Hacker News with Generative AI: Piracy

"You Wouldn't Steal a Car" But Would You Pirate a Font? (torrentfreak.com)
Twenty years ago, the statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns. Through a memorable commercial, the movie industry forcefully equated digital piracy with physical theft. While the PSA became instantly recognizable, spawning countless parodies, it also attracted its own controversy. New revelations suggest that the campaign's distinctive font may have itself been copied, or dare we say 'stolen'.
Copyright, Piracy, Media, Fonts, Advertising
7 points by gaws 14 hours ago | 3 comments
App Store Curation (lapcatsoftware.com)
I was looking at a nasty free (pirate?) video streaming website for a potential StopTheMadness Pro customer. You know the kind of site that opens a new browser tab with an advertisement every time you click on something? The things I do for a sale! Anyway, my verdict was that while StopTheMadness Pro could help with some annoyances on the site, the situation was hopeless overall. There are some problems that even I can't solve.
Web Development, Piracy, Advertising
10 points by latexr 2 days ago | 1 comments
Vercel Slams LaLiga Piracy Blocks as "Unaccountable Internet Censorship" (torrentfreak.com)
Cloud-based web application platform Vercel is among the latest companies to find their servers blocked in Spain due to LaLiga's ongoing IPTV anti-piracy campaign.
Internet Censorship, Piracy, Spain, Web Development, Cloud Computing
9 points by gslin 3 days ago | 0 comments
OpenDNS Quits Belgium Under Threat of Piracy Blocks or Fines of €100K per Day (torrentfreak.com)
In a brief statement citing a court order in Belgium but providing no other details, Cisco says that its OpenDNS service is no longer available to users in Belgium.
OpenDNS, Belgium, Piracy, Censorship, Legal Issues
12 points by akyuu 8 days ago | 1 comments
LaLiga/Cloudflare Crisis: ISPs Urged to Action Amid Mass Overblocking (torrentfreak.com)
With assistance from Spain's leading ISPs, LaLiga continues to block pirate sites, Cloudflare, and thousands of innocents caught in the crossfire. Legal action by Cloudflare and hacking collective RootedCON tried to bring the chaos to an end but their requests were dismissed last month. Meanwhile, a non-profit group is demanding that all ISPs participate in nationwide blocking.
Internet Censorship, Piracy, Legal Battles, Spain, Cloudflare
23 points by akyuu 14 days ago | 0 comments
LaLiga/Cloudflare Crisis: ISPs Urged to Action Amid Mass Overblocking (torrentfreak.com)
With assistance from Spain's leading ISPs, LaLiga continues to block pirate sites, Cloudflare, and thousands of innocents caught in the crossfire.
Internet Censorship, Piracy, Spain, Cloudflare, ISPs
9 points by hn_acker 20 days ago | 1 comments
French Court Orders Cloudflare to 'Dynamically' Block MotoGP Streaming Piracy (torrentfreak.com)
In the seemingly endless game of online piracy whack-a-mole, a French court has ordered Cloudflare to block several sites illegally streaming MotoGP.
Piracy, Law, Streaming, Court Orders, MotoGP
3 points by DanAtC 20 days ago | 0 comments
Torrent Site Uploader and Member of 'The Scene' Sentenced to Prison in Denmark (torrentfreak.com)
Danish authorities have claimed two new victories in the ongoing battle against online piracy. A 46-year-old man, who allegedly uploaded content to the Danish torrent trackers "SuperBits" and "DanishBytes", was sentenced to nine months in prison. The other defendant, a 48-year-old man, was linked to 'The Scene'. He received a twelve-month sentence for hosting two servers and sharing pirated content in one of the most elusive piracy groups.
Piracy, Law Enforcement, Denmark, Torrenting, Online Piracy
11 points by voxadam 25 days ago | 3 comments
I have fought and won against the piracy of my books as an indie author (kerkour.com)
Self-Publishing, Indie Authors, Copyright, Piracy
7 points by Tomte 31 days ago | 0 comments
France Mulls Instant Blocks, 7 Year Prison and New Piracy Crime of Incitement (torrentfreak.com)
Two senators have presented a bill to address what is now openly described as a crisis in French football. The draft envisions sweeping reform to tackle "structural" issues, including broadcasting rights and the ever-present threat from illegal streaming services. On the table, seven years in prison and a €750,000 fine for pirate IPTV suppliers operating as a group, three years and €300,000 for those not, and a new crime of inciting use of pirate IPTV services or software.
France, Piracy, Law, Football, Broadcasting
8 points by isaacfrond 33 days ago | 0 comments
Director Uses Takedowns to Remove Pirate Bay Docu "TPB-AFK" from YouTube (torrentfreak.com)
In an unexpected turn of events, the director of the Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK has sent takedown notices to YouTube requesting its removal. The director states that he sees the streaming portal as a radicalizing platform full of hate. The takedowns are not without controversy, however, as TPB-AFK was published under a Creative Commons license.
Copyright, Piracy, Documentaries, YouTube, Controversy
12 points by gslin 33 days ago | 1 comments
Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law (arstechnica.com)
Italy is using its Piracy Shield law to go after Google, with a court ordering the Internet giant to immediately begin poisoning its public DNS servers.
