Hacker News with Generative AI: Piracy

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
10 points by voxadam 11 hours ago | 2 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 12 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 12 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 19 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 24 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 26 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 29 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 29 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 29 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__ 36 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 39 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 40 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 41 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 45 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 54 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 62 days ago | 14 comments
U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking (torrentfreak.com)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held an anti-piracy symposium last week to discuss the latest achievements, challenges, and solutions in combating piracy.
Copyright, Piracy, Law, Legal, Intellectual Property
30 points by gslin 63 days ago | 14 comments
Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, Not $155M (torrentfreak.com)
Software company Bitmanagement has been dealt another blow in its piracy battle against the U.S. Navy. Instead of winning over $155 million in damages, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court's ruling, awarding a mere $154,400 for the Navy's unauthorized installations of the German company's software.
Legal, Piracy, Software, Government, Navy
19 points by askl 65 days ago | 3 comments
Authors seek Meta's torrent client logs and seeding data in AI piracy probe (torrentfreak.com)
Meta is among a long list of companies being sued for allegedly using pirated material to train its AI models. Meta has never denied using copyrighted works but stressed that it would rely on a fair use defense. However, with rightsholders in one case asking for torrent client data and 'seeding lists' for millions of books allegedly shared in public, the case now takes a geeky turn.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Law, Piracy, Lawsuits, Technology
163 points by miki123211 71 days ago | 167 comments
Meta Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database (wired.com)
Meta just lost a major fight in its ongoing legal battle with a group of authors suing the company for copyright infringement over how it trained its artificial intelligence models.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Infringement, Legal Battles, Meta, Piracy
7 points by mdhb 82 days ago | 1 comments
A swashbuckling tale of Italian software piracy – 1983-1993 (2022) (genesistemple.com)
Everyone had a favorite videogame shop as a kid, where plenty of happy – or perhaps, not-so-happy – memories took place. Maybe it was EG or a Game, if one is UK based, or perhaps a Gamestop, Blockbuster or a mom-and-pop shop even. As for me, well, most of my games, as a child, I bought them at newspaper kiosks.
Video Games, Piracy, Italy, History, Nostalgia
115 points by alberto-m 85 days ago | 47 comments
TV Group Couldn't Force U.S. ISPs to Block Pirates, UK ISPs May Offer Help (torrentfreak.com)
More than two-and-a-half years ago, a group of Israel-based TV companies entered a new phase of their multi-year war against the country’s most popular and resilient pirate sites.
Internet, Piracy, Law, Technology, Media
7 points by gslin 89 days ago | 0 comments
More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters (torrentfreak.com)
Link-Busters is the unofficial DMCA takedown champion of 2024. The anti-piracy outfit works for many of the world's largest publishing companies and is currently flagging the majority of all 'pirate' URLs to Google search; more than two billion in total. Despite this stellar effort, book pirates are chalking up new records too.
Copyright, Piracy, Google Search, DMCA, Publishing
14 points by isaacfrond 90 days ago | 0 comments