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

TorrentFreak

By recording the latest movies directly from the silver screen using concealed devices, ‘cammers’ fuel the illicit piracy market that thrives during the first few days of a film’s initial release. TGx is an open platform with an active and lively community, a relative rarity in today’s streaming-dominated market.

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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.

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Russia Piracy Takedowns Up By 100%, “Western Rightsholders to Blame”

TorrentFreak

When content isn’t made available at all in a particular market, whether that content is pirated by one person or 10 million, piracy rates immediately hit 100% for that product. If Western brands do not want to fight piracy in a particular country, it means that they are actually legalizing piracy of their content,” Zlobin added.

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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. In fact, the MPA nominated it for the USTR’s annual list of notorious piracy markets for the past two years.

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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. Older content covered by existing licensing agreements remained in place, but in a matter of days, many of those deals will run out.

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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

The author argues that copyright holders would do well to heed this wisdom before entering into litigation, as exemplified by a recent decision from the Swedish Patent and Market Court in case PMT 2401-21. Brand] should always be placed on the bottom line on each roof tile.

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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. “1XBET is not an ad network but an advertiser.