Slashdot reader pgmrdlm quotes Bloomberg: Pornography producers and sellers account for the lion’s share of copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. — and judges may have seen enough. The courts are cracking down on porn vendors that file thousands of lawsuits against people for downloading and trading racy films on home computers, using tactics a judge called a “high tech shakedown.” [Alternate…
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A Look at How Movies and Shows From Netflix and Amazon Prime Video Are Pirated
News blog TorrentFreak spoke with a member of piracy group “The Scene” to understand how they obtain — or rip — movies and shows from sources such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The technique these people use is different from hardware capture cards or software-based ‘capping’ tools. From the report: “Content for WEB releases are obtained by downloading the source…
Texas Appeals Court Says Government Can’t Be Sued For Copyright Piracy
sandbagger writes: Photographer Jim Olive’s helicopter shot of Houston was used by the University of Houston on their website after they removed his watermark, a definite no-no particularly since the image was used for their school of business. The photographer then sent the university a bill for $41,000 — $16,000 for the usage and $25,000 for removing his copyright credit. After…
Piracy is Ethically Acceptable For Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds
Most people know all too well that it’s against the law to share a pirated copy of a movie or TV-show. Law and ethics are not always in sync. Not even among those who are schooled as lawyers. From a report: This is the conclusion of an intriguing new study conducted among Harvard lawyers by Prof. Dariusz Jemielniak and Dr. Jerome…
Movie Companies Sue ‘YTS’ and ‘YIFY’ Site Operators in US Court
The companies behind the movies “Singularity,” “Once Upon a Time in
Venice,” “Mechanic: Resurrection,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Boyka: Undisputed” and “Hunter Killer,” accuse the alleged operators of YIFYMovies.is and YTS.am of inducing and contributing to massive piracy. From a report: “Plaintiffs bring this action to stop the massive piracy of their motion pictures brought on by websites under the…
Who Killed America’s Demo Scene?
Jason Koebler shares Vice’s analysis of demoparties — “gatherings where programmers showcase artistic audiovisual works, known as demos, after a day- or days-long coding marathon that is part bacchanal and part competition” — starting with a visit to New York’s Synchrony.
I had arrived just in time to catch the end of a set by the electronic musician Melody Loveless, who was…
Twitter Removed Links to News Stories That Mentioned Leaked TV Shows
Starz used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force Twitter to kill tweets about its leaked episodes of ‘American Gods.’ Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wxak/twitter-removed-links-to-news-stories-that-mentioned-leaked-tv-shows…
Twitter Doesn’t Want You Sharing This Link About TV Piracy
Twitter is home to some of the vilest neo-Nazis, racists, and homophobes on the planet. But don’t even think about discussing the one topic that’s apparently taboo on the platform: Piracy of TV shows.Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/twitter-doesnt-want-you-sharing-this-link-about-tv-pira-1834043362…