Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto “Mixers” as Suspected Money Launderers
With a new emphasis on the Hamas attacks on Israel, the US Treasury has proposed designating foreign cryptocurrency “mixer” services as money launderers and national security threats. Powered by...
ISPs Launch Legal Challenge Against Italy’s New Pirate IPTV Blocking Law
In response to constant claims by Italy’s multi-billion euro football and broadcasting sectors, that pirate IPTV services were “killing football” and there was no time to waste, this summer Italian lawmakers delivered. Mandatory ISP blockades, set to take pirate streams offline within 30 minutes, were just one part of an overall package designed to turn the tables on piracy services and, if necessary, punish the Italian citizens who...
Kiwi Farms’ Copyright Battle Could Spell Bad News for DMCA Transparency
Kiwi Farms is an online forum with a reputation for mocking and harassing people, actions that have been linked to several tragic deaths. In response to the barrage of negative news, several third-party providers including DreamHost, DDoS-Guard and Cloudflare have all banned the site. These voluntary curation actions are just the tip of the iceberg. Behind the scenes, many other services refused to work with the controversial site....
Bad Pirate IPTV User! Mandatory PSA Targets Uninformed “Common Man”
When Italy’s pirate IPTV blocking system eventually gets off the ground, it’s possible that up to hundreds of thousands of TVs, computers, mobile phones, and tablets will at some point return a blank screen; a disappointing alternative to the pirated football streams usually on display. Given the scale of the media coverage over the last couple of years, that’s unlikely to surprise many of the 25% of Italians addicted to...
