A Major Ransomware Takedown Suffers a Strange Setback
After an 18-month rampage, global law enforcement finally moved against the notorious Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group. Within hours, the operation faced obstacles. Powered by...
PornHub Sister Company Seeks Piracy Blocking Order & $21m Damages
The name ‘Aylo’ might not ring a bell with many people but it is one of the leading players in the adult entertainment industry. Formerly known as MindGeek, and Manwin before that, the company conquered the online adult market over the past decade by offering free porn to the masses. With help from user-uploaded videos, the company built massive databases of adult entertainment, much to the frustration of incumbent adult industry...
Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents
On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories. Powered by WPeMatico
Judge Hits Pirate IPTV Defendant With $71.1k Contempt of Court Order
In July 2022, popular IPTV service provider SmoothStreams suddenly went offline in somewhat unusual circumstances. In the weeks that followed, evidence emerged that the Canada-based service had been targeted after Bell Media, Rogers Media, Disney, Paramount, Columbia, and Warner Bros. filed a copyright infringement complaint at Canada’s Federal Court. On July 14, 2022, after obtaining an injunction and an Anton Piller order, which...
Internet Archive: Digital Lending is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. IA’s library is a non-profit operation that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. Staying...
