Category: blocking

Canadian court issues first ever ISP order to block a piracy website

Post author By Randall
Post date November 18, 2019
Categories In blocking, canada, censorship, Entertainment, federal court, gear, goldtv, Internet, internet service provider, iptv, isp, Tech

[ad_1] Many Canadian ISPs, including Bell, Rogers and Videotron, also function as cable providers and in some cases, broadcasters. Bell Canada, joined later by Rogers, started pushing Canada’s regulator, the CRTC, to create a blacklist of sites that let people download pirated TV shows and movies. All ISPs would then be required to block such […]

YouTube warns its copyright changes could result in more takedowns

Post author By Randall
Post date August 16, 2019
Categories In av, blocking, business, contentid, copyright, Entertainment, gear, Google, manualclaims, seizingrevenue, snippets, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] YouTube said it’s making the move to push back against music companies that are overzealous about enforcing copyright claims. “One concerning trend we’ve seen is aggressive manual claiming of very short music clips used in monetized videos,” it wrote. “These claims can feel particularly unfair, as they transfer all revenue from the creator to […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sued by people she blocked on Twitter

Post author By Randall
Post date July 10, 2019
Categories In alexandria ocasio-cortez, blocking, Donald Trump, dov hikind, Entertainment, Internet, larry hogan, Politics, social media ban, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] In the lawsuits, both men allege that they were blocked by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter after criticizing her on the platform. “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blocked me from viewing and engaging with her official Twitter profile after I responded to one of her political posts,” wrote Saladino under the lawsuit’s statement of claim. Hikind claims that […]