Last year, MaverickEye and NJORD Law Firm announced a joint enforcement program in Finland. Since then, enforcement has started related to more than 30 movies also but also in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Now the effort is being further strengthened. Read more
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No internet subscriber is falsely accused in copyright infringement cases
Defender of copyright infringers Joe Hickster made it his mission to make people believe that movie pirates should not be penalized. In essence, he makes it seem okay for people to infringe copyrighted materials because they can get away with it. So basically, he’s one of the reasons why the entertainment business is struggling with piracy. Read more
Maverickeye’s Patrick Achache joined by SSLawCorp’s Samuel Seow in FILMART 2016
HONG KONG (March 15, 2016). The managing director of Maverickeye (ME) Patrick Achache attends the 20th HKTDC Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) together with Atty. Samuel Seow, a renowned lawyer from Singapore. Read more
Microsoft sues a Comcast subscriber for pirating its software
Microsoft filed a copyright infringement lawsuit at a federal court in Washington against a Comcast account holder or holders who activated illegal copies of its software from a Comcast internet connection. The pirated copies include Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server and Office 10. The account that activated several pirated copies of Windows was identified by its in-house cyberforensics team that logs suspicious “activation patterns”. Read more
NJORD and Maverickeye to endorse awareness campaign in Finland
Maverickeye (ME) has just closed a new deal with NJORD, a Scandinavian law firm that specializes in data protection, intellectual property law, and many other areas, and has been ME’s partner law firm in Denmark for quite some time now. Together, the 2 companies aim to take over Finland and spread better awareness on copyright infringement. Read more
Dallas Buyers Club producers and Netflix continue to discourage Aussie pirates
Australia has remained to be a favorite lair for pirates with the highest rates of online TV and film piracy. At present, piracy is still a problem but it has started falling with the availability of legal options. Read more