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Pirate IPTV Operators Face $32.7 Million Judgment and Self-Expanding Blocking Injunction * TorrentFreak

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Pirate IPTV Operators Face .7 Million Judgment and Self-Expanding Blocking Injunction * TorrentFreak

Dynamic site blocking orders that allow rightsholders to add new targets without returning to court have been common in Europe for years. In July, Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision (TU) obtained a similar order from a federal court in Florida. This preliminary injunction, which started with five pirate IPTV services, expanded to cover hundreds of domains and … Read more

Report Links Pirate IPTV to Hezbollah TV, Calls for U.S. Site-Blocking * TorrentFreak

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Report Links Pirate IPTV to Hezbollah TV, Calls for U.S. Site-Blocking * TorrentFreak

Rightsholders have linked piracy to terrorism and organized crime for several decades. The framing first emerged in the late 1990s, when IFPI raised concerns about criminal networks smuggling pirated CDs across borders. The terrorism angle was added in 2003, when the U.S. House held a hearing on piracy’s “links to organized crime and terrorism.” Around … Read more

Rep. Issa Files Competing U.S. Pirate Site Blocking Bill * TorrentFreak

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Rep. Issa Files Competing U.S. Pirate Site Blocking Bill * TorrentFreak

Home > Law and Politics > U.S. Representative Darrell Issa has officially introduced a new bill that aims to block foreign pirate sites in the United States. While the final text has yet to be published, an early draft suggests that both ISPs and DNS resolvers will be covered. The bill has already triggered opposition, … Read more

U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries * TorrentFreak

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Rep. Issa Files Competing U.S. Pirate Site Blocking Bill * TorrentFreak

Home > Law and Politics > VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full text shows that VPNs were added after last year’s discussion draft, which only mentioned ISPs and DNS resolvers. How a VPN should block access … Read more