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  1. US Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis urge recently appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland to put the new piracy streaming bill to use. In a letter, they ask if streaming piracy prosecutions are a priority while stressing that enforcement actions shouldn't target individuals and legitimate companies. At the end of 2020, U.S. Congress passed the spending bill. The legislation package includes various copyright-related changes, including a new plan to criminalize streaming piracy services. The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act (PLSA), as it’s called, was only introduced a few days prior and was approved without any notable debate. This stands in sharp contrast with earlier ‘felony streaming’ plans, which in part triggered the SOPA and PIPA protests. In recent years copyright holders continued to stress that streaming piracy should be brought on par with downloading infringing material and with the new law. Eventually, lawmakers agreed. Targeting Commercial Pirate Streaming Services The new bill amends US copyright law by adding a section that allows commercial streaming piracy services to be targeted while leaving individual streamers out of the crosshairs. Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to provide a service that’s primarily designed to show copyright-infringing content, has no significant commercial purpose other than piracy, or is intentionally marketed to promote streaming piracy. Tailoring the bill to commercial services is an important distinction that makes it more balanced than earlier versions proposed in the past. This means that average YouTube and Twitch streamers have little to worry about. Operators of commercial piracy streaming sites and services, including those who offer ‘shady’ IPTV subscriptions, are the main target. The question that remains, however, is whether the Department of Justice will actively prosecute the operators, and to what degree. Senators Want Streaming Piracy Prosecutions This question is on the minds of Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis. Both are part of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and were the driving force behind the felony streaming bill. In a letter sent to the newly appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland, the senators note that it’s important to prosecute commercial piracy enterprises. Piracy activity costs the US economy billions of dollars, they write. “We believe prosecutions under the PLSA should be an important priority for you as Attorney General. However, we also believe that prosecutions must be appropriately targeted and limited in scope to the types of activity and organizations Congress intended,” the letter reads. What Are the AG’s Plans? To get an impression of the Attorney General’s plans the senators ask a series of questions. They want to know whether streaming prosecutions will indeed be a priority and if U.S. Attorneys manual will be updated to reflect this. -Now that have you been confirmed, will you commit to making prosecutions under the PLSA a priority? If so, what steps will you take during your first one hundred days to demonstrate your commitment to combating copyright piracy? -How quickly do you intend to update the U.S. Attorneys manual to indicate prosecutors should pursue actions under the PLSA? -When updating the U.S. Attorneys manual, what type of guidance do you intend to provide to make clear that prosecutions should only be pursued against commercial piracy services? While the letter makes it clear that the senators want the Department of Justice to prosecute streaming services, the senators caution that future cases should not target ordinary streamers and legitimate companies. This should be reflected in the Attorney General’s guidance as well. “Such guidance should make clear that the law does not allow the Department to target the ordinary activities of individual streamers, companies pursuing licensing deals in good faith, or internet service providers (ISPs) and should be reflective of congressional intent as reflected in our official record,” the letter reads. At the time of writing, the Attorney General has yet to answer these questions. While it would make sense that the new bill is put to use, it’s unlikely that we’ll see hundreds of prosecutions in the coming years. Over the past decades, illegal download sites and services could already be prosecuted as a felony. However, this capability has only been put to use on rare occasions by the Department of Justice. —
  2. Revenue generated by pirate site operators in Russia is down for the third successive year. According to a new report by cybersecurity firm Group-IB, the market is now worth around $59m, down from a high of $87m in 2018. Enforcement action by BREIN, the MPA and ACE in 2019 disrupted the market but pirates have been quick to adapt, offering new systems and deploying countermeasures. In 2019, BREIN, the MPA and ACE teamed up to take down Moonwalk, a pirate CDN system that provided back-end services to large numbers of pirate streaming sites. Moonwalk’s business model was of particular interest since, in addition to providing back-end services, it also supplied huge volumes of pirated content, including more than 26,000 movies and 10,000 TV shows to around 80% of Russian streaming sites. In the wake of the enforcement action, more ‘pirate’ CDNs shut down but these were not the only players