copyright infringement
India ruling says YouTube should remove copyrighted content before being asked
India doesn’t think much of YouTube’s Content ID system.
Russia blocks stock photo site Shutterstock
Russia’s heavy-handed approach hits the stock photo industry.
Twitch streamer Masayoshi receives a DMCA notice for a track he didn’t play
Twitch streamers are being plagued with false DMCA notices.
Twitch streamer and Partner Boneclinks banned live during a livestream, Twitch is unresponsive
As is often the case, Twitch isn’t saying why.
Congress to vote on CASE Act – a law that would enable censorship through copyright claims
Copyright trolls would benefit from the situation.
Facebook bans users linking to The Pirate Bay
During the older ban, Facebook users weren’t allowed to share links to torrent pages only; but now, even the links to the website’s homepage are banned.
Nintendo lawsuit aims to take down RomUniverse
Nintendo’s filing also alleges unfair competition on the part of the pirate site.
Creator sues YouTube for allegedly deleting his channel in retaliation to complaints
The YouTuber, whose real-world name is Erik Mishiyev, says he first faced copyright claims against some of his most profitable videos in 2016, to which he responded with successful counter-claims.
Music companies sue internet provider RCN for “enabling” piracy
What’s wild about this case is that the music companies go as far as to argue that because RCN helps to provide faster speeds, it means they’re actually assisting in aiding the piracy of the materials.
Borderlands 3 publisher takedown of superfan Supmatto shows YouTube does little to protect creators
YouTube lets large organizations get away with pressing dubious claims against content that have no legal basis.
Italian court orders Cloudflare to stop providing services to piracy sites
Cloudflare doesn’t even host any content for the sites, yet the court orders to them to stop working with piracy websites.
The Kodi add-on Supremacy is down, developer arrested
It’s not yet known if the two incidents are related, but it’s highly likely.