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MPA: Pluto TV.m3u Playlists Facilitate Piracy on a Massive Scale

TorrentFreak

Users may also prefer less advertising or find the amount of user data scooped up by official apps a privacy risk. Downloading a Pluto TV.m3u playlist takes a second and they can be used in anything from VLC Media Player to systems like TVHeadEnd , which enables streaming to locations in a network, no official apps required.

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Court Overrules Subscribers’ Objections in ISP Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Nearly all of them denied having downloaded the pirated films and one subscriber said they had never received a copyright infringement complaint, contrary to the filmmakers’ claim. Finally, the court addresses privacy concerns. ” The Neighbours?

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Is AI’s Copyright World Flat, or Will AI Flatten the Copyright World?

Velocity of Content

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is global, and copyright laws are national.

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Filmmakers Withdraw Popcorn Time ‘Blocking’ Request After Google Shows Up

TorrentFreak

In response, the VPN announced that it would stop using US-based servers, to ensure the privacy of its users. Among other things, Judge Buchanan recommends awarding damages for trademark infringement, DMCA violations, contract breach, and willful copyright infringement against Popcorntime.app. total damages is reasonable.”

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Anti-Piracy Group Signals Opportunities to Tackle Online Piracy Apps

TorrentFreak

App piracy includes legitimate apps that are copied but we reserve our reporting to those that are advertised as a gateway to pirated content or live streams. Yes, not only are rights holders losing money from the lack of legitimate App downloads, but Pirates steal what should be their ad revenue as well,” Bravo notes.

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Movie Piracy: Customers of Major UK ISPs Receive Letters Demanding Cash

TorrentFreak

None of these avenues are inherently controversial but for some companies another option is attractive; track down people who allegedly downloaded and shared movies online and warn them that they could soon be facing a lawsuit. We take the privacy and security of our customers’ data very seriously.

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YouTube Rippers Refuse to Log Data and Back Out of U.S. Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The labels, including Universal, Warner Bros, and Sony, accused FLVTO.biz, 2conv.com and their Russian operator Tofig Kurbanov of facilitating copyright infringement. The record labels, for example, asked the stream-rippers to share what files users rip and download , which source sites they use, and where these users are located.

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