Photo Credit: Spotify A Spotify hack allowed user to upload bootleg music remixes as podcasts. Spotify has become an underground hub for new music bootleg remixes, which are uploaded to the service as podcasts. The bootleg remixes hide in plain sight with certain keywords. Some of the most popular are “chopped and screwed,” “slow and […]
The major labels have called out Twitter for allegedly engaging in “piracy at an industrial, massive scale.” Mitch Glazier, who represents the major labels as head of the RIAA, made this and other noteworthy statements concerning Twitter’s copyright policies – as well as U.S. copyright law in general – during a recent hearing before the […]
YouTube-DL returns to GitHub after the RIAA demanded the software be removed with a DMCA takedown. In the middle of October, the RIAA sent the DMCA complaint to GitHub against YouTube-DL. It alleged that YouTube-DL allowed users to circumvent YouTube’s copyright protections. It also argued that the tool promoted piracy by mentioning several songs in […]
After Github removed a popular YouTube stream ripping application at the RIAA’s request – hell is breaking loose. The request wasn’t well-received by the open-source community, who asked Microsoft to resign from the RIAA. Many developers who relied on the project for their own began reposting the code to their repositories. The situation got so […]
Photo Credit: Richy Great The GitHub crackdown on YouTube-DL clones has begun – the code giant will ban anyone who reposts it. The RIAA issued a DMCA takedown request against the YouTube-DL project on October 23. The RIAA cited a provision within the DMCA that says tools can’t provide a way to get around anti-piracy […]
The RIAA is building a case against 40 different YouTube ripper sites, thanks to two subpoenas. Shutting down pirate sites is hard work that starts with obtaining information about the site’s owners. That information may include the domain owner, IP addresses for servers, or any personal details registered. The RIAA has obtained two DMCA subpoenas […]
The RIAA’s battle against YouTube rippers is heating up after the removal of YouTube-DL. Here’s the latest. On Friday, Microsoft-owned GitHub removed the YouTube-DL repository after a request from the RIAA. The removal was in response to the RIAA citing DMCA Section 1201 or removing content that helps bypass copyright protection restrictions. The open-source community […]
Photo Credit: Kevin Dooley / CC by 2.0 The death of George Floyd has ignited serious talks about racism in the United States. It also prompted the removal of ‘insensitive’ media like Gone With the Wind. The result is a massive spike in piracy for removed media. HBO Max removed Gone With the Wind with […]
Photo Credit: Bryan Angelo The Trump administration has placed several Amazon sites on its notorious markets blacklist. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative updated the list today to include Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, and Amazon.in. The list usually targets known piracy vectors like cyberlockers and torrent sites. The US-based site, Amazon.com, was only spared […]
Photo Credit: Unsplash British label group BPI has submitted its 500 millionth URL to Google for removal. It is reaching one billion removals from all search engines combined. While music streaming is growing globally, piracy is still a problem. Industry groups take action against copyright infringing sites by working with search engines to remove links […]