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KEEPFRDS NEWS

Never signup on private trackers from anything but your home connection. No vpn or anything similar, they are very strict about that, no hiding.

We recommend the following download clients, in order to not have problems: qbittorrent, transmission or rtorrent. If you use utorrent, replace it with one of the first 2, they are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. rtorrent, it's used on seedboxes, if you use one, you are ok. Instructions for migrating from utorrent to qbittorrent can be found here

Google has won its WIPO domain name dispute against Youtubeconverter.io, a site that allowed people to download music and video from YouTube. The WIPO panel concluded that the domain was not used for legitimate purposes and ordered it to be transferred to Google. The owner of the site didn't put up a defense and simply switched to a new domain.

Free music is easy to find nowadays. Just head over to YouTube and one can find millions of tracks, including many of the most recent releases.

This is a problem for the major record labels which don’t want tracks to leak outside YouTube’s ecosystem. For this reason, YouTube rippers are seen as a major threat.

The music industry is actively tackling this issue by requesting IPS blockades and taking site operators to court. Ideally, however, the major labels would like YouTube to take more responsibility as well.

YouTube Targets Rippers

While YouTube isn’t particularly vocal on the stream-ripping problem, it’s certainly not ignoring the issue. The video service has sent numerous cease and desist letters to the operators of these sites and more recently it actively began blocking IP-addresses.

The blocking efforts had some limited effect but YouTube rippers swiftly found workarounds, triggering an ongoing cat and mouse game. This is perhaps why YouTube is looking into other avenues as well.

Earlier this year, YouTube informed the UK Parliament that it has started domain name disputes as well. These cases are filed at the World International Property Organization (WIPO), which has an arbitration panel to resolve domain name issues.

WIPO Domain Dispute against Youtubeconverter.io

When we searched the database we found one case against Youtubeconverter.io. This stream-ripper is a familiar name. It was previously targeted by the RIAA and was also included on the most recent EU piracy watchlist.

In the WIPO complaint, Google argued that the site uses its trademark without permission, that the owner had no legitimate interest in the domain, and that the domain was registered in bad faith. As such, the domain should be taken down.

After a careful review, WIPO panelist Stephanie Hartung sided with Google. The domain name owner, a Vietnamese resident named Ken Nguyen, failed to respond but according to Hartung, there is no indication that the domain was registered for legitimate purposes.

Not Bona Fide

“Respondent has not made use of the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services, nor has Respondent been commonly known by the disputed domain name,” she writes.

5/10 shame, wish they were real

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