August 16, 2021

Copyright scammers turn to phone numbers instead of web links

Forewarned is forearmed. Here's our advice on dealing with "copyright infringement" scammers.

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October 31, 2019

Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits

A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.

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October 30, 2019

Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.

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April 12, 2019

Flickr tackling online image theft with new AI service

Photo sharing website Flickr is trying to combat copyright infringement with a service that spots copies of its users' images online.

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October 11, 2018

Jailbroken PS4 seller sued by Sony

The consoles allegedly sold on eBay by the California man were packed with over 60 pirated games.

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March 27, 2018

Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years

Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce.

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November 30, 2017

Epic Games sues 14-year-old cheater, mother launches rhetorical firestorm

I would run away if I were you, Epic Games: she's scary, and she's got good points.

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November 02, 2016

86-year-old grandmother billed $5K, accused of pirating zombie game

An Ontario octogenarian has been caught up in Canada's institution of new copyright infringement rules.

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December 23, 2015

Cops crush claimed karaoke copyright crooks’ conspiracy

Will Christmas party croak-alongs crumble?

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