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Five Men Indicted For Uploading Movies & Then Extorting ‘Pirate’ Downloaders

TorrentFreak

After playing the victim for years, an investigation found that the law firm uploaded movies to sites like The Pirate Bay and then sued those who downloaded them. Movies covered by these licenses subsequently turned up on BitTorrent networks and people who downloaded them began receiving legal threats.

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Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claims Against AimJunkies ‘Insiders’ Can Continue

TorrentFreak

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. The legal battle between the American video game developer Bungie and AimJunkies.com is one of the most litigated cases thus far. AimJunkies argued that cheating isn’t against the law.

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3 Count: Pulp Non-Fiction

Plagiarism Today

1: Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement. Now, just a few months later, at least some of those names are receiving letters demanding a settlement payment for the alleged illegal download. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Record Labels Ask Court to Deny Cox’s Challenge of ‘$1 Billion’ Piracy Verdict

TorrentFreak

Last month, several major record labels sued Internet provider Verizon over its subscribers’ alleged copyright infringements. The Court of Appeals confirmed that the ISP was liable for contributory infringement in respect of its subscribers’ piracy, but reversed the vicarious copyright infringement finding.

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RCN Asks Court to Dismiss ‘Copyright Trolls’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Some of the companies involved have previously gone after individual pirates from which they obtained settlements, and the ISP puts them in the “copyright troll” corner, a label the filmmakers have previously rejected. “Plaintiffs and Maverickeye are part of a well-known web of copyright trolls.

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“John Doe” Accuses BitTorrent Copyright Troll of Using Menacing Pressure Tactics

TorrentFreak

These lawsuits target people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. This practice is often described as “copyright trolling” and the cases almost never go to trial. Instead, all settlement attempts require prior approval from the court.

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Wow! Asks Court to Dismiss Filmmakers’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

In a motion to dismiss submitted this week, the ISP refutes the claim that it’s directly, contributorily, or even vicariously liable for subscribers’ alleged copyright infringements. the evidence provided by the movie companies’ anti-piracy partner Maverickeye fails to prove any direct infringements.