in the market, with others remaining operational. Jolly Roger’s Patrons and Beyond Last summer, cybersecurity firm Group-IB published an interesting report into the activities of players in the ‘pirate’ CDN market, detailing how platforms including Collaps, HDVB, and VideoCDN, offered an all-in-one solution by providing content, advertising and embedded video players to pirate sites. Today, the company follows up with a new report titled “What Makes Jolly Roger Sad”, revealing that revenues for pirate entities in the video space are down for the third successive year. In 2017, revenues for players in the pirate video streaming sector were estimated to be around $85m, reaching a peak in 2018 at $87m. In 2019, the year that BREIN, the MPA and ACE took legal action against the major players, the market took a significant hit, with revenues down 27% to around $63m. In 2020, the revenue generated by streaming platforms contracted again, albeit by a smaller amount. With a 7% drop when compared to the previous year, revenues stood at an estimated $59m. According to Group-IB, several factors were at play. “Online pirates were not quite successful in fully restoring the video content database after the elimination of the CDN big three. After Moonwalk, HDGO, and Kodik were shut down, the geographical scope of pirate CDNs has been quite limited, with three locations: the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Russia (Mnogobyte/ZeroCDN),” Group-IB explains. “Furthermore, they have lost the advertising profits and found themselves in a competition for viewers with legal online streaming platforms which were able to increase their audience during the pandemic.” Boost For Legal Streaming Platforms, Pirates Continue to Search Citing research carried out by TMT Consulting, Group-IB says that during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the number of people using legal streaming services reached 63 million viewers, an increase of 17% over the previous year. This led to legal streaming services generating revenues of around $365.7 million. However, even with this increased interest in legal supply, pirates were still keen to find content for free, with search engines such as Yandex (90% of traffic) proving a popular port of call. “The number of searches in popular search engines in Russian for free trending movies and TV shows on illegal websites has also grown,” Group-IB notes. “The figures show a 12% increase compared to 2019, amounting to 11.8 billion search queries (compared to 10.5 billion in 2019). The number of searches for illegal content rose to a record-high 1.4 billion intentions in April 2020. At times, servers streaming illegal content failed to deal with such a high influx of viewers.” Pirate Services Take Revenue Hit But Continue to Innovate Following the removal of Moonwalk, HDGO, and Kodik from the market, plus increased pressure from financial institutions and regulators, Group-IB observes that advertisers began to show less interest in the pirate market. In 2020, the average CPM (cost per mile) fell by 16% to $5, down from $6 a year earlier. The replacement ‘pirate’ CDNs also failed in their efforts to properly fill the gap in the market left by the ‘Big Three’. According to Group-IB, even when the content offered by the current eight largest CDNs is added together, they only manage to offer around 50% of the content offered by Moonwalk, HDGO, and Kodik. That being said, pirates didn’t stand still. In 2020, Group-IB says that pirates innovated by integrating CDNs with fully automated streaming services. “The first mass prototype was the Cinemapress script and about 400 pirate streaming services were based on it. In April 2020 Cinemapress was replaced by Yobobox with its 250 domains discovered so far, which — unlike its predecessor — is entirely free and integrated with Collaps, one of the largest CDNs,” the company notes. Another innovation involves techniques to reduce the effect of ‘pirate’ links being deleted from search engine results as required by the country’s anti-piracy memorandum. While millions of infringing links are being deleted by search engines such as Yandex as part of the agreement, which in theory should make pirated content harder to find, pirates are adapting. “Experts’ biggest worries are tied to the fact that in 2020 Russian-speaking video pirates learned to quickly detect the links eliminated by the anti-piracy memorandum, to generate duplicates in real time (using alternative URLs), and use mutating links (scripts for automatic changing of paths in links) resulting in a decreased effectiveness of countermeasures,” Group-IB notes. Both Legal and Illegal Services Have Increased Their Audiences Another interesting detail in Group-IB’s report is that, while pirate sites are less profitable and legal services are doing better than ever, pirate sites are still growing their audiences. “In 2020 both legal and illegal streaming platforms significantly increased their audience but failed to get the maximum benefit out of it”, says Dmitriy Tiunkin, Head of Digital Risk Protection Europe at Group-IB. “We witnessed pirates recover from the three largest CDNs being shut down. Pirates are restoring their technical capacity and increasing opposition to copyright owners. Some digital pirates use mutating links, domain changes, and decentralized CDNs to bypass the anti-piracy memorandum, thereby undermining attempts of manual regulation and anti-piracy techniques that were relevant several years ago.”
