TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At the Texas federal court, the jury found Grande contributorily liable for willful infringement of 1,403 copyrighted works. For willful copyright infringement, a jury can award between $750 and $150,000 per work and here it decided that $33,333 is appropriate. The guilty verdict comes with a hefty damages award.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Last month the plaintiffs filed a motion for default judgment, seeking maximum statutory damages for willful infringement ($150,000 per copyright work) for a total of $16,350,000. When considering whether their contributory copyright infringement claim would succeed, several factors come into play. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt. It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

The filing is part of the legal battle between several record labels and ISP Bright House, which is accused of failing to terminate repeat copyright infringement. MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view.

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Patently-O

JUNE 6, 2024

Neuropublic provided the firm with a detailed, confidential 21-page “Proposed Invention Disclosure” describing this technology. Ladas & Parry then allegedly sent this entire confidential disclosure to a third-party firm in India called PatentManiac, without informing Neuropublic’s or obtaining consent.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Over the past few years, we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them of failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. In one of these cases, the filmmakers accused Torguard of being involved in widespread copyright infringement. Filmmakers sued Torguard. Settlement & U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

Take-Two Files Copyright Lawsuit In September 2021, Take-Two filed a lawsuit against the programmers, claiming that the aim of the projects was to create and distribute pirated versions of GTA 3 and Vice City. For good measure, Take-Two also demanded damages for alleged misrepresentations in the defendants’ DMCA counternotices.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

Just before the weekend, dozens of record labels including UMG, Warner, and Sony, filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon at a New York federal court. The policy further states that under Section 512 of the DMCA, Verizon terminates repeat infringers in “appropriate circumstances.”

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TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

lawsuit against DataCamp, claiming that it failed to deal with copyright infringing customers. Confidentiality Agreement After a couple of weeks of relative calm, the parties agreed on a confidentiality order and from there, nothing but silence until December 2022. In February 2022, U.S.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) CyberMetrics then removed InSPC v1 from their website.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. “As Plaintiffs point out, Defendant’s activities also expand the market for infringing services, which causes further harm to Plaintiffs. It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. The music companies requested rulings to establish that Spinrilla is liable for direct copyright infringement and that the DMCA safe harbor doesn’t apply.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

Copyright infringement lawsuits against pirate IPTV providers and those accused of assisting them, usually have a few common elements. Similar Lawsuit, Unusual Answer A lawsuit filed by US broadcaster DISH against UK-based DataCamp claimed that the CDN company failed to take meaningful steps to prevent ongoing infringement.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

leaves them with few other options, since the ISP refuses to terminate repeat infringers based on repeated copyright infringement notices. The filmmakers don’t want this limitation. They point out that WOW! And if the movie companies want to sue subscribers they can do so through John Doe lawsuits, WOW!

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2024

Catching IPTV Pirates In 2017, BREIN booked a prominent victory at the European Court of Justice, which ruled that it’s illegal to sell devices that are pre-configured to access copyright-infringing content. This “Filmspeler” decision ended all theories that sellers of pirate streaming boxes somehow operated in a gray area.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2024

law, rightsholders have an option to identify alleged copyright infringers, without directly having to file a lawsuit. Specifically, they allow rightsholders to obtain the personal details of anonymous alleged infringers through third-party service providers. Instead, they can request a DMCA subpoena.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and over the years several ISPs have been sued because of them. These Internet providers stand accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications from rightsholders.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

. “The Internet Investigator is primarily responsible for contributing to the global Internet strategy and protecting the motion picture and television industry’s business activities by investigating and reporting on individuals and organizations engaged in (the facilitation of) copyright infringement,” a new MPA job listing reads.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Russia began cracking down on VPNs in 2017 to help deter copyright infringement. Unlike in Russia, China’s anti-VPN stance has little to do with copyright infringement. This includes Russia’s VPN law. The Government outright banned services that allow users to access blocked pirate sites.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. * UMG Recordings, Inc. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

That basically allows one party to request evidence from the other, to properly support or refute the copyright infringement claims that form the basis of the lawsuit. OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

According to the rightsholders, the hosting provider indirectly contributed to the infringing activities of the VPNs’ subscribers. The movie companies alerted Sharktech about this piracy activity through various copyright infringement notices, which allegedly had little impact. “Pursuant to 17 U.S.C.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Real data is hard to come by and expensive to label; using synthetic data instead is not only cheaper but also promises to sidestep the thorny issues of privacy and copyright infringement (see Lee 2024 ). But there are also important drawbacks to consider. The biggest concern with synthetic data is quality.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

The prospect of being extradited to the United States to face copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering charges proved to be a heavy burden for the men, so when an opportunity emerged to stay in New Zealand, they took it. Ortmann and van der Kolk Plead Guilty Today.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A police raid in 2016 led to three of its operators being convicted two years later for criminal copyright infringement, among other offenses. based sellers of the pirate service ATN, to pay $32,100,000 in combined damages for willful copyright infringement,” IBCAP’s announcement reads.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said. As a result, the copyright infringement dispute is currently ongoing and progressing to trial.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Employment or cooperation agreements must ensure confidentiality and include proper non-compete-clauses to avoid risk of theft by employees or other unauthorized parties. Litigating in China is a viable option and there are competent and experienced Specialized IP courts that can handle very complex patent and copyright infringement matters.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Post Removed By Reddit For Copyright Infringement. As the embedded image shows, the user’s post was subsequently removed by Reddit’s Legal Operations team following a “copyright claim by a third party.” Spoilers: Are They Copyright Infringement?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked any substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available. In an amended complaint the game developer added more copyright infringement details.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The names, emails, and addresses of the subscribers are marked as “highly confidential” and can only be viewed by attorneys acting for the music companies. to block copyright infringing content. can use the information to deter further infringement of those files via its goods and services, RIAA wrote at the time.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In May 2018, a massive copyright infringement lawsuit targeted PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable pirate IPTV brands ever to hit the market. Two Copyright Infringement Lawsuits The foundations of the complaint were straightforward. Filed in a Kentucky court, the complaint saw U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Cox alleges that the copyright infringement damages should be covered by the policies, which relate to claims from its ‘media activities’ The Hiscox policy has a limit of $15 million and includes legal defense costs, with a $500,000 per claim retention.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In August 2021, for example, Usenet indexer NZBXS agreed to shut down and as part of a confidential settlement, agreed to hand over the personal details of some of the platform’s users. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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