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Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduces Anti-Piracy Legislation

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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) has introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA). The legislation’s goal is to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in existing law. The legislation has received a positive “applause” from the Motion Picture Association.

It is estimated intellectual property theft drains $30 billion and 230,000 jobs from the U.S. economy each year.

The legislation provides a framework to create “blocking orders” against infringing websites and online services. Copyright owners would petition U.S. courts for no-fault injunctions blocking access to infringing websites and services. The short version is those seeking an order would present information like IP addresses to a court who then would put in place an injunction the website would be blocked for a period of time.

You can read a description of the legislation here and the full legislation here.

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Pearl

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and a review from around the web to start the day.

CBR – WEBTOON Targets 170 Piracy Sites With Combined 100+ Million Page Visits – Got to protect that stock value.

Kotaku – Fortnite’s Marvel-Based Season Has A Secret Gwenpool Quest! – Cool?

Review

The Beat – Pearl

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Dead Romans #1

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekend to start, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start the day.

Kotaku – Chainsaw Man Creator Asks Fans To Read Gay Porn, Fans Go Hell Yeah – Cool to see.

Kotaku – Horrific Mario Manga Shows 1-UP Mushroom Growing Out Of Dead Plumber – Uh…. so is that what happened every time we died in the game?

The Mary Sue – Congratulations To This Publisher Who Came Up With the Worst Possible Way To Address Piracy Concerns – The tighter the crackdown, the more likely it’ll be pirated it feels like.

Reviews

CBR – DC’s Legion of Bloom #1
CBR – Dead Romans #1

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Teen Titans Vol. 4 When Titans Fall

It’s the first week of the new year and we’re excited for all that’s coming and all the cool new comics we have yet to read and discover! Here’s some comic news and a review from around the web.

Kotaku – Manga Piracy Has Increased During The Pandemic – Not too surprising.

ComicBook – Comic Book Men’s Robert Bruce Found Dead at 62 – Our thoughts are with his friends, family, and fans.

The Mary Sue – Chloé Zhao Reveals Original ‘Eternals’ Ending and It’s a Downer – Yes, that’s a downer.

Review

Collected Editions – Teen Titans Vol. 4 When Titans Fall

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Venom #20

It was Thanksgiving for much of the GP team yesterday and we’re still recovering from festivities but that’s not slowing us down! We’ve still got lots of news, previews, and reviews coming your way today! But first off, news and reviews from around the web.

Kotaku – The New Avengers VR Game Is Fun, If Inconsequential – Awe.

Atomic Junk Shop – Comic Book Piracy or How to Kill What You Love – An interesting read.

Reviews

CBR – Ronin Island Vol. 1
IGN – Venom #20

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Justice League is out in the theaters! Who has already seen it? Who’s planning on seeing it? Sound off in the comments below! While you contemplate all of that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Newsarama – Marvel Cancels Powers and United States OF Murder Inc. – Is anyone surprised?

The Beat – Liam Sharp to revive The Brave and the Bold for DC in February – Nice. That’s a series a lot of folks wanted to see return.

Engadget – Hollywood strikes back against illegal streaming Kodi add-ons – And the battle continues.

CBR – Christopher Tolkien Resigns as Tolkien Estate Director – This is a pretty big deal.

The Outhouse – Film Adaptation Of Vertigo’s The Kitchen Gets Tiffany Haddish – Great comic if you’ve never read it.

 

Reviews

CBR – Coyotes #1

The Beat – Imaginary Friends #1

Talking Comics – Moon Knight #188

Comic Attack – Ninja-K #1

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It’s new comic book day! What are folks excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for shops to open up, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

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Newsarama – Five Arrested For $3.47m Comics Piracy Case In Japan – The lesson is, don’t pirate.

 

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Comic Attack – Motor Crush #6

Capeless Crusader – Rose #6

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all-new-captain-canuck-0-coverIt’s new comic book day! What is everyone excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments!

While you decide on that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

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SKTCHD – Money for Nothing: A Look at the Popularity and Questionable Legality of Free Comic Sites – An excellent article and gets to the heart of the matter. We’ve discussed this topic for years and people will go to illegal venues when the legal venue they want is not available.

Ottawa Magazine – Canada’s Secret Identity — New exhibit features Canadian comic books – This is pretty cool!

CBLDF – Utah Backs Down From Deadpool Censorship Attempt – Good.

Piracy Crippled as The Pirate Bay is Knocked Offline

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piracy featuredIf you’re looking for your torrent of pirated comics this Wednesday, you might have a more difficult time than usual. The Pirate Bay was knocked offline, after police in Sweden raided the controversial technology tool, seizing servers, computers, and other officer equipment. Violations of copyright law are the reasons cited and reported for the move.

In a statement to TorrentFreak, police national coordinator for IP enforcement Paul Pintér said:

There has been a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law.

Numerous websites are down on top of the Pirate Bay’s main website (at least the previous version of it). The Pirate Bay’s forum Suprbay.org, image-hosting website Bayimg.com, and text-hosting website Pastebay.net are also offline. Other peer-to-peer torrent sites have also been brought down as well.

This comes a couple of days after Google Play took down apps related to The Pirate Bay, and around a month after the arrest of four of the co-founders for the website.

The Pirate Bay is already back online at a Costa Rican top-level domain, showing the game of whac-a-mole that’s played when trying to combat this sort of thing.

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