If you are a cord-cutter or home theater enthusiast on the hunt for a fast, modern streaming hub, you have likely heard about the Nuvio App. Promoted via its official portal at nuvio.tv, Nuvio has quickly become one of the most discussed media players across the streaming community. Designed to aggregate your favorite films and […]

USDOJ Highlights Threat of Increasingly Sophisticated Pirate Services
From its relatively basic and humble roots back in the 1990s, Internet-based distribution of copyright-infringing content underwent a renaissance at the turn of the century.
Peer-to-peer technologies, including the now omnipresent…

USPTO Questions if Artificial Intelligence Can Create or Infringe Copyrighted Works
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that’s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry.
In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer…
Court Denies Entry of Default Motion Against Torrent Site YTS, Cautions Attorney
Popular torrent site YTS has become the target of three different copyright infringement lawsuits in the U.S. this year.
The most recent one was filed by HB Productions, the makers of the movie Hellboy, owned by parent company Millennium…
Court Orders ‘Ethical’ Torrent Giant TNTVillage to Stop Piracy Activity
By their very nature, it is rare for torrent sites to stay online for more than a few years.
While there are a few notable exceptions that have bucked the trend, most come and go, having wilted under significant legal or financial…

Dutch ISP Does Not Have to Identify Alleged Pirates, Appeals Court Rules
Piracy settlement letters have become a serious threat in several countries.
Dutch Internet users have been spared from this practice, but local movie distributor Dutch Filmworks (DFW), planned to change that.
Two years ago the…

Popcorn Time Domain Registrar Orders DNS Deactivation
In 2014, the application known as Popcorn Time burst onto the scene to transform the BitTorrent landscape.
Instead of accessing torrent files from indexing platforms such as The Pirate Bay to download them in a comparatively boring…