  3. Last month, the operators of scanlation site MangaDex revealed that the platform had been hacked. Showing an abundance of caution, MangaDex advised its users to expect the worst while it carried out a clean-up operation. As part of that, MangaDex is now using the DMCA in an effort to prevent the spread of its code, which was placed on Github following a ransom demand. Until very recently, scanlation platform MangaDex was riding on the crest of a wave. Growing its audience at an impressive rate, the scan/translation site was entertaining tens of millions of manga fans per month but then a storm appeared on the horizon. On March 17, MandaDex’s operators said they had discovered that a “malicious actor” had gained access to an administrator account by using information found in an old database leak. It was possible to identify and patch the vulnerable piece of code but then more problems raised their head. Early March 20, an attacker gained additional access to a developer account. This was quickly noticed and shut down but the assailant still managed to email a handful of users warning of a database leak. What followed was a demand for a ransom to be paid – $10,000 in bitcoin – but MangaDex didn’t want to play that game. After taking the decision to keep the site down, work on a new version of the site (v5) was stepped up. Users were warned that some of their data could’ve been compromised and were given advice to change any passwords on other sites that may have been duplicated on MangaDex. MangaDex Code Appears on Github Since then, aside from the occasional update on Twitter, the MangaDex team has remained relatively quiet. The main page of the site carrying news about the hack hasn’t been updated so, at the time of writing, it isn’t clear when a new version of the site will go live. In the background, however, the team has also been working on another matter. On March 14, 2021, a user created a new account on Github, later creating his/her first repository titled ‘mangadex’. That has now been removed from the platform, apparently due to action by MangaDex. This week Github published a DMCA notice relating to the hack. It is dated March 18, which suggests that for one reason or another, the coding platform has been sitting on the notice for a while. The notice is semi-redacted but the general gist is that someone acting on MangaDex’s behalf requested a takedown on copyright grounds. “I’m a [redacted] for the website that the code originated from acting on the original owner’s behalf,” the notice reads. “The original copyrighted work being infringed is the PHP, Javascript, and HTML templates that make up the entirety of our website. The user that created the repo claims to have attained it and the entirety of our database through a PHP RCE and is attempting to ransom us for $10,000 USD to have it taken down.” The Pirated Code on Github With that, the notice sender identified four URLs – one relating to where the code was first leaked plus another three forks. Each one has now been taken down by Github, with the three forks showing a copyright notice and the original a “404” message. A Sneak Peak of the New MangaDex Site Whether that will be an end to the matter remains to be seen but what most MangaDex users want to know now is when the site will be back up and running. On Thursday, in an announcement on Twitter, MangaDex’s operators appeared to offer a “sneak peek” of things to come but for most users, it wasn’t really what they were hoping for. At the time of writing, MangaDex has not responded to our requests for comment regarding the DMCA notice or an update on progress in respect of v5. We’ll post here should that arrive.
  4. A federal court in Virginia has granted Megaupload's request to keep the civil lawsuits filed by music and movie companies on hold until October. With no movement in the criminal case, this standstill could last for many years. Kim Dotcom and his colleagues are still fighting a US extradition request, a battle that started nearly a decade ago. megauploadIn 2012, Google Glass was all the rage and Microsoft released its latest operating system, Windows 8. It was also the year where Internet blackouts took place in protest against the SOPA copyright law. And a few days later, Megaupload was raided and effectively shut down. Legal Battles Continue To many people, these events are little more distant memories. However, for the key players involved, it’s still a central part of their lives. That’s also true for the Megaupload defendants. The criminal case against Dotcom was billed as the largest copyright infringement case the U.S. Government had ever launched. It also turned into one of the longest criminal copyright battles in history. No Progress After nearly a decade, the Megaupload case has barely progressed. In New Zealand, lawyers have been very busy with the costly extradition proceedings against Dotcom, but it could be years before that battle ends. This means that the criminal lawsuit remains in limbo. The same is true for the civil cases the RIAA and MPA filed back in 2014. Since the civil cases may influence the criminal proceedings, Megaupload’s legal team previously managed to put these cases on hold, and a few days ago they requested another extension. RIAA and MPA Cases Remain On Hold In line with other recent requests, the RIAA and MPA didn’t object. As a result, District Court Judge O’Grady swiftly agreed to issue yet another extension, putting the cases on hold until October. o'grady 2021 order extension Looking at the matter realistically, it will probably take many more years before these civil cases can finally get underway. First, the extradition process has to be concluded. This matter recently went back to the Court of Appeal in New Zealand and given the legal complications, it could take a while before a final conclusion is reached there. If the case eventually makes its way to the US criminal court system, that could take many years to resolve as well. If the RIAA and MPA cases have to wait that out, as is suggested now, October of this year seems a bit optimistic. In essence, these bi-yearly extensions are merely a formality. If anything, it’s a painful reminder of a legal battle that, thus far, only has losers. Content source: TorrentFreak
