The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is turning its attention to password sharing among streamers. The organization hasn’t announced any concrete measures, but they are looking into best practices for tackling the issue. ACE was founded to combat torrent piracy, but password sharing is a new hot-button issue. ACE consists of several high profile […]
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A study by the European Union (EU) Intellectual Property Office indicates that only 49% of people between the ages of 15 and 24 accessed pirated digital content over the past year. This represents a decline in piracy of 22% since 2016 when 60% of people used pirated content. The news is even better for the […]
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An investigation by CNBC has shown that not only are pirated versions of popular movies and TV shows appearing on an online platform called TeaTV, but so are ads from major companies. The companies, which include music industry heavyweights Pandora (owned by SiriusXM) and TikTok (owned by ByteDance), are inadvertently funding these activities through ads. […]
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Image by Keith Allison (CC by 2.0) A Kodi download and Kodi TV box probably won’t get you in trouble, according to a leading expert. Lately, the UK has ramped up its efforts to catch online pirates. The Kodi box and a Kodi download fall into a legal gray area. The open source media player […]
Image by Jason (CC by 2.0) Cox Communications will face a difficult time with industry leaders like the RIAA and MPAA against them. Back in December 2015, a federal jury in Virginia ruled against Cox Communications. The ruling held Cox Communication liable for users in their networking pirating illegal content. The company faced $25 million […]
Image by liz west (CC by 2.0) Will written warnings in the UK perform better than American ‘Six Strikes’ letters? There’s little evidence that any of this is working. Are you in the UK? Do you love downloading illegal torrents? Well, UK-based ISPs will send out e-mails to subscribers later this month. The e-mails will […]
Image by g4ll4lls (CC by 2.0) Will the EU violate users’ fundamental rights? Communia, an public domain believes so. Back in September 2016, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced his plans to modernize existing copyright laws in Europe. They form part of the Digital Single Market reforms. However, Communia, founded by groups including Creative Commons […]
Image by Esther Vargas (CC by 2.0) So, who exactly owns the rights to Content ID? Google and YouTube, or Audible Magic? That’s now the focus of a serious lawsuit. It’s no secret that YouTube’s Content ID is unpopular. But did the Google-owned company actually develop the copyright enforcement tool? For the uninitiated, Content ID […]
Image by Jeremy Brooks (CC by 2.0) Google removed Mega from its search engine. So, why doesn’t it do the same with other illegal direct download, file locker, and torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and Extra Torrent? According to TorrentFreak, Google receives at least 100,000 pirate link removal requests every hour. That’s due to […]
Image by Dinur (CC by 2.0) So, as the Copyright Alert System goes to rest, will the MPAA and RIAA stop hounding users? Not likely. In good news for piracy users and willfull copyright infringers, the Copyright Alert System (or CAS) will finally go away. In a statement, the Center for Copyright Information said, “After […]