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Tag Archives: anti-piracy
Google Defends its Anti-Piracy Efforts (Engadget)
EU: Tor, Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts (TorrentFreak)
To avoid enforcement efforts, pirate sites often go to extremes to hide themselves from rightsholders and authorities. Increasingly, this also means that they use various encrypti... More
NBC Universal Scores Patent to Detect, Target Pirates (TorrentFreak)
Despite the growing availability of legal services, unauthorized file-sharing remains one of the core threats for entertainment industry companies. Over the past several years var... More
MPAA: Early ‘Trusted Notifier’ Anti-Piracy Results Promising
In February, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced a partnership with Donuts Inc., which operates close to 200 domain name extensions, including .MOVIE and .TH... More
Japan Is Protecting Its Anime With Anti-Piracy Hires (Motherboard)
The Japanese government is adding a new weapon in its fight against online anime (and other video) piracy: human eyes. Previously, Japan’s Ministry of Trade, Economy, and Indust... More
MPAA Boss: Europe’s Geo Unblocking Plans Threaten Movie Industry (TorrentFreak)
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd fears that Europe's plans to limit geo-blocking will "cause great harm" to the movie industry. In a keynote address at the CineEurope convention, D... More
Google Sees DMCA Takedown Notices Quadruple in Two Years (TorrentFreak)
Google is being overloaded with DMCA takedown requests. The company has seen the number of takedown notices from rightsholders quadruple over the past two years. In 2016 alone, Goo... More
‘Gloria’ Director Recalls Piracy Nightmare (CreativeFuture)
Piracy is a problem the same way that theft is a problem. Millions of people put food on the table by making what you watch on TV or in the theatre – and stealing that content ro... More
Piracy Study: The Longer the DVD Window, the Worse the Sales
The time between the theatrical release of a new film and its availability on DVD almost always sees the movie hit piracy sites, but now a new study actually puts a number to how m... More
Is the ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Idea Doomed? (Torrent Freak)
Five years ago the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with several major U.S. Internet providers, announcing their plan to shift the norms and behavior of BitTorrent pirates. The parties lau... More