After SOPA’s Painful Death, Safe Site Blocking Claim Disputed By Cloudflare
Unveiled earlier this year by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and Rep. Darrell Issa respectively, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) and the American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA) have underlying differences but much in common. Both bills would enable copyright holders to request site blocking orders against foreign pirate sites, with ISPs and DNS resolvers required to prevent U.S. internet users from accessing them. Different Bills, Same...
UK Hosting Provider Asks Court to Dismiss $25 Million Pirate IPTV Lawsuit
As pirate IPTV services have continued to grow in recent years, TV broadcasters and distributors have intensified their efforts to combat piracy. Pay TV provider DISH Network, in tandem with the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP), has been particularly active on this front, filing a series of lawsuits in the United States. DISH Sues Innetra In May, DISH filed a copyright infringement complaint against UK...
