Topic: piracy
Piracy laws and enforcement efforts often lead to increased censorship and surveillance, impacting individual privacy and free expression. Actions taken by governments and corporations to block access to content, unmask users, and shut down services raise concerns about the erosion of digital rights. The push against piracy frequently serves as a pretext for broader crackdowns on online freedoms.
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Spanish Court Orders NordVPN and Proton VPN to Block Piracy Streams
The same blocking system that once took down Amazon, GitHub, and Cloudflare is now targeting the tools Spaniards used to…
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Nintendo Can Now Remotely Shut Down Your Switch If You Break Its Rules
Installing homebrew or backing up your own games can now turn your Switch into a $300 souvenir.
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When Text Becomes a Crime: How Transcribing Movies Led to Jail Time in Japan
Transcribing blockbuster films in Japan can now lead to serious legal repercussions as text-based spoilers are equated with piracy.
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Reddit defends against movie producers who want to unmask its users
A copyright lawsuit.
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Mentions of website blocking are found in the UK-Australia trade agreement
The normalization of blocking websites to deal with copyright infringement.
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Google provides FBI with access to account of Sci-Hub Founder
It’s unclear what’s being investigated.
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The entertainment industry isn’t happy with VPNs
They’re saying VPNs enable streaming “piracy.”
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Cancel culture and censorship thrive in a world where you stream or license everything and own nothing
? When you don’t own content, companies can delete, censor, edit, label and manipulate content based on changing sentiments.
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Justin Sun, BitTorrent owner hit with piracy lawsuit
An employment-related lawsuit turned into a piracy one.
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KSI vs Logan Paul free live stream links are flooding the internet
It’s thought over a million people are pirating the event, and experts warn users to be careful as malicious actors…
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Police in Europe seize Share-Online.biz in piracy raid, taking it offline
The server has been shut down after different raids in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.