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VNest IPTV Faces US Piracy Lawsuit After Failing to Cease-and-Desist

TorrentFreak

. “Defendants advertised VNest TV as a subscription-based service providing more than 5,000 channels, movies, sports programs, and other premium content, all for a low monthly fee,” the complaint reads. “According to Defendants, VNest TV offers ‘the best content and up time than anyone else in the business.’

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MP3.to Successfully Challenges Music Industry’s ‘False’ DMCA Circumvention Takedown

TorrentFreak

to Fights Back The removal, which also affected the associated AdSense advertising account, came as a surprise to MP3.to to’s law firm Boston Law Group sent a cease and desist letter to Promusicae, describing the takedown notice as defamatory and false. to’s cease-and-desist letter added. .

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Japanese Anime Companies Shut Down Another 15 Pirate Sites in Brazil

TorrentFreak

When compared to a mailed cease-and-desist notice, similar documents served in person are designed to have a personal impact, and are often credited with presenting a tangible reality more likely to yield results. .

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YouTube Orders ‘Invidious’ Privacy Software to Shut Down in 7 Days

TorrentFreak

The most visible cost to the user is advertising, lots and lots of advertising. In basic terms, this means accessing YouTube via a different interface on a different domain which strips away the advertising, user tracking, and reliance on Google subscriptions. Premium products aside, YouTube is free to use.

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Infographic | Trademarks 101: super bowl exclusivity

Olartemoure Blog

the Super Bowl moves billions of dollars, mainly through advertising. Even small businesses that have used “Super Bowl” to advertise watch-parties, have received cease and desist letters from NFL lawyers. Arguably the most important sports event in the U.S.A., In 1969, the NFL trademarked “Super Bowl”.

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Pirate IPTV-Selling ‘Law Enforcement Officer’ Faces Wiretapping Claim

TorrentFreak

Advertised as a “top notch” service, in which Moy had invested considerable sums of money obtaining servers and streams, subscriptions were sold both in bulk to a network of resellers or on a singular basis direct to consumers.

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Advertising Highs & Lows

Above the Fold

certainly had a disparate week in the world of advertising, with the high of sponsoring the AFC and NFC championship games and the low of an order finding that it had engaged in deceptive advertising. Intuit, Inc.