copyright infringement
Amy Schumer sued for $300,000 by photographer for posting a photo of herself on Instagram
Cases like this are increasing.
Judge rules an IP address isn’t enough to identify someone
The ruling was made against a “copyright troll.”
Red Dead Redemption modder defends himself against Take-Two lawsuit using Rockstar’s own terms
Take-Two is going hard after modders.
RomUniverse’s defense against Nintendo is that they didn’t know copyright-infringing content was on the site
A quirky defense against the gaming giant.
PornHub’s parent company wants to track down identity of BitTorrent users
Some go as far as calling it blackmail.
Reddit community /nosleep closes for one week to raise awareness of copyright infringement
Writers on the subreddit are tired of having their stories stolen and somehow feel that going dark for a week will protest against that.
Court rules GTA V cheat makers are guilty of “copyright infringement”
It’s not the first time cheat makers have met a similar ruling.
Popular torrent site YggTorrent goes down after domain suspension
The site is a major torrent site in France.
Popcorn Time news website owner handed conditional prison sentence, even though not infringing on copyright
The shock ruling came yesterday.
Jukin Media shoots itself in the foot, referencing previous fair use case that went against them, lawyer says
The YouTube community have accused Jukin Media of extortion.
Jukin Media accused of extortion, target YouTube channel MxR Plays and demand thousands of dollars for a meme
Jukin Media are again accused of weaponizing other people’s content for an extortion scheme that’s easily made possible by YouTube’s broken system.
Disney is shutting down DIY Baby Yoda products
The lack of official merch had inspired people to make their own.