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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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Increasing Your Employees’ Copyright Awareness

Velocity of Content

Your employees and copyright awareness – sharing your policy may not be enough. shows that companies are discussing their copyright policies more frequently, leading to 74% of employees reporting awareness of those policies. Do Your Employees Understand Your Company’s Copyright Policies?

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‘Copyright Troll’ Accuses Defense of Extortion and Unjust Enrichment

TorrentFreak

Adult entertainment outfit Malibu Media has often been described as a copyright-trolling operation. The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Recoups $108k From ‘Copyright Troll’

TorrentFreak

Adult entertainment outfit Malibu Media has often been characterized as a copyright-trolling operation. The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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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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‘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. EDUCATE employees on copyright and information use with resources, webinars, and free courses on www.copyright.com/learn.