TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2025

“After exchanging intelligence information, it was possible to verify that the criminals were monopolizing the sales of gas and water cylinders in communities that are influenced by the criminal organization, law enforcement officers reported last week. Expansion beyond pirate TV into other commodity markets is common too.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

For goods like clothing (Class 25), the image reflects the intended audience (men), and for goods and services in Classes 9, 16, 35, and 41, it conveys descriptive information, such as the individual depicted, rather than distinguishing the applicant’s goods and services from those of other undertakings.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

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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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2022

Some require ISPs to block access, while others focus on advertisers. The idea behind the advertising blocklist is that pirate sites are unable to survive without revenue. Advertising blocklists are not new but, until a few years ago, these were relatively local. 14 Advertising Companies. 7,717 Domains, 4,042 Active.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Mentioning these domains in public could therefore serve as an unwanted advertisement. TorrentFreak reached out to both SIDN and EURid, requesting more information and both registries say that the domain name terminations referenced by BREIN were not copyright related. Reporting Illegal Content? for their illegal websites.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This data can range from personal to general information. Under the Data Protection Act, “data” is defined a s a representation of information, facts, concepts, opinions, or instructions in a form suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or automated systems. For example, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

Both platforms have the same domain registrar ( Sarek Oy ) and the same host ( FlokiNet ) For those out of the loop, these two companies have a reputation for not rolling over easily in response to information requests. to the list of enjoined domains,” the MPA informs the court. The Studios Are Still Entitled to Damages.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Seamless offers a customer lead tool that displays the prospect’s personal information behind a subscription paywall with try-before-you-buy options. Plaintiff argues that CDA immunity does not apply, “because Seamless actively created the profiles and advertising webpages giving rise to this suit.” Section 230. Anti-SLAPP.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The determination of MPA investigators at the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has been apparent throughout but new information rarely shared in public takes things to a whole new level. Arm’s Length Advertising. PrimeWire’s efforts to stay alive were numerous, but the MPA met them at every step of the way.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the United States, the formation of the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) in 2015 saw advertisers and advertising agencies come together to clean up the system and prevent ad revenue from reaching pirate sites. still aims to defund pirate sites and protect advertisers from undesirable associations.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 16, 2024

Information provided by the Quang Binh Provincial Police Department was soon confirmed by state-controlled media. Information relating to the alleged crimes, outlined by the authorities back in January, featured almost identically during the trial.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

Reportedly issued by Globo’s Information Security department, new guidelines inform staff that digital piracy harms the show and as a result, harms the company. For example, there is an impact on the attractiveness of audiovisual products for the advertising market,” it reads. So what can Globo staff do to help?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Phan Thanh Cong was the programmer and manager, who also took care of advertisers and through that, handled the money; he allegedly took 90% of the spoils, leaving just 10% for his partner. The MPA didn’t provide that information. The indictment focuses on one type of revenue, from a single source.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2024

to Fights Back The removal, which also affected the associated AdSense advertising account, came as a surprise to MP3.to A Google spokesperson informed us that all websites impacted by takedowns are allowed to request a re-review, after which errors can be corrected. to and directly harmed its business. To remedy the situation, MP3.to’s

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In a recent judgment , the District Court of the Hague (the Court) found that Fruugo, an online marketplace, was not directly liable under trade mark law for the advertisement and sale, on its platform, of products which infringed the trade marks of Audi and Volswagen.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

For instance, Googles 2024 release of its Gemma 2 model is advertised as an open model , yet, it comes with an expansive Prohibited Use Policy which disallows use for several applications (e.g. Beyond that, there remains the question of what exactly constitutes sufficiently detailed information about the training data.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

This occurs when companies use terms like “100% sustainable,” “green,” “eco-friendly,” or “100% renewable” on their trademarks, branding, packaging, containers, or advertisements without having concrete environmental actions to substantiate those claims. Why can it be problematic? Some of these are the following: 1.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2023

After a criminal complaint to the Tamil Nadu Police Cyber Cell failed, Disney filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Bengaluru Cyber Cell, alleging various crimes under computer abuse and copyright laws. Companies doing business with PikaShow were ordered to hand over all available information on its operator.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Washington’s Fair Campaign Practices Act “requires Meta to maintain certain records of the political advertisements it hosts on its platforms and, when requested, to permit inspection of, or to disclose, such records to those seeking such information.” The state can extract this information from political advertisers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2023

Some are currently exploiting IMDb’s list feature to generate advertisements for the latest pirated movies and TV shows. It’s not hard to imagine why leaving credit card details and personal information with these sites isn’t the best idea. For scammers, on the other hand, such information can be quite profitable.