  5. Google was asked to remove a TorrentFreak article from its search results this week. The article in question reported that "The Mandalorian" was the most pirated TV show of 2020. Interestingly, it's not Disney who takes offense with our reporting, but GFM Films. mandalorianIn recent years, Google has had to process an incredible number of takedown requests, aimed at ‘pirate’ sites in search results. While most of these notices do indeed list links to copyright-infringing content, not all do. Every week we see obvious errors, where sites such as IMDb, Wikipedia, Justice.gov, and NASA are targeted. By now we ignore most of these mistakes but in some instances, we take them personally. That’s also the case for a DMCA takedown request Google received a few days ago. This notice claims to identify several problematic URLs that allegedly infringe the copyrights of Disney’s hit series The Mandalorian. TorrentFreak Targeted This is not unexpected, as The Mandalorian was the most pirated TV show of last year, as we reported in late December. However, we didn’t expect to see our article as one of the targeted links in the notice. mandalorian-takedown Apparently, the news that The Mandalorian is widely pirated – which was repeated by dozens of other publications – is seen as copyright infringement? Needless to say, we wholeheartedly disagree. This is not the way. Takedown Protest We will certainly put up a fight if Google decides to remove the page. At the time of writing, this has yet to happen. The search engine currently lists the takedown request as ‘pending,’ which likely means that there will be a manual review. The good news is that Google is usually pretty good at catching overbroad takedown requests. This is also true for TorrentFreak articles that were targeted previously, including our coverage on the Green Book screener leak. Not Disney Finally, it’s worth noting that this takedown request doesn’t come from Disney, as one might expect. Instead, it was sent by the company GFM Film, which doesn’t immediately ring a bell. At first, we thought that the German camera company GFM could have something to do with it, as they worked on The Mandalorian. However, earlier takedown notices from the same sender protected the film “The Last Witness,” which is linked to the UK company GFM Film Sales. Since we obviously don’t want to falsely accuse anyone, we’re not pointing fingers. What we know for sure, however, is that our news article didn’t host or link to any infringing content. Content source: TorrentFreak
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  8. Dear users! We decided to reinstate acceptance of donations at YMani, despite not having a very pleasant experience with them in the past. Reception through FREE-KASSA is temporarily suspended due to the abundance of glitches and high fees. Current wallet number 4100115851646171 Replenishment is available via Sberbank, from another wallet or from your phone (via the form on the page https://underver.se/donate.php ). ATTENTION!!! When replenishing in this way, follow the news. Yandex is a master to block wallets without explaining the reasons - we already had precedents. We will promptly withdraw from it to the hoster's account everything that you donate there, but, as they say, one head is good, and two is better. In case of blocking, the current wallet will change in this topic and in the donation forms themselves. -S Uv., Administration
  9. Happy Easter! Dear Portugas, As a way to celebrate Easter, the Portugas Administration will award global Freeleech until April 5th, at 11:59 pm, as well as a gift of Upload and Bonus Points. Happy Easter and Happy Sharing! Your account has been credited with: - 15GB Upload - 150 Bonus Points
  10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be huge, director James Gunn teases. The third installment of the cosmic-based series in the MCU has been significantly delayed for a couple of reasons, mainly because of the brief firing and eventual rehiring of Gunn. Now, however, work is quietly in full swing at Marvel Studios with the filmmaker providing a small but exciting update. The story for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has long been locked, even before Gunn was booted out of the job. Official plot details have been scant at this point, but between what happened in Avengers: Endgame and other revelations about the rag-tag heroes, there are some plot points that are expected to play out in the third film. That includes the search for 2014 Gamora whose whereabouts remain unknown after Thanos was defeated. Meanwhile, Rocket will also be a primary focus in the movie as his tragic backstory will supposedly be explored.
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