH Network and subsidiary Sling TV filed a copyright lawsuit in a Texas district court against the unknown operators of four websites – SportsBay.org, SportsBay.tv, Live-NBA.stream, and Freefeds.com. The complaint alleged that the unknown defendants circumvented (and provided technologies and services that circumvented) security measures employed by Sling and thereby provided “DISH’s television...
Twitter/X Asks Court to Dismiss $250m+ Music Piracy Lawsuit
Under U.S. law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies earlier this year, X is not among them. ‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ In a complaint filed at a federal court in Nashville, Universal Music,...
Lux Vide Wins $1.86m Judgment Against Operator of File-Hosting Site EasyBytez
Following its launch in 1992, Lux Vide established itself as one of the most successful TV production companies in Italy. With Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky deals under Lux Vide’s belt, in March 2022 TV giant Fremantle (X Factor, Got Talent) acquired 70% of Lux Vide leading to recent investment and expansion. Lux Vide has also recently emerged from an extended copyright lawsuit, one that predates the coronavirus pandemic. Lux Vide...
BREIN Wraps Up IPTV Piracy Battle by Seizing .EU Domain Names
The Internet is littered with shady IPTV services that offer a lot, for very little money. These deals often seem too good to be true and in most cases they are; at least for those who prefer to stay on the right side of the law. Chasing IPTV Pirates Anti-piracy groups around the world are actively trying to shut down these illicit operations. In Europe, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is at the forefront of the battle. In 2017, BREIN...
Internet Archive’s Copyright Battle with Publishers Leads to Lending Restrictions
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. IA’s library is a non-profit organization that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying....
Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit
As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. Filed in Manhattan federal court, the complaint lists UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Concord Bicycle Assets, CMGI Recorded Music Assets, Sony Music and Arista Music as...
