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“Pro Camcorder Pirate” Arrested in Govt, Police & UK Cinema Chain Operation

TorrentFreak

Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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Pirate Whac-A-Mole: Sky Takes On TeaTV, CucoTV & Cinema HD

TorrentFreak

Through strong branding it has managed to stay in the game, but whether today’s variant (of which there are several) is/are the same and/or operated by the original developer is a question for people with an abundance of spare time. TeaTV turned out to be a pretty strong brew, despite the suspension of its Twitter account.

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Top Russian Official Thanks Pirates For Enabling Access to ‘Enemy’ Content

TorrentFreak

Facing an existential crisis and no support from the government, some elements in the cinema industry began screening unlicensed Western movies , for example. A current proposal envisages Russian cinemas legally screening foreign movies without rightsholders’ permission but with some kind of payment. They do not work.

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Football Chief Slams IPTV Pirates While Sponsored By Piracy “Supporter”

TorrentFreak

For many image conscious consumer-orientated businesses, a key to commercial success lies in carefully calibrated branding and marketing. The problem is that the 1XBET brand is almost synonymous with a specific type of piracy. GOAL… sponsored by 1XBET.

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Russia Claims Ukraine & Allies Use Pirate Sites to Spread Propaganda

TorrentFreak

Following the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, new video content produced by major Western companies mostly disappeared from Russian cinemas and online platforms. From February 28, 2023, availability of Western content on Russia’s legal streaming portals is set to nosedive.

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ACE Targets MagisTV and Other Piracy Apps Through Cloudflare

TorrentFreak

In one of the subpoenas requests, two ‘MagisTV’ apps and their associated sites are listed, together with the ‘TVExpress’, ‘My Family Cinema’, and ‘Brasil TV’ apps. The IPTV service markets through resellers and some unaffiliated third parties try to profit from the brand as well.

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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

Modern copyright jurisprudence offers protection, not only to classical types of literary and artistic works such as books and movies (as an illustrious example, Denis Villeneuve’s new Dune adaption, in cinemas everywhere), but also to less inherently artistic and perhaps more mundane expressions of human creativity.