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Copyright Infringement? Jury to Decide Over Landmark Destiny 2 ‘Cheating’ Suit

TorrentFreak

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. The case initially seemed set for a quick settlement, but the parties failed to reach an agreement. However, the court denied these motions, as there is no hard evidence that any game code was copied.

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Filmmakers Sue VPN for Promoting Piracy & Advertising on YTS

TorrentFreak

Several of these lawsuits have ended in settlements, where some VPNs services agreed to block notorious pirate sites or BitTorrent traffic on US-based servers. These VPN providers emphasize in advertisements that they delete their end users’ log access records so their identities will never be disclosed to copyright owners or law enforcement.

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Text Written So Well That It Needs To Be Copied?

BYU Copyright Blog

(“Lehren”), claiming that Lehren copied “significant portions” of its website.Since then, Lehren has responded to these allegations. On June 13, 2021, Lehren filed its Answer wherein it admitted that it “copied a limited amount of text.”

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Triller Abandons Multi-Million ‘Jake Paul’ Fight Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Triller alleged willful copyright infringement (for distributing, uploading, copying, and publicly displaying the fight), violations of the Federal Communications Act (interception/misuse of a satellite broadcast), and vicarious copyright infringement in respect of the infringing acts of those who allegedly viewed the fight on FilmDaily.

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Graffiti and Street Artists Sue for Copyright Infringement

Greenspoon Marder LLP

Over the past few years, graffiti artists, also referred to as street artists, have started filing copyright lawsuits over the alleged improper and unauthorized use of their work. Sometimes the works in question are reproduced on clothing, other times the works are featured in advertising and marketing campaigns.

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OnlyFans ‘Models’ Drop Piracy Liability Lawsuit Against Cloudflare

TorrentFreak

Last year, Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’ photos. The trio accused Cloudflare of both direct and contributory copyright infringement. Settlement? This prompted Waidhofer to change priorities.

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BREIN Pulled 610 Pirate Sites and Services Offline Last Year

TorrentFreak

BREIN also kept a close eye on advertisements for pirate services and other illegal offerings. A total of 3,739 advertisements were flagged and reported, a figure that has been relatively stable over the years. For example, BREIN also completed 41 settlement agreements, mostly with site operators or uploaders.