Sky TV Piracy Pair Arrested & IPTV Servers Seized After UK Police Raids Following an operation carried out last Thursday but reported just this morning, the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit at City of London Police says it shut down a number of servers and arrested two people in a series of raids. A man and a woman in their 30s were arrested near to Birmingham and police say they disrupted several IPTV services after targeting a datacenter in Cheltenham. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:
Registrar Snubs DMCA Subpoena, Claims Passive Conduit Immunity In a case being heard at a California court, domain registrar Dynadot has partially declined to cooperate with the disclosure requirements of a DMCA subpoena, claiming immunity as a conduit service provider. In response, a copyright holder has asked the Court to issue an order clarifying service providers' safe harbor protection. The case is certainly unusual but also forms part of a more complex set of events, that may ultimately culminate in a potential moment of clarity. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]:
Google’s DMCA Transparency Report ‘Freezes’ After Recent Volume Surge After more than a decade of timely updates, Google Search's takedown transparency report has stalled since mid-April. The absence of new data makes it harder for journalists and researchers to analyze these DMCA takedown efforts, which have increased significantly over the past year and a half. Notably, Google continues to send these notices to the Lumen database, providing some ongoing visibility. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: