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VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023

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As reported yesterday, the Australian government has just released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. In total, 26% of respondents said they had used a VPN, an increase of 1% and 3% over the figures reported in 2022 and 2020 respectively. “To access free content (e.g.

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Piracy Advertising Researchers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks

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Rightsholders and anti-piracy groups regularly highlight reports which show that pirate sites are rife with malware and even alert potential pirates-to-be about the dangers of these sites. ering them ‘free content,’ including the latest movies, music, and television shows. Piracy Investigators Hit by Ransomware.

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State Attorneys General Warn Public About Piracy Scams and Malware

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This may help to explain why many recent studies and reports have linked malware to pirate sites. The Digital Citizens Alliance ( DCA ), which has close ties to the content industries, has highlighted these types of piracy threats for years. Of those who never visited pirate sites, ‘only’ 18 percent reported similar issues.

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MANGA Plus Invites Users to Confess Piracy & Name Most-Used Pirate Sites

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It’s proven popular with fans for the range of free content in multiple languages but for a number of reasons it fails to compete with pirate sites. ” In the end, users will do what they feel is most appropriate but there are plenty of reports online of users being happy to hand over the requested information.

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BeStreamWise: New IPTV Anti-Piracy Campaign Begins With Fake Site ‘Scam’

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” “Streaming services offering free content from other platforms can be too good to be true and aren’t always legal. As previously reported, requests to see underlying research have met with obstruction , which by default casts doubt on all claims, at least until properly evidenced. Who Wants Brits to BeStreamWise?

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

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Ruchi Sharma highlights a few findings of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister’s report “Why India Needs To Urgently Invest In Its Patent Ecosystem?” and emphasizes on the need to facilitate data access by IPO for the betterment of the national innovation system, something which the above report is silent on.

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Pornhub Sees DMCA Notices Vanish After Enabling Uploader Verification

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This flywheel kept spinning and spinning with help from the DMCA, which shields Pornhub from copyright liability. While Pornhub thrives on free content, FT recently documented that its operations are heavily intertwined with the credit card companies, who help to process many millions in ad revenue. The Holy Verification Grail?