ACE Lawsuit: YouTuber ‘Touchtone’ Was Paid $500,000 To Market Pirate IPTV
Updated: 2021-03-26 19:12:19
Last April, ACE - a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon - sued the alleged operator of pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. In a second amended complaint, ACE expands the list of defendants to include YouTuber 'Touchtone', who is said to have received more than half a million dollars to sell and market the service.
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The number of leaked pirate screeners has dropped to an all-time low. Thus far, only three screeners of Oscar contenders have been released, which slashes the previous low in half. While it may be tempting to conclude that Hollywood finally has the screener problem under control, shortening release windows and online streaming premieres appear to be the main driver.
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TekSavvy went up against major media companies including Bell and Rogers in Canada's Federal Court of Appeal this week. The Court, which has to decide whether the country's first pirate site blocking order can stay in place, heard arguments from both sides and intervening parties including the Canadian domain name registry.
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Following the dismantling of several private trackers in 2020, a man has been sentenced for sharing thousands of TV shows and movies via now-defunct torrent site DanishBits. In a separate case, another man has been convicted of sharing 9,440 movies with a relatively small circle of family and friends using the popular Plex media server.
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YouTube-ripping service Yout and the RIAA are continuing their legal battle in the United States. Yout believes its service is legal but the RIAA insists that its purpose is to provide users with pirated downloads instead of lawful streams. In its latest response, the RIAA rejects the claim that Yout does little more than a regular browser might, noting that if that was the case, it would have no business.
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The British copyright collective "PRS for Music" has shared some intriguing statistics on its anti-piracy efforts over the past few years. Through its in-house anti-piracy system, the group reported millions of pirated URLs, most of which were removed. Sites that failed to comply were referred to the police. According to PRS, its efforts helped to shut down 1,346 infringing sites, although it's unclear which ones.
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the victory of a retired police officer against Strike 3 Holdings. The man, who was incorrectly accused of downloading porn videos, is one of the few defendants who fought back. The Court also affirmed the attorneys' fees and costs award of $47,777, dismissing Strike 3's objections.
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After being arrested and jailed in Morocco last October, the alleged "mastermind" behind private torrent tracker DanishBits has now been extradited to Denmark. Following a hearing at the Copenhagen City Court last week, the man was remanded in custody for 25 days.
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City of London police are warning students not to use Sci-Hub because it's illegal and potentially dangerous. At the same time, universities are encouraged to block the site. The warning stands in sharp contrast to the academic reality, where even the publishers who rally against Sci-Hub, reference Sci-Hub 'publications' on their sites. Apparently, researchers are so used to the site that they happily cite it.
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Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' tops the chart, followed by ‘Raya and the Last Dragon'. 'Coming 2 America' completes the top three.
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Nintendo continues its efforts to remove piracy-related links from search results. The gaming company is using anti-circumvention complaints to have Google remove links to RCM loaders on AliExpress, arguing that these help to bypass Nintendo's technical protection measures.
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Denuvo is the most recognizable videogame anti-piracy system available on the market today. When it works as intended, it is loved by gaming studios and hated by pirates. Nevertheless, the product won't sell itself. A new listing reveals that Denuvo owner Irdeto is hoping to attract a highly skilled and experienced individual to get out there and make pirates' lives a misery.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is working on a public awareness campaign to combat online piracy and counterfeiting. This plan is welcomed by copyright holders, who offer several suggestions for its implementation. According to the Copyright Alliance, online services should play a key role in educating and warning users about the costs and risks of piracy.
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Digital rights management company Pex aims to become the standard for copyright licensing and enforcement on user-generated content sites. The company, which works with major music labels and movie studios, scrapes services such as YouTube and Facebook to spot problematic content. To do this efficiently and without legal hassle, Pex now asks the Copyright Office for a DMCA anti-circumvention exemption.
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This week Russian authorities warned that if Twitter fails to remove what it describes as "prohibited content", the social networking service could find itself blocked in the country in a month's time. Anticipating the possible fallout, including Russian users attempting to bypass the ban, a government minister has warned that blocking VPNs will be the next step.
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Popular BitTorrent client uTorrent is again being flagged as problematic by anti-virus vendors. This includes Microsoft's Windows Defender, which simply removes the application from the operating system. According to reports, the software is categorized as 'riskware,' 'malware,' and 'potentially unwanted software.' In addition to uTorrent, rival client qBitTorrent is also facing similar problems.
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The new EU Copyright Directive, which was passed in 2019 despite widespread criticism, heralded in the prospect of upload filters to ensure that, where possible, infringing content does not appear on online services. But what if upload filters were promoted not as a hindrance, but as a helpful feature for content creators? In this respect, YouTube may already have your back.
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