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| Aug 16, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: August 10th – 16th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we wrote about how the idea that banning TikTok thwarts Chinese intelligence was ridiculous, and how any real threat probably comes from America’s feebly secured infrastructure. As for failed security, we l... |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Empowering Women: The Legacy of Cris Arcangeli | In a world where barriers often seem insurmountable, Cris Arcangeli stands as a beacon of hope. A Brazilian entrepreneur, investor, and media personality, she has been recognized by the Faces of Impact 100 for her relentless advocacy for wo... |
| May 31, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: May 25th – 31st | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, there was something of a spat between Donald Trump and Twitter. Trump announced a panel to study “anti-conservative bias” on social media, and went on some crazy Twitter tirades that raised complicated cont... |
| Jan 11, 2025 | This Week In Techdirt History: January 5th – 11th | Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, the libel tourism of Devin Nunes was continuing to highlight the problems of weak anti-SLAPP laws. A patent troll got smacked down by an appeals court, while there was a twist in Oracle’s attacks on Google,... |
| Nov 22, 2023 | ISP Optimum Questions ‘Evidence’ For Billion Dollar Piracy Lawsuit | Under U.S. copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”
This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement l... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Rightscorp Taps Indie Labels to Fuel New Wave of Piracy Settlement Action | At a time when a limited number of rightsholders were demanding thousands of dollars from alleged BitTorrent pirates, Rightscorp focused on the budget end of the market.
By attaching settlement demands to DMCA notices sent to ISPs, Rightsco... |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Rightscorp, Inc. Signs Another Contract for Litigation Services | CARSON CITY, NV / ACCESSWIRE / June 24, 2022 / Rightscorp, Inc. (A Nevada Corporation) (OTC PINK:RIHT);
We are pleased to announce Rightscorp, Inc. is alive and well. In particular, we signed another contract with BMG for a litigation initi... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Rightscorp Site Triggers Security Warnings and Links to Cannabis Site | Backed by the RIAA, several major music industry companies have taken some of the largest U.S. Internet providers to court.
The music companies accuse these providers of failing to terminate the accounts of the most egregious pirates by ign... |
| May 18, 2019 | Rightscorp Done Anti-Pirating? Stock Worthless, Website Gone | For many years, anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp has been on a mission to turn piracy into profit.
The company monitors BitTorrent networks, captures IP addresses, then asks ISPs to forward cash settlement demands to its subscribers.
While som... |
| Aug 17, 2018 | RIAA Paid Handsomely for BitTorrent Piracy Evidence | Regular Internet providers are being put under increasing pressure for not doing enough to curb copyright infringement.
This has already resulted in several ‘repeat infringer’ lawsuits in US federal courts. The major record labels, helped b... |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Rightscorp Prompted The RIAA to Sue Internet Provider | Two years ago, several major record labels filed a lawsuit against Internet provider Grande Communications.
The labels argued that the ISP’s subscribers engaged in more than a million BitTorrent-based infringements, yet it took “no meaningf... |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Rightscorp Has a Massive Database of ‘Repeat Infringers’ to Pursue | Last week the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that ISPs are required to terminate ‘repeat infringers’ based on allegations from copyright holders alone, a topic that has been contested for years.
This means that copyright holders now ... |
| Jun 29, 2016 | We’re Not Liable for Pirating Subscribers, Windstream Tells Court | Can an Internet provider be held liable for subscribers who share pirated files? Yes, according to the verdict against ISP Cox, which was held liable for pirating subscribers in 2015
This case caused shockwaves in the ISP industry when seve... |
| Feb 17, 2016 | Why the Dallas Buyers Club case precedent is good news for all Australians | By David Glance, University of Western Australia
The battle of Voltage Pictures vs illegal downloaders of the Dallas Buyers Club was always going to set a precedent for the movie industry and the Australian market. If Voltage had prevailed ... |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Rightscorp Lures Hollywood With ‘Popcorn Time Protection’ | In little more than a year Popcorn Time has become a household name on the Internet.
