RARBG Shut Down in the Middle of a Bulgarian Piracy Crackdown
When RARBG shut down at the end of May 2023, Bulgaria was conducting a piracy crackdown. A major IPTV operation was carried out with EU assistance and the United States was helping out too. In the same month, USPTO delivered an IP workshop to 40 Bulg.....»»
The best last-minute Father"s Day gifts
Whose bright idea was it to cram Father's Day right in the middle of graduation season and summer kickoff parties? There are so many distractions this time of year that you'd almost be forgiven if Father's Day totally slipped your mind. But with June.....»»
RARBG: Over 267,000 Movie & TV Show Magnet Links Appear Online
A few hours ago the team behind veteran torrent site RARBG announced that after 15 years online, the curtain had come down for the final time. The effect on the public torrent site scene will become apparent in the coming days but for those more inte.....»»
RARBG Shutdown is a Major Blow to the Pirate Ecosystem
The surprise shutdown of torrent site RARBG and its tracker came as a shock to millions of users and the knock-on effects are already being felt elsewhere in the piracy ecosystem. Other torrent sites are seeing a slowdown in fresh content, automated.....»»
Controversial Pirate IPTV Supplier Investigated After Bell Complaint
Following reports of a complaint by Bell and other media companies, several searches were carried out in Canada this week as part of a TV piracy and money laundering investigation. Known locally as the Quebec Hugh Hefner, the alleged owner of a targe.....»»
Music Pirates are Not Terrorists, Record Labels Argue in Court
Internet provider Cox Communications wants a court of appeal to reverse the $1 billion piracy liability verdict, handed down by a jury four years ago. As supplemental evidence, the ISP submitted a recent Supreme Court ruling which found Twitter not l.....»»
Bulgarian ISPs Will Block Pirate Bay & Zamunda, But Not Before a Fight
Early 2020 the Bulgarian Association of Music Producers (BAMP) and IFPI launched legal action to compel local ISPs to block The Pirate Bay and Zamunda, Bulgaria's most-visited pirate site. This week a Bulgarian court ordered local ISPs to block both.....»»
High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Students
Through several lawsuits, Danish publishers tried to send a clear message: educating oneself through pirated textbooks is illegal. This message has thus far failed to make an impact. New research published by the Rights Alliance shows that more than.....»»
Japan’s Largest Manga Piracy Site Shuts Down Following Cloudflare Probe
Japan's largest manga piracy site 13DL is no more. The site closed its doors shortly after a DMCA subpoena required CDN provider Cloudflare to uncover the identity of the site's operator. Anti-piracy group CODA says that Cloudflare has yet to hand o.....»»
Setback for Bell Canada in $400m Movie Piracy Lawsuit
Canada's 'Notice and Notice' regime requires ISPs to forward infringement notices to subscribers, typically those linked to the sharing of movies via BitTorrent. U.S. movie companies say that since Bell Canada failed to forward around 40,000 notices,.....»»
Rightscorp Taps Indie Labels to Fuel New Wave of Piracy Settlement Action
After somehow managing to survive years of losses that pushed the company ever closer to bankruptcy, Rightscorp's piracy settlement model suddenly underpinned recording industry lawsuits against ISPs in the United States. After joining the American.....»»
Dodgy RARBG Knockoffs Thrive as Former Users Seek Refuge
While the shutdown of RARBG is bad news for former users, scammers are happily exploiting the confusion to boost their own traffic. One copycat in particular, which has been around for years, has sneakily managed to convince some people that the site.....»»
Manga Publishers Seek Google Analytics Data to Back $14m Piracy Damages Claim
Manga publishers Kodakawa, Shogakukan, and Shueisha hope to recoup millions of dollars in damages from the operator of Mangamura, which was once the largest manga piracy site. To assist in their legal battle in Japan, the publishers went to a U.S. fe.....»»
YouTube Orders ‘Invidious’ Privacy Software to Shut Down in 7 Days
YouTube Orders ‘Invidious’ Privacy Software to Shut Down in 7 Days.....»»
Record Labels and RCN Open to Settling Piracy Liability Lawsuit
Internet provider RCN and several major music companies are exploring options to settle their piracy liability dispute. A mediator was assigned this week to help the parties reach a deal but the same can't be said about a lawsuit filed against the IS.....»»
Apollo app to shut down as Reddit API dispute somehow gets uglier
Reddit's most popular third-party app, Apollo, will shut down due to new API feesReddit's recent decision to charge third-party developers exorbitant fees for API access just killed off it's biggest, most popular app.Apollo for Reddit will shut down.....»»
Netflix"s password crackdown leads to massive subscription spike
Ever since Netflix announced it would start cracking down on password sharing, the movie streaming company has received a lot of blowback from customers. But, the numbers don't lie: The unpopular move from Netflix seems to have worked in the com.....»»
Scientists find why the "big one" may not have shaken California...yet
In the middle of the driest California desert, just along the southerly State Route 86, you can find sun-bleached shells littering the ground. They're telltale signs of a once colossal lake that has come and gone over the last thousands of years, a p.....»»
Netflix subscription numbers rise amid password-sharing crackdown
Netflix's move to try and reduce instances of password sharing has resulted in a rise in new sign-ups for the subscription video service, which may be a sign the program is working as intended.Netflix logoOn May 23, Netflix started to email accounts.....»»
Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown has really worked out — for Netflix
Netflix seems to be making out great since cracking down on password-sharing between users in the United States. The great exodus of customers from the … The post Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown has really worked out — for Netflix.....»»
Astronomers investigate the properties of a nearby pulsar
Using the XMM-Newton satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have conducted X-ray and near-infrared observations of a nearby middle-aged pulsar known as PSR B1055-52. Results of the observational campaign, published on the arXiv p.....»»