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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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ISP Optimum Questions ‘Evidence’ For Billion Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The pirating activity of subscribers shouldn’t be a surprise for the ISP, plaintiffs argued, as the company received numerous copyright infringement notices. This included those sent by the tracking company Rightscorp , which were paired with settlement demands.

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WOW Asks Court to Throw Out Filmmakers’ Expanded Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

. ‘Trolls’ The ISP described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner MaverickEye as “copyright trolls”. WOW mentioned that the companies previously tried to get quick settlements from John Doe subscribers based on little more than an IP-address. This lawsuit isn’t progressing quickly by any means, however.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

They asked about the descriptions on the FDN-hosted CCA website, but were informed that those were owned by FDN. In 2015, FDN filed a DMCA takedown notice, but Amazon did not take down the work in question. Barring a settlement, this case has a long way to go and there may be appeals and other courts to weigh in. Bottom Line.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The CCB Board found his complaint met “statutory and regulatory requirements for bringing a claim,” and that the claim “provided enough information” for respondent to respond to the claim. At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. It seems like it did.