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‘Copyright Troll’ On Route to File Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits This Year

TorrentFreak

The company, known for its Blacked, Tushy, and Vixen brands, targets people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. Track, Sue and Settle These efforts, often referred to as so-called ‘copyright-trolling’, are pretty straightforward.

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‘Hacker Used Victim’s Email Address to Sign Up with Pirate Site YTS’

TorrentFreak

Early last year the operators of YTS signed a settlement agreement with several movies studios, which put many of the site’s users at risk. The settlement ensured that YTS could continue to operate. And despite sending many copyright infringement notices, these services failed to take meaningful action in response.

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The Great Global Work From Home Experiment and How it Changed the Way We Work Forever

Velocity of Content

The more third-party published content is shared, the higher the risk of copyright infringement. Downloading content through any tool makes a new copy of that content – and copying often requires permission. Why is the fact that remote and hybrid workers are sharing more often and with more people [fig.

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Increasing Your Employees’ Copyright Awareness

Velocity of Content

Simple content exchanges to help further a discussion and keep business moving may actually create or increase the risk of copyright infringement, leading to costly lawsuits or settlements and affecting brand reputation.

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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. Soon after, VeePN started to promote itself in relation to the Popcorn Time brand, the lawsuit alleges. However, that did little to stop the infringing activity.

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Pirates Who Lost $90m IPTV Lawsuit Sued Again For Launching More Services

TorrentFreak

DISH Files Brand New Piracy Lawsuit. Mundo TV and Must TV are described as rebranded versions of ExpediteTV that were sold to subscribers via the domains mundo-tv.com and must-tv.com, in breach of the agreed settlement and court injunctions in the earlier lawsuit. New Lawsuit Goes Deeper Than The Original. 1201(a)(1)(A).

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‘Strike 3’ Files Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits in 2023

TorrentFreak

Today, it’s common knowledge that IP-addresses and downloads of BitTorrent users can be easily monitored by tracking outfits. The company produces adult entertainment videos published under the brands ‘Blacked’, ‘Tushy’, and ‘Vixen’ made available from its own websites. and around the world.