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Bungie’s $7.7m Lawsuit Against ‘DMCA Fraudster’ Set For Jury Trial in April 2024

January 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

Bungie’s $7.7m lawsuit, against a gamer who allegedly sent fraudulent DMCA notices while claiming to represent Bungie, is heading for trial. Bungie alleges that Destiny gamer Nicholas Minor caused substantial damage to its reputation and […]

RIAA Targets Popular YouTube Ripper With 60 Million Monthly Visits

April 3, 2022 World Justice News 0

The RIAA’s legal campaign to crack down on tools and sites that utilize YouTube to provide unlicensed MP3 song downloads looks set to expand. A DMCA subpoena application filed in the United States reveals that […]

LiquidVPN Ordered to Pay Filmmakers $14m in Copyright Damages

April 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

A group of filmmakers has won over $14 million in damages from VPN provider LiquidVPN. The default judgment finds the company guilty of copyright infringement and DMCA violations, in part by promoting the Popcorn Time […]

Court Denies Cox’s Challenge of $1 Billion Music Piracy Verdict

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Cox Communications believes that key information was held back during the 2019 piracy lawsuit filed by several record labels, which led to a $1 billion verdict in their favor. While the court recognizes that some […]

U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

March 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

U.S. Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy have introduced the SMART Copyright Act of 2022. The bill requires online hosting services to implement standard technical protection measures, designated by the Copyright Office. Rightsholders see the […]

Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

In 2018, Watch Tower filed for a DMCA subpoena that would’ve required YouTube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos. When that stalled, Watch Tower filed […]

GirlsDoPorn victims win rights to their videos

December 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of people tricked into making explicit videos for porn websites have been awarded the rights to the videos and millions of dollars in damages. The sites, GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys, had been the subject of […]

YouTube Settles Lawsuit With Alleged DMCA Extortion Scammer

October 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

YouTube has settled its DMCA abuse dispute with Nebraska-resident Christopher Brady. The man allegedly extorted several users of the streaming platform by requesting payments in exchange for retracting bogus copyright claims. Brady agreed to pay […]

Facebook Sued For Refusing to Remove Copyrighted Photo

January 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

Photographer Kristen Pierson Reilly has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to respond properly to a DMCA notice. The social network refused to remove a copy of her photo, stating that it wasn’t clear […]

US Supreme Court Petitioned to Fix Repeat Infringer ‘DMCA Disarray’

September 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Adult content producer Ventura Content has petitioned the court to clarify how and when the DMCA protects online services from piracy liability. According to Ventura, the lower courts have “given birth to a new monster,” […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]