Spain’s Pirate Site Blocking Machine: Domains Blocked 2012 – 2023
In common with a growing list of EU Member States, Spain operates an ongoing domain blocking program with the aim of reducing traffic to pirate sites. Amendments to Spain’s Copyright Act (Law No. 2/2011) led to the formation of an administrative body known as the Second Section of the Intellectual Property Commission (S2CPI). Launched in 2012 under Spain’s Ministry of Culture and Sports, S2CPI has the authority to issue instructions...
Twitter/X Might Have a New DMCA Subpoena Controversy On Its Hands
June 2022 marked the end of a legal battle that despite modest roots, went on to become one of the most interesting copyright cases in recent years. After paying just $47, a shadowy business entity hoped to obtain a DMCA subpoena that would compel Twitter to hand over the personal details of an alleged copyright infringer. Pseudonymous Twitter user MrMoneyBags had previously posted controversial photographs on Twitter and, as a...
Z-Library Rolls Out Browser Extensions in Anticipation of Domain Name Troubles
Z-Library has become the go-to site for many readers in recent years by providing access to nearly 14 million books, without charging a penny. The site’s continued ability to do so was put to the test late last year when U.S. law enforcement seized over 200 domain names connected to the platform. Two alleged Z-Library operators were arrested in Argentina and currently face extradition to the States. Despite being in the crosshairs of...
DataCamp: Pirate IPTV “Scam Judgment” Worth Millions Aimed to “Terrorize” Hosting Companies
Filed in February 2022, a DISH Network copyright infringement lawsuit demanded $32.5m in damages from UK-based CDN company DataCamp. The complaint alleged that DataCamp failed to take appropriate action against 11 pirate IPTV services flagged by DISH as repeat infringers, through the sending of more than 400 DMCA notices to DataCamp. Similar lawsuits have become fairly common in recent years and when copyright holders prevail, damages...
Pirate Site Not Impressed by Global DNS Blocking Order
Founded in the last millennium, CannaPower must be one of the oldest pirate sites still around today. The site currently indexes more than 50,000 audio releases, which are shared through external hosting platforms. CannaPower Blocking Efforts With roughly a million monthly visits, mostly from Germany, the download portal is large enough to appear on the music industry’s radar. In fact, it’s become one of the prime enforcement targets...
Bungie Targets ‘Ring-1’ Destiny 2 Cheat Defendants From U.S. to Australia
After reading the introduction to Bungie’s latest lawsuit, which targets makers and sellers of Destiny 2 cheats, one gets the impression the developer may be starting to enjoy this fight. A Bungie-compiled list of online aliases, including PRAGMATICTAX, NOVA, J3STER and CYPHER, are the latest individuals to face legal action for developing, marketing, selling, and providing customer support for, tools that enable cheating in the...
