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Police Dismantle Pirate IPTV Provider, Seize Cash, Crypto, Gold Bars

July 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cybercrime police in Italy say they have dismantled a high-level provider of ‘pirate’ IPTV channels. The raid, which netted 57 Sky decoders, 186,900 euros in cash, cryptocurrency, and gold bars, was actioned in the far […]

High Court Slams Brakes on New UK Copyright Trolling Effort

July 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

A judge at the High Court has denied an application from known copyright trolls targeting customers of Virgin Media in the UK. Mircom and Golden Eye, along with movie company partners, sought the identities of […]

YouTube Ordered to Hand Over Identities of Manga Pirates

June 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Publishing giant Shogakukan has obtained a DMCA subpoena compelling YouTube to hand over the personal details of several alleged manga pirates, including their names, addresses, IP logs, and financial information. However, significant details in the […]

Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law

March 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Copyright laws which critics say could change the internet have been voted in by the European Parliament. The new rules, including the controversial Article 13, will hold tech firms responsible for material posted without copyright […]

Arrests shut down illegal TV streaming gang

March 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police raids across Europe have broken up a sophisticated operation that pirated and resold net-based TV (IPTV) channels. Five people have been arrested and dozens of servers shut down as a result of raids in […]

Four Men Sentenced For Running Torrent Site That Leaked The Expendables 3

March 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

Four men in the UK have received sentences of up to four-and-half years for running a torrent site that leaked movies online, sometimes in advance of their theatrical release. Most notably, the quartet shared The […]

YouTube is Not Liable for Copyright Infringing Videos, Appeal Court Rules

March 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Higher Regional Court of Vienna, Austria, has ruled that YouTube can’t be held liable for infringing videos uploaded by users. The Court overturned a previous verdict which held that YouTube takes an “active role,” […]

Court Sanctions Anti-Piracy Lawyer for “Willful Disobedience”

March 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

A California federal court has sanctioned attorney Lincoln Bandlow for willful disobedience. Bandlow, who’s a partner at Fox Rothschild where he handles hundreds of piracy cases for Strike 3 Holdings, failed to meet the court’s […]

Facebook Held Liable for Copyright Infringing ‘Links’ in Italy

February 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Social networking giant Facebook must pay damages for failing to remove a link to a copyright infringing YouTube video, an Italian court has ruled. The case, which was filed by the Italian media conglomerate Mediaset, […]

YouTube Ripper Wins Dismissal of Record Labels’ US Piracy Lawsuit

January 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Russian operator of the YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has scored an important legal win against several major record labels in the US. A Virginia federal court dismissed the piracy lawsuit after concluding that […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]