Nintendo Piracy Lawsuit Defendant Makes Dire Situation Even Worse
Lawsuits filed to address infringement can also play a key role as part of a wider deterrent messaging campaign. In the online arena inhabited by millions of pirates, dual-purpose lawsuits are especially common. Even for Nintendo, suing every infringer isn’t just impractical. Negative exposure in the media has direct implications for image and branding. Additional risk of polluting or even displacing otherwise positive articles, could...
LLM Taken Down Following Legal Pressure from Anti-Piracy Group
Development of AI continues to progress at a rapid pace. This includes work on large language models (LLMs), which are typically trained on broad datasets of texts. These technologies promise unparalleled progress which could benefit society as a whole. Yet despite widely recognized potential, areas of significant concern remain. That many LLMs were trained on datasets containing copyrighted content is now widely known. This has led...
U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking
Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) organized an anti-piracy symposium where several experts discussed recent achievements, new challenges, and potential solutions. Held at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, the meeting brought together public and private sector players to discuss various copyright and piracy-related topics. For example, trial attorney Vasantha Rao, who works as the Department of...
Pirates Surprise as Oscar-Nominated Movie Screeners Leak Online Again
Shorter theatrical windows and improved access to movies via streaming, aimed to address one of the reasons some people prefer to pirate movies rather than pay. While no silver bullet, making movies available legally is crucial in the fight against piracy. Yet, for many years, avoiding the most obvious response to unauthorized distribution meant that the ‘recently released’ movie market was dominated by not only illicit, but mostly...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/27/2025
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Nosferatu” is the most shared title. The most torrented...
Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, not $155m
Nearly a decade ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit was filed by the German company Bitmanagement. It’s not a typical piracy case in the sense that software was downloaded from shady sources. Instead, it deals with unauthorized installations. It all started in 2008 when the US Navy began testing Bitmanagement’s 3D virtual reality...
