Week in and week out, YouTube’s users upload millions of hours of videos. As with any user-generated content site, this also includes copyright-infringing content. The file-hosting platform Uploaded faces similar issues. While it can be used to share legal files, some people choose to use it to share pirated content. This is a thorn in […]

In a normal environment, installing software to Android devices, including Amazon’s popular Fire TV range, is a straightforward affair. Both Google and Amazon provide their own easy-to-use stores but for some users, these can have limitations. While some apps can slip through Google or Amazon’s moderation processes, it’s generally accepted that these platforms don’t allow […]

Copyright holders can take a wide variety of measures to tackle online piracy, with some being more creative than others. Hawaiian attorney Kerry Culpepper has tried different options over the years. This includes using the brands of various pirate sites and services as a weapon. Pirate Trademarks To pull this off, Culpepper incorporated the Hawaiian […]

Cyprus-based Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (Mircom) is a well-known entity in the world of copyright trolling. The company acts as a middle-man between rightsholders and legal action against alleged pirates from whom it demands cash settlements to make supposed lawsuits disappear. Mircom and controversy are rarely far apart. In 2019 the High Court […]

Copyright holders have made serious work of website blocking in Germany. A few months ago a voluntary agreement was announced with the country’s largest ISPs, which agreed to block pirate sites after a verification process. This is a major win for rightsholders, but one that can be easily defeated. The Internet providers use relatively simple […]

Free music is easy to find nowadays. Just head over to YouTube and one can find millions of tracks, including many of the most recent releases. This is a problem for the major record labels which don’t want tracks to leak outside YouTube’s ecosystem. For this reason, YouTube rippers are seen as a major threat. […]

Earlier this week, a copy of the next version of Windows leaked onto the web. Known officially as Windows 11, the leaked copy is a pre-beta version but that hasn’t stopped tech sites publishing mini reviews, assessing everything from its visual appearance to various technical features. This early reveal isn’t what Microsoft had in mind […]

Every week millions of users upload their own content to YouTube. The platform provides a great way to grow a large audience but for those who don’t play the rules, trouble can lie ahead. In many instances, uploading infringing material to YouTube can go completely unpunished but choose content that is closely monitored (such as […]

For a few years now, copyright holders have warned that people who use pirate sites risk running into malware and other malicious content. These warnings are meant to dissuade people from using these sites. However, a new type of malware already does that in a more direct way. In an article published this week, British […]