Hollywood Steps Up Anime Piracy War and Battles Domain-Hopping Evaders
Dozens of times each year, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment files DMCA subpoena applications at a court in California. Once obtained, these are served on service providers, mostly Cloudflare, requesting personal information on pirate site operators. While the quality of supplied information varies, the number of applications suggests that the world’s largest entertainment companies do indeed...
Reddit Asks Court to Protect Users Right to Anonymous Speech in Piracy Case
Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit. Most discussions are relatively harmless but, every now and then, users unwittingly incriminate themselves, totally unaware of the potential ramifications their writings can have offline. When something’s clearly wrong, the authorities can take action. Last year, governments and law enforcement sent more than 1,000 information...
