Hear hear: An Australian judge has quashed DBC's request of a one-off licence fee for each uploader of the Dallas Buyers Club movie on torrent sites, saying it was "so surreal as not to be taken seriously".
WASHINGTON: The alleged boss of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges on July 20, accused of distributing over US$1bil (RM4.05bil) worth of illegally copied films, music and other content.
The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Ukrainian national Artem Vaulin, 30, who was arrested in Poland and is wanted by the US for copyright infringement, money laundering and other charges.
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