Hosting firm snags major court victory in content piracy case
Quadranet secures another victory in piracy battle
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A federal court in Florida has foundweb hostingcompany Quadranet not liable for piracy activities thatVPNusers carry out on its platform.
After a courtdismissed an earlier complaint with prejudicelast year, a group of movie producers filed a motion against Quadranet andLiquidVPNover alleged copyright infringement.
AsTorrentfreakreported, Quadranet has now won its case and will not be required to make any changes to its service to guard against piracy. LiquidVPN, however, was found to have “intentionally induced and encouraged direct [copyright] infringement” and will have to pay over $14 million in damages.
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VPN piracy battle
After suing a number of US-based internet service providers (ISPs) for not doing enough to tackle piracy, both the music and movie industries are now shifting their focus to VPN providers.
AsVPNsmake people anonymous online, users sometimes use the service to mask their identity when illegally accessing or sharing copyright-protected content. It’s also very common to use astreaming VPNto bypass geo-restriction that platforms like Netflix apply to their catalogues.
The movie industry is fighting against the services that explicitly promote the ability to access geo-restricted content, in breach of streaming providers' breach terms of use.Surfshark,VPN Unlimited,Zenmate, andExpressVPNare just some of the big names caught up in this copyright battle.
As with the recent LiquidVPN case, movie producers are winning in court in some instances, while in other cases VPN providers have agreed to out of court settlements.
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It remains to be seen whether this latest round of court action will define a new era for VPN providers where obligations surrounding piracy matters are concerned.
ViaTorrentFreak
Chiara is a multimedia journalist committed to covering stories to help promote the rights and denounce the abuses of the digital side of life—wherever cybersecurity, markets and politics tangle up.She mainly writes news, interviews and analysis on data privacy, online censorship, digital rights, cybercrime, and security software, with a special focus on VPNs, for TechRadar Pro, TechRadar and Tom’s Guide. Got a story, tip-off or something tech-interesting to say? Reach out to chiara.castro@futurenet.com
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