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ISP Will Unmask 100 Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in RIAA Lawsuit

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Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement.

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3 Count: Truth Settles

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Spinrilla Will Shut Down and Pay $50m Piracy Damages to Music Labels

TorrentFreak

Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is not without risk. Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free,” the RIAA commented at the time.

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ISP Must Unmask Alleged Pirates But Rightsholders Can’t ‘Harass’ Them

TorrentFreak

In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Frontier vs. Movie and Music Companies Frontier is fighting not one, but two legal battles. The music and movie companies requested this information in part to back up their claims that the ISP’s customers directly infringed their works.

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Anti-Piracy Company Asks Court to Keep Filings Secret as TorrentFreak Might Report On Them

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MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view. While it is totally understandable that MarkMonitor and the record labels don’t want to share proprietary or confidential information in public, singling out TorrentFreak is completely unnecessary.

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‘Pirate’ Site nHentai Sued in U.S. Court for Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Anime and manga piracy is more prevalent than music piracy today, and hentai is no exception. Last October, attorneys for the alleged pirate site offered to confidentially settle all copyright infringement claims with PCR. — A copy of PCR Distributing’s complaint, filed at the U.S.

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Filmmakers Want ISP to Share Personal Info of Thousands of Pirates

TorrentFreak

These lawsuits were pioneered by music companies that had some success on this front, including a $1 billion verdict against Cox. Last year, Charter was ordered to do the same as part of its legal battle with several music companies. The disclosure of personal details in a lawsuit like this is not uncommon. Few Other Options.