TorrentFreak: iiNet loses Dallas Buyers Club Piracy Case
File-sharers have been dealt a blow in Australia today after a Federal court ruled in favor of the company behind the movie Dallas Buyers Club in its highly anticipated case with local ISP iiNet....
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Judge: IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Movie Pirate
The filmmakers behind the action movie "Manny" have filed hundreds of lawsuits against BitTorrent pirates this year, but not have been successful. In a prominent ruling Florida District Court Judge...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Media Must Protect Dallas Buyers Club’s Innocent Victims
Don't expect the Federal Court to protect Australians from the claws of Dallas Buyers Club's Voltage Pictures. Sure, Justice Perram will cast an eye over their initial scare letter to alleged pirates,...
View ArticleBradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn ): John Oliver Falls For Software Patent Trade...
I've been otherwise impressed with John Oliver and his ability on Last Week Tonight to find key issues that don't have enough attention and give reasonably good information about them in an...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs to Expose Copyright Trolls
Over the past months two Pirate Bay co-founders have been questioned by Swedish police, acting on behalf of the FBI. The officers were looking for information on Pirate Bay backups and logs as part of...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Copyright Troll Asks Court to Ban the Term ‘Copyright Troll’
Adult movie studio Malibu Media has asked the Indiana federal court to ban negative terms during an upcoming trial against an alleged BitTorrent pirate. According to the copyright troll, descriptions...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Pornhub Uploaders Targeted By Copyright Troll
Several users of popular porn streaming site Pornhub have received settlement demands for thousands of dollars after uploading videos to the site without obtaining permission. How the users are being...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Adult Movie Outfit is Most Litigious Copyright Plaintiff in U.S.
A report crunching more than six years of copyright lawsuits filed in the U.S. has revealed that porn troll Malibu Media is the country's most litigious plaintiff. The company, which demands thousands...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Movie Studio Sues Popcorn Time Users In The U.S.
The makers of "The Cobbler" movie have filed a lawsuit at a federal court in Oregon directed at 11 users of the popular Popcorn Time software. According to the filmmakers Popcorn Time doesn't have any...
View ArticleErrata Security: Trump is right about the 14th Amendment
Trump sucks all the intelligence out of the room, converting otherwise intelligent and educated pundits into blithering idiots. Today's example is the claim that Trump said:"The 14th Amendment is...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: 75,000 Popcorn Time Users in Crosshairs of Anti-Piracy Group
The Norwegian division of Rights Alliance says it has gathered data on tens of thousands of Popcorn Time users and is now considering its next steps. A change in the law allows the Hollywood affiliated...
View ArticleErrata Security: About the systemd controversy…
As a troll, one of my favorite targets is "systemd", because it generates so much hate on both sides. For bystanders, I thought I'd explain what that is. To begin with, I'll give a little background.An...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: No Dallas Buyers Club Piracy Appeal in Oz, Company Considering...
After a big defeat last month in the Federal Court in Australia, the company behind the movie Dallas Buyers Club (DBC) has decided not to appeal the decision to restrict its pursuit of alleged pirates....
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Errata Security: What’s that drama?
The infosec community is known for its drama on places like Twitter. People missing the pieces can't figure out what happened. So I thought I'd write up the latest drama.It starts with "Wesley McGrew"...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Judge Slams Copyright Troll’s “Harassment” Tactics in Piracy Case
Adult movie studio Malibu Media has received a slap on the wrist from New York federal judge Katherine Forrest. The company asked permission to interrogate the neighbors and spouse of an accused...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Rightscorp Retains Dallas Buyers Club Copyright Troll Lawyer
Anti-piracy monetization firm Rightscorp says it has retained a lawyer known for his work with infamous copyright troll Dallas Buyers Club. Carl Crowell, who recently claimed that it's impossible to be...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Verizon Fights Copyright Troll Demands in Court
Verizon is protesting a broad subpoena the company received from Malibu Media, one of the most active copyright trolls in the United States. The ISP is fighting a deposition of its employees and is...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: New York Judge Puts Brakes on Copyright Troll Subpoenas
A judge in New York has placed dozens of Malibu Media subpoenas on hold after serious questions were raised about the nature of the copyright infringement cases. A motion to quash filed by a defendant...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: First Popcorn Time Pirates Settle With Movie Studio
The Popcorn Time lawsuits that were filed this summer are starting to pay off. This week the makers of Adam Sandler movie The Cobbler announced that they've signed a settlement agreement with several...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: BitTorrent Usage Doesn’t Equal Piracy, Cox Tells Court
U.S. Internet provider Cox Communications is scheduled to go to trial soon, defending itself against copyright infringement claims from two music companies. In a new motion Cox asks the court to...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Perfect 10 Owes Giganews $5.6m But Won’t Pay Up
Adult publisher and copyright troll Perfect 10 bit off more than it could chew when it took on Usenet provider Giganews. After mounting an aggressive copyright lawsuit, Giganews fought back, won its...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Judge Worries That Piracy Lawsuits Will Flood Courts
The chief judge of an IP court in Finland has expressed concern that 'copyright-troll' piracy lawsuits will cause chaos if a law firm follows through with threats to sue hundreds of Internet users....
View ArticleTorrentFreak: No Copyright Trolls, Your Evidence Isn’t Flawless
If you get a letter through the post accusing you of Internet piracy, you must be guilty. That's the message from most copyright trolls and infuriatingly, even some 'neutral' lawyers commenting on...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Cox Can’t Describe Rightscorp As “Extortionists” and “Trolls”...
Internet provider Cox Communications is not allowed to use derogatory terms to describe Rightscorp during their upcoming trial. Terms such as “copyright troll,” “blackmailer,” and “extortionist” are...
View ArticleLWN.net: Patent troll claims HTTPS websites infringe crypto patent, sues...
CryptoPeak Solutions is suing many tech and retail giants, claiming their HTTPS websites infringe an encryption patent titled "Auto-Escrowable and Auto-Certifiable Cryptosystems". Ars Technica reports:...
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