Movie Studios Sue Grande Communications: Terminate Pirates, Block The Pirate Bay
In 2017 the RIAA sued Grande Communications for failing to take meaningful action against customers who allegedly carried out more than a million BitTorrent-based infringements. Now it’s the turn of more than two dozen movie companies to launch a legal attack against Grande on a similar basis, this time for the alleged downloading and sharing of movies including Angel Has Fallen, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Vile and Evil, Hellboy,...
Microsoft Envisions a Blockchain-Based Bounty System to Catch Pirates
Microsoft is one of the world’s most prominent copyright holders with a vast experience in fighting piracy. The company is part of the Software Alliance (BSA), for example, which is known to track copyright infringements both off- and online. The BSA is also known for its piracy bounties, where it promises whistleblowers cash rewards in return for fruitful tips. This is a controversial strategy which Microsoft’s own research team...
