Anti-Piracy DNS Resolver Quad9 Loses Global Pirate Site Blocking Case Against Sony The Regional Court of Leipzig has ordered DNS resolver Quad9 to block global access to a music piracy site. The Court sided with Sony Music… March 8, 2023, 13:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Tensions Between Filmmakers and Reddit Grow in Piracy Dispute The legal dispute between a group of filmmakers and Reddit is heating up. The movie companies want Reddit to identify several users so they can… March 7, 2023, 22:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Twitter Suspends Copyright Holder as Musk Outlaws ‘Weaponization’ of DMCA (Updated) In the midst of a fierce copyright dispute last evening, Twitter CEO Elon Musk intervened. He declared that accounts engaging in "repeated, egregious weaponization of… March 7, 2023, 15:47 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Warner Fights Unreleased ‘Scooby-Doo And Krypto Too!’ Leaks After Warner Bros. canceled several upcoming Scooby-Doo films, fans of the iconic show wondered when they'd ever catch a break. On the back of reports… March 6, 2023, 21:51 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Copyright Holders Score ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Site Blocking Order in Argentina A national court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, requires local Internet providers to block thirty pirate streaming services. The dynamic blocking order sets an important precedent,… March 6, 2023, 11:11 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy 90 Million DMCA Takedowns in 90 Days: MindGeek’s $32m Piracy ‘Win’ Meets Reality When a subsidiary of PornHub owner MindGeek was awarded $32 million in damages and an injunction against pirate site Daftsex, that should've been decisive. The… March 5, 2023, 18:30 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits ISP Grande Wants Judge to Overrule Jury’s $47 Million Piracy Liability Verdict Internet provider Grande Communications has asked a Texas federal court to overrule a jury verdict that awarded $47 million in piracy damages to several record… March 4, 2023, 23:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Google Deindexes ‘Pirate’ IP Addresses When Used to Circumvent Blocking On top of billions of URL removals, at least 10,000 domains have already been deindexed and permanently removed from Google's search results on copyright grounds.… March 3, 2023, 22:23 by Andy Maxwell