Law, Google, Italy, Piracy, DNS
176 points by DanAtC 34 days ago | 171 comments
The Day Piracy Changed (remysharp.com)
It certainly wasn't today. It was some time ago, but I wanted to mark this in my blog as a reminder that once, long ago, piracy was, well, stealing.
History, Piracy, Technology
6 points by edent 35 days ago | 2 comments
The Unbelievable Scale of AI's Pirated-Books Problem (theatlantic.com)
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
Artificial Intelligence, Piracy, Books, Training Data
8 points by the-mitr 35 days ago | 0 comments
Italian Court Orders Google to Poison Public DNS to Prevent IPTV Piracy (torrentfreak.com)
A decision issued by the same court now requires Google to poison its Public DNS to prevent access to pirate sites.
IPTV, Piracy, Law, Italy, DNS
19 points by DanAtC 35 days ago | 2 comments
The Scale of AI's Pirated-Books Problem (theatlantic.com)
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
Artificial Intelligence, Piracy, Books, Training Data
10 points by hakaneskici 36 days ago | 1 comments
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI (theatlantic.com)
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
Artificial Intelligence, Piracy, Data, Books, Science
7 points by bookofjoe 37 days ago | 0 comments
Swedish Pirate Bay co-founder Carl Lundström dies in plane crash (thelocal.se)
Swedish businessman Carl Lundström, co-founder of illegal file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has died in an aeroplane crash in Slovenia, according to the far-right party he was linked to.
Death, Business, Piracy, Sweden, Aviation
40 points by Jerry2 44 days ago | 12 comments
Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online (arstechnica.com)
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies' scheduled release dates.
Copyright Infringement, Piracy, Entertainment, Law Enforcement
32 points by ndsipa_pomu 48 days ago | 66 comments
Nintendo Easily Kills 4,238 Switch Emu Repos on Yuzu Lawsuit Anniversary (torrentfreak.com)
Video Games, Piracy, Lawsuits
6 points by nickthegreek 51 days ago | 0 comments
Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library Download Bot and Backup Communication Channel (torrentfreak.com)
Telegram, Piracy, Online Libraries, Digital Copyright
9 points by gslin 53 days ago | 1 comments
Windows Is Free for Business (2008) (davegutteridge.com)
Business gets all of the benefit and none of the risk from pirated software
Software, Business, Piracy
29 points by walterbell 53 days ago | 57 comments
Google Must Testify as LaLiga Demands Criminal Liability for 'Piracy Profits' (torrentfreak.com)
A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges.
Google, Lawsuits, Piracy, Sports, Spain
11 points by gslin 53 days ago | 3 comments
Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay (2017) (torrentfreak.com)
Spotify is often credited as the music service most in tune with the 'pirate' mentality, having converted millions of former file-sharers in recent years. Interestingly, according to writer and researcher Rasmus Fleischer, a decade ago the site actually populated its beta with pirate MP3s, including some that were only available on The Pirate Bay.
Music Streaming, Piracy, Spotify, History, Music Industry
329 points by __natty__ 60 days ago | 253 comments
ISP Will Unmask 100 Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in RIAA Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)
Altice, parent company of Internet provider Optimum, agreed to disclose the personal details of a hundred alleged music pirates. The request comes from a group of prominent record labels and is part of an ongoing copyright infringement liability lawsuit. Altice, meanwhile, will receive anti-piracy information, including that related to a letter the RIAA previously sent to BitTorrent Inc., the owner of popular torrent client uTorrent.
Copyright Infringement, Lawsuits, Music Industry, Piracy
8 points by speckx 63 days ago | 0 comments
Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding (arstechnica.com)
Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
Legal Issues, Piracy, Copyright, Books, Technology
698 points by isaacfrond 64 days ago | 452 comments
ISP Must Unmask 100 Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in RIAA Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)
Altice, parent company of Internet provider Optimum, must disclose the personal details of a hundred alleged music pirates. The request comes from a group of prominent record labels and is part of an ongoing copyright infringement liability lawsuit. Altice, meanwhile, will receive anti-piracy information, including that related to a letter the RIAA previously sent to BitTorrent Inc., the owner of popular torrent client uTorrent.
Copyright Infringement, Lawsuits, Music Industry, Piracy, ISPs
7 points by gslin 66 days ago | 0 comments
Google's Piracy Purge: 3.5B DMCA Takedown Notices in a Year (torrentfreak.com)
Google has completed the busiest twelve months ever on the DMCA takedown front. The popular search engine processed a record-breaking 3.5 billion takedown requests during the year. Ironically, this milestone is in part a byproduct of ongoing anti-piracy measures, including site blocking and search engine removals, with no end in sight.
Copyright, Law Enforcement, Google, Piracy, Internet
67 points by gslin 69 days ago | 8 comments
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed (arstechnica.com)
Meta's alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
Copyright Law, Meta, Legal Cases, Piracy, Technology
22 points by adrian_mrd 78 days ago | 6 comments
New Bill Aims to Block Pirate Sites in the U.S. (torrentfreak.com)
Pirate site blocking orders are a step closer to becoming reality in the United States after Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act earlier today.
Legislation, Piracy, Copyright, Internet
31 points by ls612 86 days ago | 14 comments