Uptobox Bid to Resurrect File-Storage Service Fails in French Court
At the height of the cyberlocker boom in the early 2010s, Uptobox was already an established name. The platform remained online despite a fierce anti-piracy crackdown that led to the demise of Megaupload, Hotfile, and many other file-hosting services. Uptobox faced some trouble with payment providers but still managed to grow in the decade that followed. Like many other sites of this kind, it was frequently abused by pirates to share...
Top French Football Leagues Win Pirate IPTV Blocking Orders
For pirate IPTV blocking orders to be effective, the time between spotting a domain or IP address to be blocked, and the blocking actually taking place, needs to be as short as possible. For legal, practical, and technical reasons, the gap seems unlikely to shorten to the extent most rightsholders would like, but in general the process seems to be heading in that direction. In an order dated July 26, top tier French football leagues...
