Supreme Court Blow: ISP Bill Payers Aren't Piracy Police or Instantly LiableAndy Maxwell, 04 Jul 11:11 AM Voltage Pictures and parent Voltage Holdin
 | Voltage Pictures and parent Voltage Holdings are among the most active companies in the file-sharing settlement market, and by now, the model is well known. 1. Begin by monitoring BitTorrent swarms where the companies' movies are being shared without authorization. 2. After capturing the IP addresses and other relevant data relating to alleged infringers, persuade a court to order local ISPs to hand over their customers' personal details. 3. Apply pressure until the infringer pays or find someone else to hold liable. It's only when settlement letters begin landing on mats that the traditional settlement model has a chance of generating revenue. In some countries, the system runs like a finely tuned machine. In others, Canada for example, some courts have taken a keen interest in fundamental matters that should've been more critically examined elsewhere. Voltage Holdings LLC vs. Doe: Background Following the model outlined above, Voltage Holdings filed a claim at Canada's Federal ...Read More | Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) is one of those specialized pirate sites that has managed to build up a dedicated audience over the years. The music download portal, which links to externally hosted files, has been operating for well over a decade and currently draws more than a million monthly visits. In addition to the public-facing part of the site, HnA also has a private forum and Discord channel. These have been notoriously difficult to get into, as they only sporadically open their doors to a limited number of new members. "Their Discord is like an inter-dimensional portal that only opens during a certain planetary alignment," a Reddit user wrote last year, aptly describing the site's access policy. プライベート? The site doesn't explain why it prefers to keep its private audience limited. Some have suggested it makes it harder for rightsholders to see everything being shared behind the scenes but the publicly posted material alone is already sufficient to draw attention. Apparently, Sony ...Read More | In 2022, it was public knowledge that the MPA had its eye on video hosting and streaming service DoodStream. When the MPA's top lawyer called the site out a year later, DoodStream's operators may have underestimated how significant that was. What followed was a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed at the Delhi High Court in India, DoodStream's home turf. DoodStream Ordered to Remove All Content Owned By The Plaintiffs The details of an injunction obtained by the studios and the subsequent fallout are available in two in-depth articles published last month. The bottom line is that DoodStream's efforts to remove all copies of the plaintiffs' copyrighted works failed to meet the requirements of the injunction. The site's operators complained that they weren't allowed enough time to remove between 500,000 and 1,000,000 links to pirated videos. Needless to say, the Court was unsympathetic. In light of DoodStream's rejection of various proposals to limit ongoing infringement, a poor ou...Read More |
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