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Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
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Feb. 13, 2018

2018 starting off great for anti-piracy advocates

First, an ISP was held liable for not blocking a copyright infringer, and now a California federal court has issued an injunction against TickBox, which makes a device that allows users to stream pirated content.

Brandon T. Milostan

Associate, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP

Email: milostan2017@lawnet.ucla.edu

Brandon practices in the firm's Entertainment Practice Group.

Douglas E. Mirell

Partner, Nolan Heimann LLP

16000 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436

Phone: (818) 564-7991

UC Davis School of Law

Doug's practice focuses on privacy, defamation, publicity rights, copyright, trademark and First Amendment litigation.

2018 starting off great for anti-piracy advocates
Warner Brother Studios in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock)

Entertainment content producers and anti-piracy advocates are enjoying a great 2018. In BMG v. Cox, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provisions require an internet service provider to meaningfully implement a policy terminating service to repeat copyright infringers. Meanwhile, in California federal court, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, an anti-pi...

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