The software amassed millions of users by offering BitTorrent-powered streaming in an easy-to-use Netflix-style interface.
This attraction has drawn a lot ... |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Technolog: Chasing illegal movie downloaders proves an unprofitable exercise | It has been a bad week for companies wanting to build businesses around making money from illegal movie downloaders. Last Friday saw an Australian judge refuse Voltage Pictures the rigth to send downloaders of Dallas Buyers Club a letter de... |
| Aug 17, 2015 | Desperate Rightscorp Burns Through More Piracy Millions | There are millions of Internet users grabbing content from file-sharing networks each and every day. These mainly BitTorrent bandits cost copyright holders millions in lost revenues but with a little trickery it’s possible to make them pay.... |
| Aug 12, 2015 | Rightscorp Deal Turns DMCA Notices Into Piracy Lawsuits | Working on behalf of several prominent copyright holders, piracy monetization firm Rightscorp sends tends of thousands of DMCA notices to U.S. ISPs every month.
Unlike notices sent by most other copyright holders, Rightscorp’s also include ... |
| Aug 1, 2015 | Bitdefender Blocks Anti-Piracy Website as Malware | Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp has made several headlines recently, often because of its aggressive attempts to obtain settlements from allegedly pirating Internet users.
The publicly traded company ask U.S. ISPs to forward DMCA notice... |
| Jun 14, 2015 | Warner Bros. Inflate TV Show Piracy ‘Fines’ By 50% | Most companies attempting to “turn piracy into profit” seek to scare ‘pirates’ by billing them for alleged downloads. These ‘fines’ can reach many thousands of dollars but companies like U.S. based Rightscorp took a decision to hit the bott... |
| Feb 20, 2015 | Piracy Settlement Firm Sued Over Intimidating Robocalls and Text Messages | Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp has made headlines over the past year, often because of its aggressive attempts to obtain settlements from allegedly pirating Internet users.
Among other tactics the company sent DMCA subpoenas to smaller... |
| Nov 14, 2014 | Anti-Piracy Firm Rightscorp On The Brink of Bankruptcy? | For years the entertainment industries have been complaining that online piracy hurts their revenues.
This problem has motivated people to start anti-piracy companies such as Rightscorp, a company that uses standard DMCA takedown requests t... |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Rightscorp Raises $2.7 Million | |
| Jul 5, 2014 | 140 U.S. Internet Providers Disconnect Persistent File-Sharers | For more than a decade copyright holders have been sending ISPs takedown notices to alert account holders that their connections are being used to share copyrighted material.
These notices are traditionally nothing more than a warning, hopi... |
| Apr 12, 2014 | Raging Anti-Piracy Boss Goes on a Tirade Against BitTorrent | For a few years now, BitTorrent Inc. has done its best to position the company as a neutral and legitimate business.
In a recent interview with “That Was Me”, BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen explained this challenge, as well as the general b... |
| Apr 5, 2014 | Rightscorp Finds Scary Shortcut to Expose Alleged BitTorrent Pirates | Week in and week out hundreds of U.S. citizens are dragged into lawsuits because their Internet account was used by someone to share copyrighted material.
These cases all follow a familiar pattern. The copyright holder files a lawsuit menti... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | Piracy Monitoring Firm Asks ISPs to Disconnect Repeat Infringers | For more than a decade copyright holder have been sending ISPs takedown notices to alert account holders that someone’s been using their connection to share copyrighted material.
These notices are traditionally nothing more than a warning, ... |
| Dec 6, 2013 | Comcast Kills Business Model of Piracy Monitoring and Settlement Firm | There are many ways copyright holders approach today’s “online piracy problem.”
Some copyright holders prefer to do it through innovation, while others prefer educational messages, warnings or even lawsuits. Another group is aiming to gener... |
