Poisoned BitTorrent Client Blamed for Spread of Malware Drew Wilson | March 19, 2018 Microsoft says nearly 400,000 devices could have been infected with unauthorized Bitcoin mining due to an update of MediaGet.
Irish Judge Grants Injunction to Block 8 Torrent and Streaming Sites Drew Wilson | January 15, 2018 8 websites that offer streaming or torrents are going to be blocked. This is thanks to an injunction granted by an Irish judge.
Court Rules Against Cloudflare, Can Be Liable For Infringement Drew Wilson | March 31, 2017 A judge in California has ruled that Cloudflare isn’t protected from DMCA injunctions. As a result, they may be held liable for alleged copyright infringement of websites they protect.
98 BitTorrent Users Sued Over The Company You Keep Movie Drew Wilson | January 30, 2015 A company working on behalf of Voltage Pictures has recently litigated more alleged copyright infringers. This time, the movie they are suing fans over is the film “The Company You Keep”.
193 BitTorrent Users Sued for Sharing Dawn Rider Movie Drew Wilson | January 22, 2015 Canadian firm Dawn Riding Films Inc. has filed a lawsuit against 193 BitTorrent users who it accused of sharing the 2012 remake film Dawn Rider.
Canadian Govn’t To Rightscorp: Stop Misleading Canadians Drew Wilson | January 10, 2015 Earlier, Rightscorp was accused of sending mislead demand letters through the Canadian notice-and-notice system. Now, it seems the Canadian government has stepped in and told companies like Rightscorp to stop sending misleading demand letters.
Rightscorp Sends Misleading Demand Letters In Canada Drew Wilson | January 10, 2015 Earlier this week, the Canadian notice-and-notice law took effect. Now, it seems that copyright holders are sending legal threats which contain false information about the legal reality in Canada.
US Court Grants Discovery in Porn Companies File-sharing Lawsuit Drew Wilson | December 29, 2014 Earlier this month, a court in Maryland has granted Malibu Media’s motion “to initiate discovery to identify the John Doe Subscriber” who allegedly downloaded pornographic content on BitTorrent. What is interesting is the fact that this motion comes with strict conditions. All this really raises an age-old question, are these lawsuits against file-sharers really all …
The Pirate Bay Shut Down Had No Effect on Copyright Infringement – Data Drew Wilson | December 19, 2014 Last week, Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, was shut down. While the hope for anti-piracy organizations was that the shut down would have a major impact on copyright infringement, it turns out, but an anti-piracy tracking company’s own statistics, this was absolutely not the case.
Copyright Holders Sue US ISP for Subscribers File-sharing Activities Drew Wilson | December 5, 2014 One of the latest copyright related lawsuits being filed in the US is currently catching a fair amount of interest. While users and developers have been the targets of litigation, it’s not often that an ISP becomes the target of such litigation.
