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Cloudflare to EU: Anti-Piracy Measures Shouldn’t Harm Privacy and Security

TorrentFreak

Aside from the legal complications, it believes that privacy rights deserve some level of protection. Piracy vs. privacy Cloudflare warns the EU against copyright holders’ broad generalizations that only focus on the downsides of technology. The same technology, on the other hand, greatly benefits user privacy.

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Discord Disputes DMCA Subpoena, Rejects Role as ‘Anti-Piracy’ Partner

TorrentFreak

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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VPN Providers Consider Exiting France Over ‘Dangerous’ Blocking Demands

TorrentFreak

The aim is to prevent circumvention of existing blocking measures put in place to reduce widespread copyright infringement. They serve legitimate privacy and security purposes and actively distance themselves from piracy. However, VPN providers believe that they play no role in this matter.

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Forwarding Piracy Warnings Violates Privacy Law, Dutch Court Rules

TorrentFreak

According to Ziggo, linking IP addresses to specific subscribers raises serious privacy concerns, even if the personal information isn’t shared with BREIN. While BREIN has a license to process the personal information of alleged infringers, Ziggo doesn’t. This was a severe setback for the anti-piracy group.

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YouTube Orders ‘Invidious’ Privacy Software to Shut Down in 7 Days

TorrentFreak

Invidious: A Privacy Front-End For YouTube Invidious describes itself as an open source alternative front-end to YouTube. ” Clients may not infringe copyrights or exploit copyright-infringing materials, Google adds. (

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3 Count: Twitter Twits

Plagiarism Today

Court protects Redditor's privacy in piracy case, Saskatchewan demands removal of a parody logo and Twitter's piracy problems continue. The post 3 Count: Twitter Twits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Reddit Banned 2,625 Subreddits For Excessive Copyright Infringement in 2021

TorrentFreak

“In 2021, Reddit permanently suspended 2,813 users and banned 2,625 subreddits for excessive copyright infringement,” the company writes. Invalid Copyright Notices Are Rejected. Any copyright notices sent to Reddit must comply with various rules. under the doctrine of fair use.