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Business News • 1 min read

Labels want stream-ripping sites to maintain and share logs of what content is ripped

Major labels suing stream-ripping sites FLVTO and 2conv want the operator, Tofig Kurbanov, forced to log and share data on which videos are ripped and where users are located.…

Chris Cooke • 21 Jun 2021

Business News • 3 min read

Labels' lawsuit against stream-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com can proceed in Virginia, court rules

A Virginia federal court has allowed the major labels' copyright case against stream-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com to proceed, rejecting jurisdiction arguments from their Russia-based owner.…

Chris Cooke • 01 Apr 2021

2conv.com • 2 min read

CMU Digest 01.03.21: Spotify, COVID-19, economics of streaming, BPI, Triller

The week's news includes Spotify's expansion into 85 markets, England's COVID roadmap, streaming economics hearings and BPI web-blocks against stream-ripping sites.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2021

Business News • 3 min read

UK record industry secures web-blocking injunctions against stream-ripping sites

The BPI has secured web-blocking injunctions against stream-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com and cyberlocker Nitroflare, confirming their liability under UK law.…

Chris Cooke • 26 Feb 2021

2conv.com • 2 min read

CMU Digest 19.10.20: DCMS select committee inquiry, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, BBC Sounds, RDx, Spotify

This week's digest covers a DCMS inquiry into streaming economics, a stream-ripper's Supreme Court bid, an Ofcom probe of BBC Sounds and the RDx data exchange.…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2020

Business News • 3 min read

Russian stream-ripper formally takes his copyright dispute to US Supreme Court, and says the majors should support that move

Tofig Kurbanov has asked the US Supreme Court to consider whether his foreign stream-ripping sites can be sued in American courts.…

Chris Cooke • 14 Oct 2020

Business News • 2 min read

Stream-ripping case could be put on hold pending petition to US Supreme Court

Tofig Kurbanov, operator of stream-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, has asked for a pause in the labels' lawsuit while he petitions the US Supreme Court.…

Chris Cooke • 21 Sep 2020

Business News • 2 min read

Russian stream-ripping sites plan to take jurisdiction debate to US Supreme Court

The operator of stream-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com is seeking to take his jurisdiction dispute with the record industry to the US Supreme Court.…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jul 2020

Business News • 2 min read

US record industry's stream ripping battle back in court

The US labels' appeal against the dismissal of their stream-ripping lawsuit against Tofig Kurbanov's sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has returned to court, with jurisdiction the key issue.…

Chris Cooke • 04 May 2020