Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray https://arstechni.ca/m8Sx #Spider-Man:nowayhome #onlinepiracy #moviepiracy #movieleaks #Blu-ray #Policy #dvd
Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray

Man agreed to return more than 1,000 stolen DVDs to his former employer.

Ars Technica

Ars Technica: Feds arrest man for sharing DVD rip of Spider-Man movie with millions online. “A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies’ scheduled release dates.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/09/ars-technica-feds-arrest-man-for-sharing-dvd-rip-of-spider-man-movie-with-millions-online/

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Pirate: *pirates something*

User: Cool! I'd never had the intention to pay exorbitant prices for that.

Pirate: *shoves ads, account registration with credits, a cryptominer, and an indian tech-support scam*

User: Hello, FBI?

#Pirates #Pirating #SoftwarePiracy #Piracy #MoviePiracy #StreamingPiracy #SteamPiracy #GamePiracy #VideogamePiracy #Software #SoftwarePirate

El 7 de noviembre de 2005, se encarcela por primera vez a una persona que descargaba películas ilegalmente desde internet en Hong Kong. El acusado se llama Chan Nai-ming de 38 años, sentenciado a 3 meses de prisión por descargar 3 películas por Torrent.
Las películas que descargó fueron Daredevil, Red Planet y Miss Congeniality
#retrocomputingmx #MoviePiracy
Movie & TV Giants Say French Pirate Site Audiences Are Continuously Shrinking

A new ALPA, Mediametria, and NetRatings report shows that pirate site audiences in France have halved since 2019.

TF Publishing
Movie Piracy is Strongly Linked to Box Office Revenue

New research from piracy tracking firm MUSO shows that movie piracy is strongly linked to box office revenues. When pirated downloads peak or slow down, movie theater visits show a similar trend. While this may sound counterintuitive, the finding is actually quite obvious. Correlation is not causation and pirates are people too.

TF Publishing
Can India’s Cinematograph Bill Kill Camcorder Piracy & Satisfy the U.S. ?

India's Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill was tabled in 2019 with a key aim of reducing 'cam' piracy, but will it satisfy the United States?

TF Publishing
Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament

Proposals to allow Western movies and TV shows to be used without permission from rightsholders faces opposition and counter proposals.

TF Publishing
Pirate Movie Supplier Quits After Russian Pirates Cammed its Pirate Releases

A company that supplied Russian cinemas with keys that allowed screenings of Hollywood movies has pulled out due to "high levels of piracy."

TF Publishing
ISPs Block ‘Uptobox’ to Fight Piracy, Platform & Users Probably Prepared

A French court has ordered ISPs to block Uptobox, a major hosting/streaming platform that handled 10 million French visits in April alone.

TF Publishing