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3 Count: Breaking Up

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has broken up a class action lawsuit filed against the concert footage repository Wolfgang’s Vault in what is a major win for the defendants. 3: Rare Lou Reed Demos Released by RCA in Copyright-Extending Move, and Then Quickly Withdrawn.

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‘I Know What You Download’ Overwhelmed By Bogus DMCA Notices

TorrentFreak

More than a decade ago, TorrentFreak reported on YouHaveDownloaded.com, a new service dedicated to BitTorrent tracking. After we first reported on IKnowWhatYouDownload in December 2016, anti-piracy companies started reporting the site to Google, claiming it infringed their clients’ rights. million users.

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Stealth Piracy App Evaded Apple Again? Just the Tip of the Evasion Iceberg

TorrentFreak

Stealth Piracy A report late last week revealed that an iOS app called “Collect Cards: Store Box” which claimed to manage photos and videos, had hidden its true potential away for more than a year. That’s the first step and also the last, other than reading the generated report. Tactics like these aren’t new.

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Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other ‘Pirate’.to Domains

TorrentFreak

Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other pirate sites. The injunction, issued by the New Delhi High Court, requires local ISPs to block access to the domains. In addition, domain name registrars are also urged to take action.

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Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

This weekend, we reported that the open source movie search app movie-web lost control over the domain name of its demo site. The software is still available for others to use but the official demo website will remain offline. Movie-web kept its word.

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Fake demos/altered tests v. customer's testimony they didn't matter: a jury will decide

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3) Reliaguard allegedly provided PG&E a doctored test report falsely suggesting that Eco’s ECC-2 cutout cover was not flame resistant. The test report that Reliaguard gave to PG&E stated that the tested sample, supposedly Eco’s “ECC-2 Cutout Cover,” failed to achieve a V-0 rating. Please make this a high priority for your team.”

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ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance

Velocity of Content

According to Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly senior writer, ALA officials reported 13,990 total registrations, with 8,023 attendees, mostly librarians, and 5,133 exhibitors, including publishers and technology vendors. The show floor was quite busy, with long lines for book signings by authors, vendor demos, and galley pickups.”.