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Advertising Advertising Reporting Copyright 144

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2025

This was an openly accessible symposium, so discussion and commentary was limited to information already in the public record. They openly advertise themselves through billboards and register for trademarks, as Magis TV recently did. That said, when discussing future anti-piracy solutions, more novel perspectives were brought up.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2025

“In the last message, we kindly asked for the information to be passed on to the person in charge, but they again have not responded to us,” Cuevana.biz writes. A message currently displayed on the site’s front page says that ACE merely sent an automated reply to Cuevana’s outreach, but didn’t respond otherwise.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Based on these allegations, the court concluded Section 230 did not apply because “Plaintiffs’ claims challenge Facebook’s conduct as a co-developer of content and not merely as a publisher of information provided by another information content provider.” ” Uh oh.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In April, instead of supplying the information ASSOprovider had requested, AGCOM fined the association for not providing information on the ISPs it represents, information ASSOprovider insisted was already in AGCOM’s possession.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2022

At the other end of the market, cutting costs to maximize slender advertising revenues appears to be more important than a glossy user experience. Seeking the court-ordered cooperation of Cloudflare, MPA/ACE requested information on a number of pirate streaming sites, including the personal details of their operators.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2025

New Study on Digital Services Act's transparency rules A new IViR / ASCoR study explores whether the Digital Services Act's transparency rules help consumers escape personalized advertising "filter bubbles." One of the study's main findings is that, while transparency boosts trust, it doesn't prompt users to seek alternative offers.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

2023) involves a set of thirteen different professional models whose images were allegedly used without their permission to advertise for the Capital Cabaret, a strip club halfway between Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina. 1125(a)(1) for misrepresentation of sponsorship (False Advertising + False Association). Defamation.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2024

Though this might have been a win-win outcome for both parties, this post seeks to address an important question, which is also the heart of this dispute- Does the use of trademarked/ copyrighted packaging in a critical or informative context constitute an infringement, or is it protected under the doctrines of fair use and freedom of expression?

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Advertising Advertising Copyright Infringement Trademark 105

The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2023

The above perception by the consumer would be all the more proven given that the use of the image of famous movie character for exclusively advertising purposes is relatively common in many sectors.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

This includes various contact information for the brand as well as information about the specific person representing the brand with Etsy. The system itself has not been very broadly advertised. The portal itself is fairly basic. Users login with their Etsy account and then first register their brand. What’s Next for Etsy.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 23, 2024

By focusing on perceived societal ills, at least in the first instance, regulators are able to step in and inform citizens what’s in everyone’s best interests moving forward. In 2019, advertising that promoted games with cash prizes was outlawed on TV, radio, in print, on social media, and all other internet platforms.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

With more than a billion impressions per month and over 30,000 active advertisers, PropellerAds is a serious player in the online advertising industry. The Cyprus-based company works with advertisers and publishers from all over the world and while many are legitimate companies, Hollywood believes there are some bad apples too.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2024

Advertising Eyesore Assuming new pirate site owners aren’t concerned that a third party probably has root access to their server even after installation, it’s time to get the site ready for visitors. The first couple of lines in ads promoting these scripts link two key features; 1) Online movie-watching website script.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In particular, this may be the case where an online marketplace displays its own logo on the advertisements of third-party sellers and it carries out the storage and shipping of the third party goods in question. For example, how is the operator displaying its advertisements (e.g., storing and shipping their products)?

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Michael Geist

MAY 5, 2023

Party members voted on the top 20 proposals for discussion and included one involving the media and online information that seems obviously unconstitutional and a direct threat to a freedom of the press. It is not clear precisely who would be covered by “online information services”, but the outcome is dangerous no matter the scope.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2024

Similar to other games of its type, it’s free to play, with the occasional advertisement. While many players might appreciate the advertising-free gaming experience, not everyone fancies this unauthorized use. . publisher Crazy Games, who informed us that they are not behind it. TorrentFreak reached out to YoHoHo.io

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In an era of information overload, attorneys can use social media strategically — from making infographics to leveraging targeted advertising — to cut through the noise and establish a reputation among current and potential clients, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

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