Record Labels Ask Court to Deny Cox's Challenge of '$1 Billion' Piracy VerdictErnesto Van der Sar, 06 Aug 10:06 AM Last month, several major record
 | Last month, several major record labels sued Internet provider Verizon over its subscribers' alleged copyright infringements. The companies alleged that the Internet provider "buried its head in the sand" while knowingly providing its Internet services to a massive community of online pirates. This is not the first case of this kind. In recent years, several Internet providers were accused of the same. These claims are grounded in the DMCA, which requires ISPs to take reasonable steps to stop persistent pirates on their networks. Failing to implement such a 'repeat infringer' policy can have costly consequences. Cox as 'Billion Dollar' Poster Child Internet provider Cox Communications is familiar with the potential damage by now. In 2019, a Virginia jury held Cox liable for pirating subscribers because it failed to terminate subscriber accounts after repeated accusations, ordering the company to pay $1 billion in damages. Cox pursued various avenues to appeal the verdict and earli...Read More | Every day, millions of people break the law; by posting copyrighted images, music, and videos on social media, for example. For most of these people, copyright is merely an afterthought, not a real concern. Especially when snippets of copyrighted content are posted to a small audience, the chances of being noticed are small. The legal consequences of mass online piracy are more problematic. That said, there are still examples of apparent 'inadvertent' mass-piracy projects. For example, when a Utah town approved a pirate IPTV scheme for use by its citizens. Mayor Proudly Pirates 'Inside Out 2' on Town Square In Brazil, there was a similarly unbelievable display of public piracy last week that went on to make national headlines. The mayor of the municipality Acopiara, in the north-east of the country, invited citizens of the small town Trussu to join a screening of the blockbuster "Inside Out 2" at the local town square. With little more than a thousand inhabitants, many of whom hav...Read More | If rightsholders didn't get everything they asked for when Italy passed tough new anti-piracy legislation in 2023, they still received more than the majority of their counterparts have elsewhere in the EU. Harsher penalties for both providers of pirated content and those who consume, including fines for simply watching a pirate stream. That was in addition to new site-blocking powers, considerably more aggressive than those seen almost anywhere else, on paper at least. With the launch of the fledgling Piracy Shield blocking system, the technical cherry on top of a robust legal base, two initial issues were preparing to disappoint. Targeting Opponents' Strengths The first relates to the chosen arena. Pirates are well known for their ability to obtain and copy content, but before the streaming boom, distribution was mostly the work of consumers, via P2P networks like BitTorrent. With content easier to obtain than ever before, more often than not pirates in the IPTV space today are di...Read More | The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. "A Quiet Place: Day One" is the most shared title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on August 05 are: Movie Rank |
Rank last week |
Movie name |
IMDb Rating / Trailer | 1
(3)
A Quiet Place: Day One 7.5 / trailer 2
(4)
Deadpool & Wolverine 8.2 / trailer 3
(1)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die 6.8 / trailer 4
(2)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 7.1 / trailer 5
(…)
MaXXXine 6.6 / trailer 6
(5)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 7.9 / trailer 7
(7)
Dune: Part Two 8.8 / trailer 8
(back)
The Fall Guy 6.9 / trailer 9
(8)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 6.3 / trailer 10
(…)
Detained 7.4 / trailer Note: ...Read More |
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