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Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit

February 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Filmmakers have obtained a subpoena to reveal the identities of Redditors who commented on piracy-related topics. The comments can provide relevant evidence in support of a repeat infringer lawsuit against ISP RCN, the companies argue. […]

U.S. Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

February 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published its annual list of the largest piracy websites and other “notorious markets.” This year’s overview includes usual suspects The Pirate Bay, FMovies, and Rapidgator, but several […]

Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Movies, Music & Software of ‘Unfriendly’ Nations

January 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has signed a new law that legalizes piracy of movies, music, TV shows and software owned by rightsholders from ‘unfriendly countries’. The law also allows goods protected by intellectual property law […]

UK Govt. Prepares to Dissolve Anti-Piracy Group & Seize Its Assets

July 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

FACT Administration LLP, a partnership behind a piracy settlement scheme in the UK, appeared in Britain’s oldest newspaper this week. The group demands at least hundreds of pounds from internet users for downloading a single […]

Is it Illegal to Use Pirate Streaming Sites?

May 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

Downloading pirated movies and TV shows is against the law in the United States. The same is true for those who operate a pirate streaming site. However, people who use these streaming sites to consume […]

Virgin Media Subscribers Told to Pay “Thousands of Pounds” to Settle Piracy Lawsuits

September 21, 2021 World Justice News 0

Virgin Media subscribers receiving letters accusing them of movie piracy may find that settling their cases will be a costly affair. TorrentFreak understands that settlement demands run to several thousand pounds, a massive uplift on […]

SPARKS Piracy Group: British Man Extradited to US to Face Criminal Conspiracy Charges

September 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

British man George Bridi, an alleged member of the infamous SPARKS release group, has been extradited to the United States from Cyprus. He faces several charges including conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, wire fraud conspiracy, […]

Pirate Site Operators Facing Six Years Prison, Six Million Euros in Damages

December 29, 2020 World Justice News 0

In 2015, authorities in Spain launched an investigation into pirate site Descargasmix.com and around 15 associated domains. At the time the sites were considered to be the most important platforms targeting Spanish-speaking audiences. Two men, […]

Piracy Trial Between Record Labels and ISP Grande Postponed

March 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The piracy liability trial between a group of RIAA labels and Texas ISP Grande Communications has been postponed until September. The trial was initially scheduled to start last week. However, it was pushed back because […]

Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law

January 24, 2020 World Justice News 0

Universities and Science Minister Chris Skidmore has said that the UK will not implement the EU Copyright Directive after the country leaves the EU. Several companies have criticised the law, which would hold them accountable for not […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]