Reddit Claims Anti-Piracy Subpoenas Are a “Publicity Campaign,” Seeks $55K in Fees After successfully fending off three subpoenas from filmmakers seeking user data related to piracy discussions, Reddit is back in federal court. The company is now requesting over $55,000 in legal compensation, suggesting that these repeated requests amount to an "anti-piracy publicity campaign" that chills lawful speech by Reddit’s users. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:
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Reddit Claims Anti-Piracy Subpoenas Are a "Publicity Campaign," Seeks $55K in Fees * TorrentFreak
Reddit seeks over $55k in fees from filmmakers, arguing their repeated subpoenas for user data are an "anti-piracy publicity campaign".
Amazon Remote Disables Piracy Apps Sideloaded on Fire TV Devices Over the past 18 months, media reports concerning live sports piracy have systematically demonized the Fire TV Stick, hoping to pressure Amazon into action against pirate apps. Amazon doesn't allow infringing apps on its official store, so users manually sideload apps available elsewhere on the internet. In a rare event earlier this week, at least two pirate apps sideloaded by users onto Fire TV devices, were remotely and irreversibly disabled by Amazon. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:
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At least two popular pirate apps, sideloaded by users on to their Fire TV devices, have been remotely and irreversibly disabled by Amazon.
Google Receives Piracy Shield Orders to Block Pirate Sites in Public DNS Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM has regularly criticized Google over its anti-piracy efforts, but the signs suggest that change is on the way. AGCOM says a system activated last month, relayed blocking orders received by the Piracy Shield anti-piracy system, directly to Google, which "promptly" blocked pirate site domains on its public DNS resolver. AGCOM says the system should be fully operational "as soon as possible" but warns that Google will still have to do more. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:
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Google Receives Piracy Shield Orders to Block Pirate Sites in Public DNS * TorrentFreak
Blocking orders from Italy's Piracy Shield system sent to Google last month saw the company "promptly" block pirate sites from its public DNS.