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ISP Must Unmask Alleged Pirates But Rightsholders Can't 'Harass' ThemErnesto Van der Sar, 15 May 12:56 PM In recent years, music and movie companies

ISP Must Unmask Alleged Pirates But Rightsholders Can't 'Harass' Them Ernesto Van der Sar, 15 May 12:56 PM In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Internet providers, for failing to take action against pirating subscribers. One of the main allegations is that ISPs fail to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in 'appropriate circumstances', as the DMCA requires. These lawsuits have resulted in multi-million dollar judgments against Cox and Grande. Meanwhile, more companies are at risk too, including Frontier Communications, which emerged from bankruptcy three years ago. Frontier vs. Movie and Music Companies Frontier is fighting not one, but two legal battles. After the company was sued by several prominent record labels including UMG, Sony Music and Warner Music, a group of independent film companies filed a similar lawsuit. Both cases have progressed slowly and, after the court denied Frontier's motions to dismiss, the parties are still conducting discovery. Among other things, the Internet providers shared hundreds of thousands of e...Read More Four-in-Ten Aussies Pirated Content in 2023, Overall Online Consumption Up 6% Andy Maxwell, 14 May 10:04 PM The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Commissioned by the Attorney-General's Department, the research aims to better understand internet users' consumption habits, across five key content types – Television, Movies/Film, Music, Video Games, and Live Sport – and track changes in behavior over time. The 2023 survey was conducted online from June 27 to July 15 last year, and sought responses from Australian internet users (aged 12+) regarding their online content consumption habits over the previous three months (April to June 2023). Overall Online Consumption 2023 Survey data for overall online content consumption in Australia means respondents' consumption in total, regardless of whether the sources used were legal or illegal. In 2023, 78% of respondents said they consumed content online, up 6% from the 72% reported in 2022. Consumption of television content online reached 65% last year, an increase over the...Read More IMDb Struggles with Persistent Movie 'Piracy' Problem Ernesto Van der Sar, 14 May 01:38 PM Founded in 1990, the Internet Movie Database, commonly known as IMDb, is one of the oldest online repositories. The service predates the World Wide Web and was initially launched as the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies". Three years later, it moved to the web in the form of the now widely known IMDb.com. Ever since, the site has served multiple generations of video fans. Today, it is owned by Amazon and despite the many alternatives that currently exist, millions of people continue to use it regularly. IMDB's Piracy Problem As an information resource, IMDb is broadly used by film and TV fans of all ilks. The site often ranks among the top search results for film titles which ensures a steady stream of users. However, this good track record on search engines also attracts shady figures. We recently noticed that rightsholders had targeted several IMDb links with takedown notices and initially assumed that these were sent in error. After all, we have seen movie companies targeting their...Read More Are you looking for a VPN service? TorrentFreak sponsor NordVPN has some excellent offers. ©2024 TorrentFreak | Office 21338 PO Box 4336 Manchester, North West M61 0BW United Kingdom Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company