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The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US
At CinemaCon this year, the Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said the organization is going to work with Congress to establish and enforce a site-blocking legislation in the United States.
Makers of Switch emulator Yuzu quickly settle with Nintendo for $2.4 million
Tropic Haze, the popular Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator developer, appears to have agreed to settle Nintendo’s lawsuit against it. Less than a week after Nintendo filed the lawsuit, a joint filing for a final judgment and permanent injunction says Tropic Haze has agreed to pay the Mario maker $2.4 million, along with other concessions.
A piracy app outranked Netflix on the App Store before Apple pulled it
Kimi was disguised as an app that tests your eyesight by making you play spot the difference in similar photos, but it actually contained bootlegged movies and shows.
The NBA, NFL and UFC want instantaneous DMCA takedowns
Three major American sports leagues want to speed up Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns. In a letter posted and reported by TorrentFreak (via The Verge), the UFC, NBA and NFL urged the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to make the removal process for illegal livestreams nearly instantaneous. The organizations say the global sports industry is losing up to $28 billion from fans watching pirated live feeds instead of paid ones.
Nintendo Switch developers can now use Denuvo to curb piracy
It’s relatively simple to pirate Nintendo Switch titles and play them on PCs, portable consoles like the Steam Deck and even lower-powered Android phones. This is a problem for the company, and it’s addressing it by partnering up with cybersecurity company Irdeto and its anti-tampering software suite Denuvo.
'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' spoilers flood the internet after pre-launch leak
The full game is making the round on pirate sites, two weeks ahead of its launch date.
Feds charge Russians linked to the 'world's largest' pirated e-book library
The US has arrested two Russians for allegedly running what they said was the largest pirated e-book library.
Netflix will begin charging 'extra user' fees early next year
Netflix is making good on its threats to crackdown on password sharing with a monthly 'extra user' fee.
DuckDuckGo reportedly removes search results for major pirate websites (updated)
DuckDuckGo has allegedly delisted major pirate sites, and also appears to have scrubbed YouTube-dl.
Bowser sentenced to 40-month prison sentence for video game crimes
A US federal court has sentenced Canadian hacker Doug Bowser to 40 months in prison for his involvement in Switch hacking group Team Xecuter.
Illegal movie streaming service Popcorn Time shuts down
Popcorn Time, the app that was once popular for making pirating movies as easy as watching Netflix, has shut down.
Malaysia's updated copyright law imprisons streaming pirates for up to 20 years
Malaysia has updated its copyright law to punish streaming pirates, who face up to 20 years in prison.
Roblox deal with Sony will create (legal) in-game music experiences
Roblox has struck a deal with Sony Music to create official music experiences in the game platform — and possibly thwart a lawsuit in the process.
Nintendo sues Bowser for violating copyright with Switch hacks
Nintendo is suing Bowser (that is, Gary Bowser) for allegedly violating copyright by selling Switch hacks.
US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter
Two leaders of console hacking group Team Xecuter are in FBI custody.
Three men have been charged with leaking movies for nearly a decade
Law enforcement arrested three men involved with a global film and TV piracy ring.
Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy
Four major publishers filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive for alleged “willful mass copyright infringement" related to its Open Library.
Nintendo takes legal action against US Switch hack sellers
Nintendo has filed new lawsuits against Switch hackers in the US.
Recommended Reading: The internet sleuths who caught the Astros cheating
How the internet helped crack the Astros' sign-stealing case Joon Lee, ESPN One of the biggest sports stories of the year has already broke, and it's barely mid-January. If you haven't heard, Major League Baseball determined the Houston Astros used various methods, including video feeds, to steal signs from the opposition during the team's 2017 championship season -- including the World Series. MLB found that it continued to do so during the 2018 season, too. So far, three managers have lost their jobs due to their involvement. ESPN explains how internet detectives examined footage for clues over the last several months, and how that work helped blow the case wide open.
Two men plead guilty to running large illegal streaming sites
It didn't take long for federal officials to convict people operating two of the largest pirate streaming sites in the US. Darryl Polo and Luis Villarino have pleaded guilty to copyright infringement charges (and money laundering for Polo) for operating iStreamItAll and Jetflicks, streaming sites that each offered tens of thousands of bootlegged TV episodes and movies. Both Polo and Villarino admitted to using automated software and scripts to harvest pirated videos and make them available as streams and downloads across a variety of platforms -- effectively, they helped run Netflix-like services for ill-gotten goods.
