Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic
The Russian based “Pirate Pay” startup is promising the entertainment industry a pirate-free future. With help from Microsoft, the developers have built a system that claims to track and shut down the distribution of copyrighted works on BitTorrent. Their first project successfully stopped tens of thousands of downloads.
Source: Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic
Streaming Site ‘Admin’ Freed, But Agrees 1 Year Hiatus With HBO
Following a complaint made by HBO, an administrator of a popular streaming TV show and movie portal was arrested by authorities in Chile during March this year. The 26-year-old student was subsequently charged with breaches of copyright law and forbidden from leaving the country. Now he’s been set free due to lack of evidence but is banned from accessing his former site and has to give copyright lectures in schools.
Source: Streaming Site ‘Admin’ Freed, But Agrees 1 Year Hiatus With HBO
Major Cyberlocker Movie Pirate Faces 5 Years In Prison
Later this month an individual who allegedly uploaded thousands of movies and TV shows to cyberlocker services will face trial and a possible 5 year prison sentence. The 29-year-old, who was also the moderator of a warez forum, committed the alleged infringements over a period of more than 4 years. The movie industry claims he cost them nearly $4.2m but the Pirate Party reject the damages calculations as “simply ridiculous.”
Source: Major Cyberlocker Movie Pirate Faces 5 Years In Prison
Copyright Troll Causes Chaos By Suing Fans Without Band’s Permission
If further proof is needed that copyright trolls are only interested in money and couldn’t care less about artists or their reputations, read on. A lawsuit, filed against fans of the band All Shall Perish, caused chaos in the past 48 hours when the horrified band revealed they know nothing about it. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the band’s manager says they are “gutted” by the news and have no idea what is going on.
Source: Copyright Troll Causes Chaos By Suing Fans Without Band’s Permission
Movie Spy Cameras Attack The Dying Art of Camcorder Piracy
The elimination of camcorder movie piracy has been high on the agenda of movie studios for many years, particularly so during the last decade. Many approaches have been tried and there are signs that in the past 5 years the problem has significantly reduced. The latest anti-cam system claims to be the most unobtrusive yet, negating the need for bag searches, cell phone confiscations or the employment of security guards.
Source: Movie Spy Cameras Attack The Dying Art of Camcorder Piracy
Court Gives IFPI Permission To Identify Pirate Bay Users
Chasing down individual file-sharers is something the major labels largely left behind several years ago, but in an unusual development the IFPI has now won the right to identify dozens of Pirate Bay users that allegedly downloaded and shared an album before its official release. The CEO of Universal, the label behind the action, says infringers could be taken to court.
Source: Court Gives IFPI Permission To Identify Pirate Bay Users
Hurt Locker Makers Return to Sue 2,514 BitTorrent Users
Voltage Pictures, the makers of the Oscar-winning movie The Hurt Locker, have filed a new lawsuit at a federal court in Florida. By targeting at least 2,514 alleged BitTorrent users, Voltage Pictures hopes to recoup several million dollars in settlements to compensate the studio for piracy-related losses. In total, more than a quarter million people have now been sued in the US for alleged copyright infringements via BitTorrent.
Source: Hurt Locker Makers Return to Sue 2,514 BitTorrent Users
RapidShare Overtures Snubbed, “Must Do Better” Say Labels
This week, file-hosting service RapidShare published an anti-piracy manifesto with guidelines on how cyberlocker and cloud hosting sites should conduct their business going forward. But the proposals from the Swiss-based service, which go far beyond their requirements under the law, received a lukewarm reception from rightsholders who say they don’t go far enough. RapidShare believes that they do, and that rightsholders should focus on sites that deliberately generate revenue from infringement.
Source: RapidShare Overtures Snubbed, “Must Do Better” Say Labels
Google’s Piracy Filter Cuts “Pirate Bay” Searches in Half, But…
A few months ago Google quietly expanded its search blacklist to include many of the top file-sharing sites on the Internet, including The Pirate Bay. A review of search volumes before and after this change shows that the number of people searching for “Pirate Bay” has been cut in half. However, other and uncensored variations quickly took the place of these blocked terms, suggesting that the filter is a futile attempt to discourage interest in the site.
Source: Google’s Piracy Filter Cuts “Pirate Bay” Searches in Half, But…
MPAA-Affiliated Anti-Piracy Group Mysteriously Disappears
While hardly a week passes without news of a file-sharing site or service meeting its demise, it’s far more unusual to hear of their adversaries biting the dust. The MPAA has many anti-piracy affiliates around the world and one of those, a long-standing outfit based in Ireland, was recently linked to the downfall of a large file-sharing site. But now, just a handful of months later, it has completely and inexplicably disappeared.
Source: MPAA-Affiliated Anti-Piracy Group Mysteriously Disappears
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