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YouTube Ripper Sends Cease and Desist to Google, Hoping to Stop DMCA Abuse

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Cease and Desist This activity has been a growing source of frustration for YTMP3.nu’s To put an end to the abuse, the YouTube ripper asked its lawyer to send a cease and desist and preservation demand to Google. According to YTMP3.nu, nu’s operator. According to the letter, YTMP3.nu

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RipRequests Dead After RIAA ‘Hand Delivers’ Piracy Cease-and-Desist

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Until last month, RipRequests was a popular hangout for those looking to download music without the hassle of paying and, in some cases, waiting for an official release to come out. What followed was a cease-and-desist from the RIAA which advised that “Such activity is illegal, and these actions must stop at once.”

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‘Free Download Manager’ Removes YouTube Support After Google Complaint

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While this sounds great, YouTube also presents an indirect threat, as third-party tools allow people to rip and download music to enjoy outside of the streaming service. The company prohibits third-party services from downloading YouTube content and is actively blocking the IP addresses of known offenders. Stream-ripping Crackdown.

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Nintendo Wants Reddit to Expose r/SwitchPirates Users in ‘Pirate Shop’ Lawsuit

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This involves sending a steady stream of cease and desist letters and takedown notices. Nintendo specifically named ‘Jack-in-the-Shop’, ‘Turtle in the Shop’ and ‘NekoDrive’, which were shut down following a cease and desist letter Nintendo sent in March.

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Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider

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The RIAA cited the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, claiming that the tool could be used to download their artists’ musical works from YouTube, in breach of copyright. “YouTube has measures to prevent users from downloading specific content, which they make use of for YouTube Movies and Music: DRM.

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UK Pirate IPTV Sellers Receive In-Person Warnings From Police Officers & FACT

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A movie is just another file to be silently downloaded and the days of buying hacked satellite cards from the small ads in specialist computer magazines are long gone. Cease-and-Desist Notices Are More Common in Fraud Cases. These days everything is done online.

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YTMP3 Wants Google to Identify Alleged DMCA Fraudsters

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The YouTube download portal has more than 40 million monthly visits but believes this figure would muc: higher today if Google hadn’t removed many of its search results. In an attempt to curtail the abuse, the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google in April, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices.