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The music industry obtained a pioneering injunction to compel Danish ISPs to implement site-blocking measures back in 2006. The goal was to limit access to unlicensed Russian music download platform AllofMP3, but the action also represented the thin end of a site-blocking wedge still being tapped in today. Broadcaster and site-blocking proponent Canal+ believes that when service providers implement technical measures to prevent access to pirate sites, that helps to reduce piracy rates. Unfortunately, online roadblocks reliant on technical tweaks always run up against other technical tweaks designed to circumvent them. Protecting Live Sports A report from the French news outlet l’Informé outlines a fairly typical framework adopted by rightsholders in Europe. To limit access to pirated live sports streams, this year Canal+ went to court in France arguing that local ISPs should prevent customers from accessing several pirate streaming sites. Through Footybite.co, Streamcheck.link, SportBay.sx, TVFutbol.info, and Catchystream.com, internet users were able to watch Premier League and Champions League football, plus matches from the Top 14 rugby union club competition, without paying Canal+, the local rightsholder. After the decisions went in favor of Canal+, ISPs including Orange, SFR, OutreMer Télécom, Free, and Bouygues Télécom, were required to implement blocking measures. This meant that when the ISPs’ customers attempted to visit any of the above domains, the ISPs’ respective DNS resolvers provided non-authentic responses, thereby denying customers access to the sites. Circumvention and New Legal Action The response to ISP blocking by increasingly savvy customers was to change their network settings to replace their ISPs’ DNS servers with those offered by unaffected third-party providers. By switching to DNS servers offered by Cloudflare, Google, and Cisco (OpenDNS), the domains functioned as expected. This entirely predictable response is now being countered by another. After tapping in the wedge just far enough to obtain the initial blocking orders, Canal+ has now returned to court hoping to resolve the blocking orders’ shortcomings. After failing to achieve voluntary cooperation, l’Informé reports (paywall) that Canal+ is now suing Cloudflare, Google, and Cisco at the Paris judicial court, to compel similar DNS blocking measures. Legal Basis: Article L333-10 According to Article L333-10 of the French Sports Code (active Jan 2022), when there are “serious and repeated violations” by an “online public communication service” whose main objective is the unauthorized broadcasting of sporting competitions, rightsholders can go to court to demand “all proportionate measures likely to prevent or put an end to this infringement, against any person likely to contribute to remedying it.” Proportionate measures include blocking, deleting or deindexing communication services (in this case pirate streaming sites) when they meet the above criteria. The judicial court may order these measures to be implemented “for each of the days appearing in the official calendar of the competition or sporting event, within the limit of a period of twelve months.” In respect of the competitions Canal+ hopes to protect, that means until May 19, 2024, for the Premier League, until June 1, 2024, for the Champions League, and until June 29, 2024, for Top 14. How Serious is the Circumvention Situation? According to detailed reports published by telecoms regulator Arcom, ISP-only DNS blocking measures have enjoyed massive success in France. Published in May 2023, Arcom’s report for 2022 noted that the overall audience for illicit sports broadcasts decreased by 41% between 2021 and 2022, down from 2.8 million internet users on average to 1.6 million. On circumvention of blocking measures, in May 2023 Arcom reported that when confronted with a blocked site, almost half of all infringing Internet users (46%) completely abandoned the idea of watching the content. Of all infringing users, just 6% attempted to circumvent blocking measures using an alternative DNS, VPN or similar method. > While circumvention of blocking measures doesn’t seem to be an especially big problem in France right now, Arcom notes that it will remain vigilant moving forward. For the sake of curiosity, we searched for signs of blocking in France using data supplied by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI). The system appears to detect pirate site blocking in France as an ‘anomaly’ (yellow) rather than confirmed, outright blocking (red). The green sections may indicate that a relatively small number of users are managing to access domains well-known for their links to piracy. Whether that volume warrants dragging third-party DNS providers to court is another matter. However, it can’t be ruled out that there’s also a strategic element to the Canal+ complaint; another tap of the wedge, more incremental progress, and then ever-expanding DNS blocking in preparation for whatever comes next. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

Vancouver’s own multi-talented artist, Vandelux (Evan White), has just dropped his long-awaited debut album, ‘When The Light Breaks,’ via TH3RD BRAIN records, and it’s a sonic journey worth taking. In a musical landscape flooded with releases, ‘When The Light Breaks’ stands out as a hidden gem, a testament to Vandelux’s unique approach to electronic music. Evan White, the man behind the moniker Vandelux, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist whose global perspective is deeply ingrained in his music. The album draws inspiration from the amalgamation of his past city dwellings—Vancouver, Deland, Luxembourg—culminating in a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly new. The fourteen-track album, described by Vandelux as a four-year therapy session, is an emotional rollercoaster that navigates through the highs and lows of life. Vandelux’s craftsmanship is evident in his ability to balance the personal and universal, creating songs that resonate with listeners on a profound level. Listeners are treated to a musical feast that includes fan favorites like “Leave It Alone” with Tyler Mann, “All I’ve Ever Known” (longlisted in the CBC Searchlight 2023 competition), and “By Your Side” with Tailor (featured on SiriusXM Chill and BPM playlists). The album has already made waves on the Billboard Hot Electronic/Dance Chart, with “Matter Of Time” spending nine weeks in the spotlight. Beyond the studio, Vandelux’s live performances have left an indelible mark on fans across major cities in the US and Canada. The summer tour, including sold-out shows in Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, San Francisco, and Vancouver, showcased Vandelux’s prowess as a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist. The anticipation for the album reached a fever pitch during the tour, setting the stage for its triumphant release. ‘When The Light Breaks’ is not just an album; it’s a testament to the power of music as a therapeutic medium. Vandelux’s introspective journey unfolds through each track, inviting listeners to connect with their own experiences. In a year filled with electronic releases, Vandelux’s debut album stands tall as a must-listen, destined to be recognized as one of the best electronic albums of 2023. Follow Vandelux on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: The Best Electronic Album of 2023 You Probably Haven’t Heard Yet View the full article

European duo Close To Monday has been making waves at home and here in the US with their irresistible synth pop laden sound. Reminiscent of bands like Boy Harsher and CHVRCHES, they still have carved out a unique sound for themselves that has earned them top 3 charting positions in the Netherlands along with international acclaim for their visually stunning music videos. Now, they’ve enlisted Slevin for a mesmerizing remix of their song “Religion“, exploring the depths of melodic house and techno driven by Close To Monday’s hypnotic vocal performance. By blending different elements of darkwave, house and techno, DJ Slevin shows off the remix’s versatility while also proving it as a dynamic piece of art that doesn’t stick to one genre. There’s plenty more to come from Close To Monday, including new music every month. In the meantime, enjoy the remix below! This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Close To Monday Enlist Slevin For Hypnotic Melodic House Remix View the full article

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At the end of the year, movie industry insiders traditionally receive their screener copies, which they use to vote on the Oscars and other awards. Historically, many of these screeners leaked on pirate sites, where they would be shared among millions of unauthorized viewers. This ‘screener season‘ was highly anticipated but nothing stays the same forever. Since last year, these holiday gifts are a thing of the past. The End of the Screener Disc While it’s always tricky to assume causal links, there are a few changes in the film industry that contributed to this turnaround, some more than others. In the early 2000s, it was pretty common to see screeners of nearly all Oscar contenders leak online before the winners were announced. At the time, physical screeners were sent out on discs through a massive logistics operation, where weaknesses could be exploited by bad actors. In recent years, many contenders have come from streaming services that don’t require advance copies. This automatically decreases the leak potential. When the Academy moved away from discs to online screeners in 2021, that part of the distribution chain could be better controlled as well. When screeners increasingly moved online, the screener leaks didn’t stop. There was one group in particular that kept pushing out new leaks year after year. Pirate release group EVO, short for EVOLUTiON, didn’t see digital screeners as more secure. “We had access to digital screeners and they are indeed easy to leak. The DRM on it is a joke. We had an account last year with three screeners on it and they were pretty much MP4 ready to encode,” the group told TorrentFreak a few years ago. EVO Bust and Arrest EVO wasn’t just boasting. The group released more screeners than any other source in 2020 and 2021. However, in 2022 that suddenly stopped, marking the first year in which not a single screener leaked in advance. The lack of screeners coincided with a sudden stop in new content being pushed by EVO. The group typically posted a wide range of releases every week; when none appeared, it was clear that something was up. From the get-go, there were rumors that the notorious group had been busted. These suspicions were eventually confirmed in March this year and a month later, Portuguese police shared additional details on the crackdown which the authorities dubbed “Operation EVO 1.2”. Police acted on intelligence provided by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and also collaborated with INTERPOL. ACE had identified several persons of interest and the suspected leader of the group was arrested. Screeners Off Limits? Following the EVO bust, not a single screener of note has leaked online. This suggests that the enforcement action sent a deterrent message. Indeed, ACE boss Jan Van Voorn likes to believe that there’s a direct link. “[EVO was] a major source for illegally released screeners in P2P schemes, and the shutdown cut off the pipeline for other piracy sites that picked up the screeners from EVO,” Van Voorn informs TorrentFreak. “I’d like to think that the takedown of EVO served as a deterrent to anyone else considering running an illegal screener scheme, given the arrest and potential severity of the punishment,” he adds. The bust happened at a time when screeners were already becoming less common due to the aforementioned changes in the film industry. That said, the bust of one of the most prominent release groups likely served as a direct warning too. Teamwork The EVO bust was possible due to teamwork. ACE identified the targets based on information from various sources. In addition, cooperation with Portuguese police, specifically the cybercrime unit (UNC3T), was critical. “Through a combination of shared resources and intelligence, we were able to identify the operators and facilitate the arrest by the Portuguese authorities,” van Voorn says, looking back on their achievement. While pirates were looking forward to ‘screener season’, movie industry insiders saw it as a threat that negatively impacts the creative economy, including a wide variety of jobs. Although the EVO bust didn’t stop piracy, ACE believes that it made a positive mark. Whether the new year will be another without any leaked screeners has yet to be seen. However, with the EVO prosecution and investigation still ongoing, ACE warns those tempted to come out of the woodwork. “The investigation is ongoing and other EVO members around the world are still under investigation,” van Voorn concludes. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

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For nearly every incendiary piece of legislation, attempt to restrict access to resources, or rollback of digital protections and safe spaces proffered in 2023, a multiplied wave of activism has followed in its wake. The year proved to be a test of will between those in power and the communities they represent, a show of force that pits institutional might against the force of human compassion. SEE ALSO: 2023's girl dinner, girl math, girlhood: What did we gain from a year of girl trends? Communities virtually linked arms in solidarity amid debates on the rights afforded to Americans, with an intertwining of mutual aid efforts to fund abortion networks, transgender healthcare, and Indigenous-led climate change solutions among the many calls to pool resources to generate action. Social movements had their wins, like the union efforts of creatives and performers nationwide, while many still continue the fight for basic protections. And on the ground, youth voices once again rang through, leading calls for action. As the previous generation of youth activists age into adulthood, more have taken on the mantle. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty Images Gun reform activists take over Las Vegas. Students Demand Action continued addressing the gun lobby directly, visiting industry bigwigs at their annual trade show. Credit: Everytown for Gun Safety In January, a group of activists from youth-led gun violence prevention organization Students Demand Action took on the gun lobby directly at a series of activations and protests in Las Vegas, demanding the industry leaders finally prioritize the safety of young people and communities nationwide. The activists projected 50-foot signs, erected billboards, and passed out flyers to attendees of the Las Vegas National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)'s annual trade show, known as the SHOT Show. In the words of organizer Sari Kaufman, "It's amazing that young people from across the country are the ones leading this fight. I also think it sometimes creates a challenge, because older folks will look at it and think, 'Oh, they're young and naive.' That bothers me the most. Yeah, sure, we're young. But we are sophisticated in our thinking." Florida Walkout 2 Learn movement calls out bigotry and censorship. An educational movement arose in response to state efforts to censor public education. Credit: Paul Hennessy / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Responding to the political efforts in education of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative decisions of the state's conservative majority, Florida students organized a mass walkout of public schools in April, building on similar protest movements from 2022. The group, known as Walkout 2 Learn, decried the censorship of LGBTQ history and discriminatory policies in schools, the rejection of Black history curriculum content, and a variety of other recent bills that limit the freedoms of students and educators statewide. Activists were backed by youth-founded organization The Social Equity through Education Alliance, actor Beanie Feldstein, Florida Democratic leadership, and numerous TikTok fan favorites who joined virtual and on-the-ground rallies. Walkout 2 Learn's events also modeled a unique tool for democratic protest: a five-minute history course for all participants, in addition to access to a virtual, college-level African American studies course. The walkout movement continued in other states as well, including among public school students in Louisiana, Iowa, and Utah, in response to similar anti-LGBTQ policies. Young activists descend on Nashville in pro-democracy rally. Nashville became the center of the pro-gun reform, anti-fascism cries of 2023. Credit: Seth Herald / Getty Images April also saw one of the largest pro-democracy demonstrations so far this year, as youth gun reform advocates joined Tennessee activists in demanding accountability from the state's leadership after the March 27 Nashville school shooting and subsequent ousting of pro-protester lawmakers. The grounds of Nashville's capitol building were the organizing site for thousands of young people, many from Students Demand Action and March for Our Lives, who would later gather in the rotunda to put vocal pressure on legislators to retain Democratic members threatened with expulsion and to pass safety legislation. The "anti-fascism" demonstration made headlines nationwide, and encapsulated the frustrations and perseverance of social justice advocates. Reproductive rights activists see emergency contraception wins in Washington. Post-Roe reproductive justice organizing continued in 2023, with students and advocates working together to come up with unique ways of providing services and support to their communities. One of the many groups working within this grassroots movement has been Emergency Contraception for Every Campus, a student-led advocacy campaign from the American Society for Emergency Contraception (ASEC). While the movement for these student access machines has been around since at least 2017 (the first machine was documented in 2012), the last year has seen a responsive push for even more locations. Emergency contraception vending machines have been installed at more than three dozen college campuses since the group was founded in 2019, Axios reported. The group is joined by other youth-led sexual health campaigns like that from Advocates for Youth, as well as student protestors rallying for reproductive justice around the country. In April, Washington state became one of the first to approve funding ($200,000) for such vending machines on additional college campuses in the state. And other states are following the path blazed by student leaders afar, like the machines proposed at Miami University in Ohio and installed at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. While the climate crisis ages, its movement remains young. Climate action protests continued in 2023, with many fed-up young activists going straight to their slow-to-move leaders. Credit: Ed Jones / AFP via Getty Images This year's Global Climate Strike took place on March 3, a tradition started by young activist Greta Thunberg in 2018 to unite young people around the world in calling for climate action. In the United States, young protesters took over state capitol buildings and paraded through downtowns. But surrounding that event were continued global demands for political accountability and action. Youth climate activists with the Climate Defiance group protested outside of the May 1 White House Correspondents' Association dinner, in an attempt to block attendees and demand President Biden fulfill his campaign pledge to stop fossil fuel extraction on public lands. The activists were joined by Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones. Abroad, students across Europe occupied (and later shut down) schools and universities in May to protest the lack of climate action from their leaders. Climate actions continued throughout the year, connecting the issues of environmental justice and just climate transitions back to other social justice organizing. Most notably, a group of young people successfully took the issue of climate change to court — the first constitutional climate case to successfully go to trial in the United States — and won. Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in what is considered by many to be the first climate litigation win in the United States, but certainly just the beginning. Trans prom takes over the nation's capital. The Trans Youth Prom was a vibrant protest against the erasure of LGBTQ history. Credit: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Anticipating a particularly poignant Pride celebration this year as LGBTQ rights are erased nationwide, young LGBTQ community members staged their own defiant high school dance on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 22. The Trans Youth Prom was both a celebration and a protest, put on by transgender kids for transgender kids as a glittering public testimony against a flurry of anti-transgender bills surging across states. They dressed to the nines and marched across Washington, D.C.'s National Mall, supported by activists like the ACLU's Chase Strangio and holding up signs proclaiming the year's leading message: "Trans kids have always existed." Youth advocates score a long-awaited jobs program win — but more is still needed. In September, President Joe Biden announced a first-of-its-kind federal works program that would provide young people and early career adults with green economy jobs, with the goal of fostering a new generation of clean energy, conservation, and resilience workers. Behind the announcement lay years of work and advocacy from climate activists, who had long urged federal leaders to step up to the plate. "This is inspired by New Deal-era concepts, but reimagined by young people and put into motion by them," explained Ali Zaidi, assistant to the president and White House national climate advisor, at the time. A month later, more than 42,000 people had signaled their interest in the program. Two-thirds of them were individuals under 35. Credit: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images TikTok takes on humanitarian aid.TikTok once again assumed the role of central organizing and information hub for young people during times of conflict, as the ongoing humanitarian crisis following the Israel and Hamas conflict on Oct. 7 drew young users to the app. Watermelon emojis were everywhere. Creatives and influencers galvanized millions and raised thousands of dollars in donations using the app's own creator profit model and AR filters. Others used their platforms to share breaking news, reading lists, free resources, and other ways to get involved and help those in need, both on the ground and here in the U.S. The widespread response and eagerness to learn about the decades-long geopolitical conflict came to represent the year's overarching mantra: The time to act is now. Want more stories about youth advocacy in your inbox? Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletters today. UPDATE: Dec. 27, 2023, 3:42 p.m. EST This article, originally published in June, was updated in December. View the full article

As 2023 draws to a close and we celebrate our favorite TV shows of the year, it's also time to look ahead to all the glorious new TV that awaits us in the coming year. 2024 is already shaping up to be promising for TV, with the return of big-name shows like House of the Dragon, True Detective, and Bridgerton. Looking for comedies? Check out Kristen Wiig in Palm Royale, or the returns of Hacks, Girls5eva, and The Sex Lives of College Girls. More in the mood for a historical epic? Masters of the Air and Shōgun have got you covered. And you'll find no shortage of sci-fi here, from 3 Body Problem, Dune: Prophecy, and Fallout to Star Wars series The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew. Here, in order of release, are 37 TV shows to check out in 2024. SEE ALSO: The 20 best TV shows of 2023 JanuaryThe Brothers Sun Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh heads to Netflix with The Brothers Sun, an action comedy and family drama from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. Yeoh plays Eileen Sun, leader of a Taipei-based gang and mother of two very different sons. Her eldest, Charles, is a renowned killer, while her youngest, Bruce, is a sheltered high schooler. When a high-profile assassination rocks the Suns' world, Charles will return home to L.A. to protect Eileen and take Bruce under his wing, resulting in high-stakes training and action sequences — and Yeoh dismembering a body. Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan, Joon Lee, Alice Hewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Jenny Yang, Madison Hu, and Rodney To How to watch: The Brothers Sun premieres Jan. 4 on Netflix. Echo Hawkeye introduced us to Kingpin's enforcer Maya Lopez, aka Echo, all the way back in 2021. Three years later, the exceptional martial artist — able to mimic her opponents' moves with uncanny precision — gets her own show. (Here's hoping this latest MCU TV outing is better than what 2023 had to offer.) As is true with all Marvel projects, we don't know too much about what to expect from Echo, or what it will mean for the MCU as a whole. However, we do know that the show will see Maya return to her hometown, where she'll reconnect with her Native American family, unravel her past, and face the consequences of her actions in New York. We can also expect to see some familiar faces — both Kingpin and Daredevil are confirmed to return. Starring: Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene, Zahn McClarnon, and Vincent D'Onofrio How to watch: Echo premieres Jan. 10 on Disney+ and Hulu. True Detective: Night Country True Detective returns for its fourth season with Night Country, which transports us to the coldest, darkest reaches of Alaska. Here, detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will investigate the disappearance of eight men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station, a case that will lead them to frightening new truths and self-discoveries. What, exactly, will Liz and Evangeline find buried in the ice of the night country? SEE ALSO: 'True Detective: Night Country' trailer teases Jodie Foster and Kali Reis hunting a serial killer Starring: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Finn Bennett, Fiona Shaw, with Christopher Eccleston, Isabella Star LaBlanc, and John Hawkes How to watch: True Detective: Night Country premieres Jan. 14 on Max. Death and Other Details Credit: Hulu Yearning for an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery to tide you over this winter? Look no further than Death and Other Details, a TV series that sees Mandy Patinkin take on a Hercule Poirot-esque character. Death and Other Details drops us on a lavishly restored cruise liner in the Mediterranean, where a murder most foul has rocked the worlds of the ship's pampered guests — and greatly inconvenienced petty thief Imogene Scott, who was found in the wrong place at the wrong time. To clear her name, she'll have to partner up with the world's greatest detective, Patinkin's Rufus Cotesworth. The only problem? She hates his guts. Will this unlikely pairing be able to catch the killer before they strike again? Starring: Violett Beane, Mandy Patinkin, Lauren Patten, Rahul Kohli, and Angela Zhou How to watch: Death and Other Details premieres Jan. 16 on Hulu. Hazbin Hotel The above preview for Hazbin Hotel is NSFW, as it includes a demon singing curse words. This adult animated series from Prime Video centers on Charlie Morningstar, the princess of Hell, and her ambitious solution for her realm's overpopulation problem. She's hoping to use a hotel as a means of rehabilitation in order to help damned souls get to heaven. While many — including angels — mock her purgatorial efforts, she's got the help of her partner Vaggie and a willing test subject in adult film star Angel Dust. What could go wrong? Created by Vivienne Medrano, Hazbin Hotel began as a YouTube-posted pilot, which received over 92 million views and earned a vocal fan base. The resulting cartoon series blends mature humor, wild characters, and rousing musical numbers for a twisted good time. — Kristy Puchko, Film Editor Starring: Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Keith David, Alex Brightman, Kimiko Glenn, Joel Perez, and Christian Borle How to watch: Hazbin Hotel premieres Jan. 19 on Prime Video. Expats The Farewell director Lulu Wang created, wrote, and directed this adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee's 2016 novel The Expatriates. The series follows a group of three American women — played by Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo — living in Hong Kong. Their lives are forever altered in the wake of a single family tragedy, leading to an examination of privilege, victimhood, and culpability. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston How to watch: Expats premieres Jan. 26 on Prime Video. Masters of the Air The executive producers behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific return for another TV war epic with Masters of the Air, based on Donald L. Miller's book of the same name. Here, we ride along with the men of the 100th Bomb Group (played by big-name stars like Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan) on their World War II bombing raids against Nazi Germany. Dogfights, extreme conditions, and the threat of capture are but some of the threats these men will face in their wartime experience, which exacts a brutal toll. Starring: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook, and Ncuti Gatwa How to watch: Masters of the Air premieres Jan. 26 on Apple TV+. Feud: Capote vs. the SwansThe second season of Ryan Murphy's anthology series Feud pits famed author Truman Capote against his crew of Manhattan socialites, aka his "swans." The In Cold Blood writer turned to the lives of his high-profile friends for material, fictionalizing their affairs and troubles in thinly veiled accounts sure to stoke their ire — and ruin his life. Get ready for a glamorous high-society showdown for the ages, featuring stars like Demi Moore, Naomi Watts, Molly Ringwald, and Chloë Sevigny. Starring: Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, and Treat Williams How to watch: The first two episodes of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans premiere Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. ET on FX, with episodes available to stream on Hulu the next day. FebruaryMr. & Mrs. Smith Get ready for a new take on the story of Mr. & Mrs. Smith — which first debuted as a TV series in 1996, then as the 2005 film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — from Atlanta's Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover. Glover and Maya Erskine (PEN15) star as John and Jane Smith, two lonely strangers who land jobs at a glamorous spy agency that requires them to live in an arranged marriage. But what happens when they begin to catch real feelings for one another? Starring: Donald Glover, Maya Erskine, Paul Dano, Parker Posey, Wagner Moura, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Michaela Coel, Alexander Skarsgård, Sharon Horgan, and Sarah Paulson How to watch: Mr. & Mrs. Smith premieres Feb. 2 on Prime Video. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 Credit: Courtesy of HBO All good things must come to an end, and in 2024, that includes Larry David's improvisational classic, Curb Your Enthusiasm. In a statement from HBO, David rejoiced, "I will now have the opportunity to finally shed this 'Larry David' persona and become the person God intended me to be – the thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant character. And so 'Larry David,' I bid you farewell. Your misanthropy will not be missed." Still, you could say we're feeling pretty, pretty, pretty bummed about this news. Starring: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Cheryl Hines, J.B. Smoove, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Vince Vaughn, and Tracey Ullman How to watch: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premieres Feb. 4 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and Max. Abbott Elementary Season 3 Everyone's favorite teachers are (almost) back! Quinta Brunson's Emmy-winning comedy returns in 2024 to bring us more laughs, more relevant insight into the American public school system, and more freaking out over the slow-burn romance between Janine and Gregory. Is it February yet? Starring: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, and William Stanford Davis How to watch: Abbott Elementary Season 3 premieres Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC, with episodes available to stream on Hulu the next day. SEE ALSO: I was tired of slow-burn sitcom romances. 'Abbott Elementary' changed that. One Day Credit: Ludovic Robert / Netflix Looking for some romance to tide you over this coming Valentine's Day? One Day, based on David Nicholls's novel of the same name, is here to fill that void. (You may remember the 2011 movie adaptation with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.) The series takes us through a decades-long love story between students Emma and Dexter, who meet for the very first time the night of their graduation from university. Even though they go their separate ways, the next years find them reconnecting in unexpected places, with each episode cataloging what they're doing on the same date each year. Could this be 2024's Normal People? Starring: Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall, Essie Davis, Tim McInnerny, Amber Grappy, Jonny Weldon, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joely Richardson, and Toby Stephens. How to watch: One Day premieres Feb. 8 on Netflix. Constellation Credit: Apple TV+ With series like Foundation, For All Mankind, and Invasion, Apple TV+ has been carving out a niche for itself as the home of high-budget spacefaring shows. That trend continues with Constellation, a psychological thriller set in the aftermath of a space disaster. Astronaut Jo returns to Earth after catastrophic mission, only to realize that elements of her life are missing. What follows is a quest to reclaim what she's lost — and to unveil the dark secrets of space travel. Starring: Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D'Arcy, Julian Looman, William Catlett, Barbara Sukowa, and Rosie and Davina Coleman How to watch: Constellation premieres Feb. 21 on Apple TV+. Avatar: The Last Airbender Let's face it: Netflix has a not-so-great reputation when it comes to bringing cartoons and anime to live-action. But 2023 offered a glimmer of hope with the delightful One Piece — and now that hope extends to their live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. SEE ALSO: 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' teaser brings Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko to live action Like the beloved animated series, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender introduces us to a world whose inhabitants can bend the elements. Only the Avatar can master all four — but he's been missing for 100 years, during which the Fire Nation has embarked on a brutal conquest of the other nations. However, when Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka discover a young airbender named Aang frozen in ice, they realize he might be the Avatar. The trio embarks on a world-spanning quest full of magic, unforgettable fights, and impactful life lessons. This new version of Avatar: The Last Airbender has big shoes to fill; let's hope it can at least do better than the movie. Starring: Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio, Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and Daniel Dae Kim How to watch: Avatar: The Last Airbender premieres Feb. 22 on Netflix. The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Credit: Courtesy of Prime Video Keke Palmer, Maya Rudolph, and more lend their voices to The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, a zany animated comedy from creator Cirocco Dunlap (Russian Doll). The series takes us to the deepest reaches of space, where alien BFFs and surgeons Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak take on the strangest ailments in the cosmos. Time loops, parasites, deep-space STIs — you name it, they've dealt with it. However, their most challenging case yet risks putting an end to all of existence. Will they be able to save the universe and their own horrendous personal lives? Starring: Stephanie Hsu, Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin, Sam Smith, Maya Rudolph, and Natasha Lyonne How to watch: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy premieres Feb. 23 on Prime Video. Shōgun The sweeping historical epic Shōgun, which is an adaptation of the 1975 novel by James Clavell, returns to our screens as a miniseries yet again, this time courtesy of Hulu. (The first time around was in 1980, via NBC.) The show will transport us to 1600 Japan, where civil war is brewing. The powerful Lord Yoshii Toranaga is beset on all sides by his bloodthirsty enemies on the Council of Regents. Meanwhile, English sailor John Blackthorne finds himself marooned on Japanese shores. He'll have to ally himself with Toranaga if he wants any chance at survival, even if that means involving himself in a nationwide conflict. If you love getting lost in historical power plays and lavish production design, this one's for you. Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroto Kanai, Takehiro Hira, Moeka Hoshi, Tokuma Nishioka, Shinnosuke Abe, Yuki Kura, and Fumi Nikaido How to watch: Shōgun premieres Feb. 27 on Hulu and FX. MarchThe Regime Loved the Kate Winslet-led HBO limited series Mare of Easttown? Then brace yourself for The Regime, another Kate Winslet-led HBO limited series — albeit one with a very different vibe. A political satire through and through, the show charts the unraveling of a modern European regime over the course of one year. The chancellor of said regime? None other than Winslet, who spends The Regime's first teaser alternating between delivering ice-cold threats to foreign dignitaries and having a breakdown in the woods. Starring: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Hugh Grant, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics, and Pippa Haywood How to watch: The Regime premieres March 3 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max. Girls5eva Season 3 Credit: Emily V Aragones / Netflix Girls5eva is back with a vengeance — and it's found a new home on Netflix. Created by Meredith Scardino, this series sees a one-hit wonder '90s girl group reunite decades down the line for a second chance at pop stardom. This season, Girls5eva sets off on a comeback tour. The only problem? They don't have venues. Or a tour manager. Despite these teeny (ok, huge) problems, this group is willing to give it their all — but is world domination really what they want? Expect huge laughs and tons of new bops as our girls finally hit the road. Starring: Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps How to watch: Girls5eva Season 3 premieres March 14 on Netflix. Palm Royale Credit: Apple TV+ Kristen Wiig is on a mission in Apple TV+'s upcoming comedy Palm Royale. It's 1969, and underdog Maxine Simmons (Wiig) wants more than anything to break into Palm Beach high society. But how much of herself is Maxine willing to give up on her quest to reach the upper crust? Starring: Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy, Kaia Gerber, Bruce Dern, and Carol Burnett How to watch: Palm Royale premieres March 20 on Apple TV+. 3 Body Problem Based on Hugo award winner Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, Netflix's 3 Body Problem has the potential to be the biggest sci-fi show of 2024. The series welcomes us into the decades-spanning story of an alien invasion, starting with the Cultural Revolution in '60s China. There, astrophysicist Ye Wenjie makes a fateful discovery that reverberates through space and time to the present, where a group of scientists confront a new alien threat. 3 Body Problem comes to us courtesy of Alexander Woo and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, so brace yourselves for impressive set pieces — and hopefully an ending that won't piss everyone off. Starring: Benedict Wong, Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Alex Sharp, Zine Tseng, Rosalind Chao, Saamer Usmani, Liam Cunningham, Sir Jonathan Pryce, Marlo Kelly, Sea Shimooka, Eve Ridley, and Ben Schnetzer How to watch: 3 Body Problem premieres March 21 on Netflix. Apples Never Fall Credit: Vince Valitutti / Peacock If you devoured series like Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, both based on novels by Liane Moriarty, chances are you'll devour Apples Never Fall as well. Also based on a book by Moriarty, this mystery gets us up close and personal with seemingly perfect couple Stan and Joy Delaney, played by Sam Neill and Annette Bening. These former tennis coaches have just retired and sold their sports academy, hoping to spend more time with their four adult children. However, when a hurt young woman arrives on their doorstep and Joy suddenly disappears, the Delaneys will reexamine everything they thought they knew about their family. No doubt they'll uncover some unsettling family secrets along the way. Starring: Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles, Georgia Flood, Jeanine Serralles, and Dylan Thuraisingham How to watch: Apples Never Fall premieres in March on Peacock. AprilFallout The Last of Us Season 2 may not be coming until 2025, but 2024 is bringing us a new apocalyptic video game adaptation to get lost in. Based on the game series of the same name, Fallout immerses us in a nuclear wasteland where inhabitants of luxury fallout shelters must leave their safe havens behind. When they reenter the the world, they'll come face to face with new factions, mutated beasts, and many more dangers. With Westworld's Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy at the helm, get ready for some gloriously weird and gooey sci-fi goodness. Starring: Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Aaron Moten How to watch: Fallout premieres Apr. 12 on Prime Video. SEE ALSO: 'Fallout' trailer teases a glorious post-apocalyptic show MayBridgerton Season 3 Dearest gentle readers, it's high time we reunite with the Bridgerton family, wouldn't you agree? After the swoon-worthy story of Queen Charlotte and King George, Netflix's juggernaut Bridgerton returns to its roots for a third season, this time focusing on the romance between Penelope Featherington (who is secretly gossip maven Lady Whistledown) and Colin Bridgerton. For the first time in Bridgerton history, Netflix will release the series in two parts — so be sure to time your binge viewing accordingly! Starring: Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Luke Thompson, Golda Rosheuvel, Adjoa Andoh, Ruth Gemmell, Lorraine Ashbourne, Hannah Dodd, Simone Ashley, Jonathan Bailey, Harriet Cains, Bessie Carter, Jessica Madsen, Florence Hunt, Martins Imhangbe, Will Tilston, Polly Walker, and Julie Andrews How to watch: The first four episodes of Bridgerton Season 3 premiere May 16 on Netflix, and the last four on June 13. NovemberArcane Season 2 Credit: Courtesy of Netflix It's been three years since League of Legends-based series Arcane first rocked our world with gorgeous animation, kick-ass fight scenes, and a truly devastating story of lost sisters. Now, with its heavily anticipated return in November, we'll finally be able to see what happened after Jinx blasted the Council of Piltover with her shark rocket. Will she and Vi have any chance of reconciling? Did any Piltover councilors survive — and if so, how will they retaliate against Zaun? And what new League characters will Arcane introduce next? Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, and Katie Leung How to watch: Arcane Season 2 premieres this Nov. on Netflix. TBDHacks Season 3 Credit: Karen Ballard / HBO Max Sharp-tongued comedians Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels return in Hacks Season 3, which has a lot of ground to cover following Season 2's game-changing finale. In that episode, stand-up legend Deborah fired her assistant Ava in order to give her more time to focus on her own life and career. But a dynamic duo can only stay apart for so long, right? The two will team up again soon, right? The "how" of Deborah and Ava's reunion may still be up in the air, but at least we know we can count on Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder's killer chemistry for a great time. Starring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter, Kaitlin Olson, Poppy Liu, Rose Abdoo, and Mark Indelicato How to watch: Hacks Season 3 premieres on HBO and Max in spring of 2024. The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 Credit: Katrina Marcinowski / HBO Max Time to check back in with our favorite messy college girls! And thank goodness, because Season 2 of Mindy Kaling's The Sex Lives of College Girls — while deeply hilarious and often relatable — also left us with a whole lot of questions. Is Bela really going to leave Essex? Can Whitney and Kimberly reconcile after Kimberly kissed Canaan? Will Leighton and Alicia's second try at a relationship work out, or is Tatum still in the picture? There's so much drama, we all need to be back on campus ASAP. Starring: Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Renée Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Mekki Leeper, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Renika Williams, and Mitchell Slaggert How to watch: The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 premieres on Max in spring of 2024. House of the Dragon Season 2 Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon returns for its highly anticipated second season this summer, bringing more Targaryen fire and blood to our TV screens. And I mean a ton more fire and blood. Think of it this way: If Season 1 was all about the build-up to the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Season 2 is where the war begins in earnest. Following the death of her son Lucerys, Rhaenyra Targaryen is prepared to go scorched earth on Alicent Hightower and her son Aegon II — and who can blame her? Brutal battles, dastardly assassinations, and political machinations await, along with more dragons. (Of course.) Starring: Emma D'Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, Abubakar Salim, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor, and Vincent Regan How to watch: House of the Dragon Season 2 premieres on HBO and Max in summer of 2024. SEE ALSO: Everything we know about 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Agatha: Darkhold DiariesKathryn Hahn's witchy Agatha Harkness was one of the standouts of 2021's WandaVision. Who could forget when she captured our attention — and ears — with the Emmy-winning ditty "Agatha All Along"? Now, she gets a show all to herself with Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, which sees Agatha rounding up some unlikely allies in a quest to regain her magical powers. Will this mean another MCU encounter with the Darkhold, the grimoire that corrupted Wanda Maximoff in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? And, perhaps more importantly, will we get any more bops along the way? Starring: Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Emma Caulfield Ford, Maria Dizzia, and Okwui Okpokwasili How to watch: Agatha: Darkhold Diaries premieres on Disney+ in fall of 2024. The Penguin Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot in The Batman spin-off The Penguin. Taking place after the events of The Batman, which saw Gotham disastrously flooded, this gritty crime drama follows Oz in his quest to take over the city's vast criminal underworld. But he'll have some stiff competition in the form of Sofia Falcone, daughter of the late Carmine Falcone. What happens when these two criminal masterminds go head to head? And what other morsels of Batman lore can we expect to see here? Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Zegen, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes How to watch: The Penguin premieres on Max in fall of 2024. Dune: Prophecy2024 will be a huge year for Dune fans. Not only do we get the sandworm-filled glory of Dune: Part Two, we also get Dune: Prophecy. Originally developed as Dune: The Sisterhood, this new sci-fi series will delve into the beginnings of the Bene Gesserit order, 10 thousands years before Paul Atreides even came to Arrakis. Perhaps we'll witness the origin of the powerful Voice, or the start of the project to create the Kwisatz Haderach. Either way, if these spooky space witches are your favorite part of this universe's vast lore, this could be the show for you. Starring: Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Faoileann Cunningham, Aoife Hinds, Chloe Lea, and Mark Strong How to watch: Dune: Prophecy premieres on Max in late 2024. The Boys Season 4 In 2023, The Boys universe took a college detour with the deeply fun (and deeply bloody) spin-off Gen V. In 2024, the flagship series will return for an explosive fourth season. America is more polarized than ever (sound familiar?), with the MAGA-esque cult of Homelander facing off against Starlight's supporters. Meanwhile, congresswoman Victoria Neuman grows ever closer to the Oval Office, the Boys are at odds with former leader Billy Butcher, and new supes Sister Sage and Firecracker are joining the Seven. With so much at stake, how will The Boys be able to top themselves in terms of outrageous gore? Starring: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, Cameron Crovetti, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan How to watch: The Boys Season 4 premieres on Prime Video in 2024. SEE ALSO: 'Gen V's finale has a Homelander problem The FranchiseDo the ever-expanding worlds of the MCU and DCEU have you suffering from franchise fatigue? Then the new satire The Franchise should be just up your alley. Co-created by Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It) and Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty), this comedy follows the film crew of a new big-budget superhero film plagued by total chaos. Starring: Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Darren Goldstein, Isaac Powell, Richard E. Grant, and Daniel Brühl How to watch: The Franchise premieres on HBO and Max in 2024. Industry Season 3 Credit: Simon Ridgway/HBO Industry has it all: sex, drugs, stress-inducing stock market plays. This drama takes us behind the scenes at Pierpoint & Co., a fictional investment bank where the stakes are high and the employees are always up to some new scheme. Although often likened to Succession thanks to its commentary on wealth and its cutting humor, Mashable's Anna Iovine offers another comparison, writing, "Industry is like if some Skins characters grew up and decided to sell their souls in growth stocks." Starring: Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, David Jonsson, Ken Leung, Conor MacNeill, Alex Alomar Akpobome, Indy Lewis, Jay Duplass, Sonny Poon Tip, Adam Levy, Sarah Parish, Nicholas Bishop, Sagar Radia, Mark Dexter, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Kit Harington, and Sarah Goldberg How to watch: Industry Season 3 premieres on Max in 2024. Interview with the Vampire Season 2 AMC's Interview with the Vampire shocked and awed us with its gothic romance and thoughtful reworking of Anne Rice's original novels. Its spectacular first season ended with Louis de Pointe du Lac breaking away from lover Lestat de Lioncourt, bringing young vampire Claudia with him. Season 2 picks up with this pair joining a new group of bloodsuckers at the Théâtre des Vampires in France. New characters await, including Théâtre des Vampires members Santiago and Armand, whom Louis introduced to his interviewer Daniel Molloy in the Season 1 finale as "the love of my life." But how did Louis and Armand grow so close? And what fresh hell will Lestat wreak when he finds out? Starring: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Delainey Hayles, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Rae Dawn Chong, and Ben Daniels How to watch: Interview with the Vampire premieres on AMC and AMC+ in 2024. Star Wars: The Acolyte Credit: Christian Black / Lucasfilm 2023's Star Wars TV offerings like The Mandalorian Season 3 and Ahsoka suffered from an over-reliance on Easter eggs, fan service, and hewing too closely to prior Star Wars series and films. The Acolyte may just avoid these pitfalls altogether, as it takes us to an entirely new time period in the Star Wars chronology. Created by Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), The Acolyte is our first live-action introduction to the High Republic era, 100 years before the prequels take place. This is a time of relative peace for this galaxy far, far away. However, when a former Jedi Padawan and her master team up to investigate a series of crimes, they'll uncover forces far darker than they could have possibly imagined. Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Carrie-Anne Moss, Margarita Levieva, and Joonas Suotamo How to watch: Star Wars: The Acolyte premieres on Disney+ in 2024. Star Wars: Skeleton CrewStar Wars meets The Goonies in Skeleton Crew, which sees a group of young kids on a dangerous journey home. Lost in the far reaches of the galaxy, they'll soon cross paths with vicious pirates who want nothing more than to lock them away. Timeline-wise, this takes place during the same period as The Mandalorian, so we could very well see some crossovers. One person sure to make an appearance? Jude Law, playing a guiding Jedi figure to our troubled tweens. Starring: Jude Law, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, and Jaleel White How to watch: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on Disney+ in 2024. The Sympathizer Director Park Chan-wook has thrilled us with his singular visual stylings and dark humor thanks to films like Decision to Leave, The Handmaiden, and Oldboy. Now, he takes his talents to the small screen for HBO's The Sympathizer, his second TV outing since 2018's The Little Drummer Girl. Adapted by Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Sympathizer invites us into a tangled web of espionage. Here, a half-French, half-Vietnamese Communist spy will weather the final days of the Vietnam War, as well as a complicated exile in the United States. Oh, and he'll also meet Robert Downey Jr. playing multiple roles. Starring: Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, Sandra Oh, and Robert Downey Jr. How to watch: The Sympathizer premieres on HBO and Max in 2024. The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Credit: Christos Kalohoridis / Netflix 2024 marks one last ride with the Hargreeves siblings, who can never quite seem to time travel without any consequences. By the end of Season 3, the siblings have entered an all-new timeline, one where none of them have any powers, and where their nightmare of an adoptive father is exceedingly powerful. The Hargreeves' future may be unpredictable, but you can bet we'll get one more season full of fun fight scenes set to absolute banger tunes. Starring: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Colm Feore, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and David Cross How to watch: The Umbrella Academy Season 4 premieres on Netflix in 2024. View the full article

The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Indeed, the moon's powdery surface is a harsh, airless, inhospitable place, a world that reaches 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 Celsius) and drops to -208 F (-133 C) at the equator — though NASA has recorded temperatures of -410 F (-246 C) in the permanently shadowed lunar craters. But the desolate moon holds surprises and still undiscovered secrets. Below you'll find curiosities about the moon's past, present, and future. SEE ALSO: NASA’s most unusual astronaut has died The moon is moving away from EarthOur natural satellite is on average some 238,855 miles away from Earth. But it's gradually departing. "The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, getting about an inch farther away each year," NASA explains. Energy from the spinning Earth is transferred to the moon, ultimately pushing it farther out. This gradual separation will continue for billions of years. Meaning the moon will one day be 100,000 or so miles farther away in some 5 billion years, when our sun expands and dies. NASA Astronaut John W. Young leaping on the moon in 1972. Credit: NASA The moon has quakes and tremorsThe moon still shakes and rattles. This world experiences seismic activity, aka "moonquakes," the first of which were recorded by seismometers left on the lunar surface by Apollo astronauts. The instruments recorded over 13,000 quakes, and not all the temblors were small. "Some of these quakes can be fairly strong, around five on the Richter scale," Thomas Watters, senior scientist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, said in a statement. Planetary scientists suspect that the shrinking moon, under a third the width of Earth, is triggering these quakes. "Just as a grape wrinkles as it shrinks down to a raisin, the Moon gets wrinkles as it shrinks," NASA explains. "Unlike the flexible skin on a grape, the Moon’s surface crust is brittle, so it breaks as the Moon shrinks, forming 'thrust faults' where one section of crust is pushed up over a neighboring part." A fault that formed on the lunar surface as the moon slowly contracts. Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University / Smithsonian Moon dust is dangerousWhen NASA journeyed to the moon, the space agency found that lunar dust was a major problem. It "clogged mechanisms, interfered with instruments, caused radiators to overheat, and even tore up their spacesuits," NASA explained. And if inhaled, lunar dust could damage lungs. "The dust is very fine, abrasive and sharp, like tiny pieces of glass, making it more of a dangerous threat than just a simple nuisance," Sharon Miller, a NASA research engineer, said in a statement. That's because, unlike on Earth, soil and rocks on the lunar surface aren't smoothed down and eroded by water and wind. So it's a damaging environment. As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the moon (the Artemis program), the agency seeks to mitigate dust damage to its rovers, spacesuits, power systems, and beyond. "Dust is going to be the environmental problem for future missions, both inside and outside habitats," said Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, a geologist and Apollo 17 astronaut. Astronauts have left interesting things on the moonThe moon is both a museum and a dump. Human explorers have left a variety of objects, often out of necessity. Here are some examples. - Human waste: There are 96 bags of poop on the moon. - Human ashes: NASA's Lunar Prospector probe carried astronaut Eugene M. Shoemaker's ashes to the moon in a protected capsule in 1999. "We will always know when we look at the moon, that Gene is there," said Carolyn Shoemaker, an astronomer and wife of Eugene Shoemaker. - Golf balls: It's not fiction. Astronaut Alan Shepard really brought a couple of golf balls to the moon, and launched them across the lunar surface. - Hammer-Feather Drop: Live on TV in 1971, Apollo 15 Commander David Scott dropped a feather and hammer at the same time. "Because they were essentially in a vacuum, there was no air resistance and the feather fell at the same rate as the hammer, as Galileo had concluded hundreds of years before — all objects released together fall at the same rate regardless of mass," NASA explained. Some parts of the moon have "comfortable" temperaturesThe moon's surface is notoriously harsh. It reaches up to 260 Fahrenheit (127 C) in daytime and plummets down to -280 F (-173 C) in the lunar night. Yet NASA has identified pits on the surface that "hover around a comfortable 63 F (about 17 C)." The space agency's moon satellite, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), captured environmental data about these pits, some of which are collapsed lava tubes (created long ago when lava oozed under the lunar surface). "Lunar pits are a fascinating feature on the lunar surface," LRO Project Scientist Noah Petro said in a statement. "Knowing that they create a stable thermal environment helps us paint a picture of these unique lunar features and the prospect of one day exploring them." The Mare Tranquillitatis pit crater. Credit: NASA Goddard / Arizona State University These pits don't simply provide pleasant temperatures. "The pits or caves would also offer some protection from cosmic rays, solar radiation and micrometeorites," NASA explained. Chunks of the moon may be lodged in EarthThere are two giant masses of rocky material inside Earth, made of different elements than the rest of Earth's interior. Scientists think these masses came from a violent collision — the same one that created the moon. An artist's conception of the ancient planet Theia colliding with an early Earth. Credit: Hernan Canellas / ASU Geologists suspect that an object dubbed "Theia," which at the time was a smaller planet, collided with early Earth. Earth absorbed much of Theia, and the rest amassed into what is now the moon. "It appears that Earth's blobs are remnants of a planetary collision that formed our moon," Ed Garnero, a professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration, said in a statement. "In other words, the massive blobs currently inside Earth, deep beneath our feet, are extraterrestrial. Earth not only has 'blobs,' Earth has extraterrestrial blobs!" This story has been updated with more facts about the moon. View the full article

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The videos have all the trappings of a TikTok designed to go viral: an eager creator staring into the camera, poised to give the viewer a before-and-after look at completing a difficult physical challenge. Yet so-called fear food challenges are dramatically different than the typical TikTok stunt. They aren't meant for anyone to attempt, but are instead produced for people going through or curious about eating disorder recovery. In these videos, creators who indicate that they're in recovery often reach into a jar filled with scraps of paper labeled with one of their fear foods. Whatever word they pull out — "cheeseburger," "candy bar," or the name of a flavorful entree — they then make or buy and try to eat on camera. Sometimes an individual fear food challenge TikTok garners millions of views. Collectively, the hashtag #fearfoodchallenge has more than 470 million views. SEE ALSO: 'Everything Now' depicts eating disorder recovery like you've never seen it The comments are often overwhelmingly supportive of the creator. But other viewers come across the content with no understanding of why people in recovery have certain fear foods, and they leave cruel comments about the creator, demonstrating the risks of an algorithm pushing these videos into people's feeds with no context. Eating disorder recovery experts say fear food challenge videos present both benefits and risks to the creator and the viewer. Particularly as people prepare for the new year by exploring wellness and food-related content on TikTok, it's important to know what the content is, and how it could help or harm someone interested in it. 1. What is a TikTok fear food challenge? While each person's journey with eating disorder recovery is different, attempting to eat a feared food is often part of treatment, says Dr. Jason Nagata, an adolescent medicine specialist who cares for youth with eating disorders at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco. A person living with an eating disorder, including the conditions anorexia nervosa, binge-eating, and bulimia nervosa, may develop anxiety or fear related to foods that trigger negative thought patterns. They might worry that the food will lead to weight gain, or it may violate a rule they have set, like not eating a certain carbohydrate or using a condiment that contains fat. People struggling with or recovering from an eating disorder experience visceral and real fear when faced with such foods. Nagata says that one stage of recovery is to be able to eat a wide range of foods, including items that might have been previously difficult. In treatment, trying a fear food typically happens with the support of a therapist who can offer support. "The first time that you face down one of these fear foods, I think your best chance of success is to do it with a professionally-licensed provider who is trained to support you...," says Nagata, adding that not everyone has access to mental health care. On TikTok, this recovery exercise has been turned into a "challenge." There is no supportive therapist, though the creator may be with a friend, loved one, or partner. Instead of depicting themselves consciously deciding which food to eat, creators inject the element of surprise. They often select the item from a jar filled with pieces of paper labeled with different fear foods. Videos are frequently edited to show them ordering the food from a menu, preparing it, or purchasing it from the grocery store. While some creators share footage of their mild but brief discomfort with the food, such as grimacing, pulling back, or pausing, they often finish what's on their plate. Some nod or smile affirmatively to signal they're enjoying the food, or they remark on how much they missed eating it. In the numerous TikToks that Mashable viewed, there were no links to TikTok's resources on eating disorders and their treatment. A spokesperson for TikTok told Mashable that the videos won't be removed unless they violate the platform's community guidelines by showing or promoting disordered eating or dangerous weight loss behaviors. 2. What are the risks and benefits of a TikTok fear food challenge? One overall goal of recovery is to be able to eat healthful meals in a social setting with other people, in a way that doesn't reduce a person's quality of life by leading to significant eating disorder-related symptoms, like debilitating thoughts or anxiety, says Nagata. In this sense, being able to reclaim a fear food is an important part of recovery. Nagata says that seeing creators who are attempting to reduce their fear in a TikTok can help normalize the situation. That can be empowering for some viewers, who may feel less alone with their own struggles as a result. And supportive communities that emerge from comments and direct messages with a creator, or their followers, can be beneficial as well. Yet Nagata has reservations about the content. While creators do receive overwhelming encouragement from those who understand what it's like to have or recover from an eating disorder, commenters without that knowledge may harass or insult them, says Nagata. (Creators can use TikTok's controls to block, limit, and filter comments.) Additionally, he worries that some fear food challenge TikToks might contain misinformation about the exercise, or about treatment in general. The videos may show less healthy ways of trying a fear food, like consuming too much in short periods of time instead of starting slowly. For those with anorexia nervosa who also go through cycles of binge-eating, the act of eating large amounts of food in order to conquer a fear may trigger a binge-eating episode. Then there's the risk for someone experiencing an eating disorder that viewing a fear food challenge TikTok could lead them to compare themselves with the creator. Negative comparisons are a common feature of eating disorders and can revolve around body size differences and food preferences. Someone viewing a TikTok of a creator eating a certain food that they don't find difficult, for example, might question whether they really have an eating disorder, and as a consequence, if they actually need treatment. At the same time, if someone in recovery is viewing a lot of these videos but not having success in their own efforts to reduce fear of specific foods, they might feel worse about themselves, says Nagata. TikTok's algorithm may also pose an inadvertent risk to both creators and viewers. If creators are rewarded with increased views and engagement when they post a fear food challenge, they may create more of them to build their audience, even if it negatively affects their recovery. The stress of filming and curating videos can be taxing, says Nagata. And viewers may encounter triggering fear food challenge content, as well as be encouraged to watch it repetitively, thanks to the algorithm. (Concerned viewers can filter the phrase "fear food" or the #fearfoodchallenge hashtag from their For You or Following feeds, or ask the app to reduce the suggestion of related videos.) Dr. Doreen Marshall, a psychologist and CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association, says the videos may help raise awareness of eating disorders but worries about TikToks lacking context about the creator's recovery. She notes that care should be taken in drawing conclusions about whether fear food challenges are part of someone's treatment. Many individual videos don't include details about the creator's eating disorder and whether they're actually in treatment. They also don't depict fear food exercises as they happen in treatment, which begin with a very slow introduction. Scenes of what happened after the video ended aren't included, either. There's no way for a viewer to know whether the creator experienced a minor or major setback following their challenge, like excessively exercising or a pervasive preoccupation about their body size. Marshall says that what gets left out or lost in translation in a challenge TikTok may give some viewers the impression that the path to recovery requires the progress featured in those videos. "What we want to recognize is that eating disorders are not a monolith," says Marshall. "Recovery doesn't look the same for everyone." Both Marshall and Nagata urge people who are negatively affected by creating or viewing fear food challenge TikToks to seek help or support from a trusted friend, loved one, or mental health professional. 3. Alternatives to a TikTok fear food challengeJessica Flint, founder & CEO of the eating disorder support system Recovery Warriors, understands the inspirational aspect of fear food challenge TikToks but says they can have adverse effects. Flint, who recovered from an eating disorder, says the visual medium is likely to encourage a fixation on a creator's body size. That can lead to relentless comparisons, or to feeling invalidated if the majority of creators are people in recovery from anorexia but a viewer is someone in a bigger body. In the Recovery Warriors Courage Club, a virtual support group that requires a paid membership, Flint says food challenges play a motivating role, but without the pressure to eat something too ambitious or create visual content that might go viral. Flint says members of Courage Club are encouraged to break dozens of their own food rules, but slowly and stepwise. This might mean eating a red apple instead of a green one, swapping broccoli for zucchini, or ordering a different item from the menu of their favorite restaurant. The idea is to gradually help someone in recovery understand that they are capable of eating a diverse range of foods, not just what their brain convinced them was tolerable during their illness. When people share their "variety victories," they do so on a platform that focuses on text rather than photos. Members' avatars may not even be a picture of themselves. The audience comprises people who are also in recovery, with the support of a doctor, dietician, or therapist, and has been vetted by Flint's team of facilitators. Courage Club, which has a waiting list, isn't the only alternative to a TikTok fear food challenge, but it's one example of how an important part of recovery can look off a major social media platform. Flint also recommends different types of media, particularly those without a video or visual medium, like blogs and podcasts. Flint prefers these resources over videos because someone can "create [their] own meaning" from hearing a voice and story, rather than looking at the speaker's body and comparing it to their own. "There's tons of recovery support that doesn't require you to watch videos that are fed by algorithms," Flint says. If you feel like you’d like to talk to someone about your eating behavior, text "NEDA" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected with a trained volunteer or visit the National Eating Disorder Association website for more information. View the full article

During the past few hours, users of streaming site ahaseries.com hoping to access their favorite site would’ve met with disappointment. The same also goes for those who attempted to access uhuseries.com and owlserieshd.com. All three domains are now under the control of the Motion Picture Association, which in turn is directing visitors to the web portal of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). There they will be greeted by a message from ACE on behalf of the anti-piracy coalition’s members. “WATCH LEGALLY,” the message reads. “There are more than 140 content providers/platforms around the world that offer legal access to your favorite movies and TV shows across a wide variety of devices.” How much choice there is in Thailand may have influenced the choices made by visitors to the three sites mentioned above, but no matter where pirate sites are located, ACE is likely to be aware of their existence. At a California district court last week, the signature of MPA and ACE content protection chief Jan van Voorn could be found on several DMCA subpoena applications. When signed off, they will compel third-party companies to hand over whatever information they hold on around 40 pirate sites. One of those listed, a popular multi-content site in South America, says that after a 13-year run online, it has already thrown in the towel. How the rest will respond is unknown but as their traffic data suggests, the platforms in the spotlight are servicing dozens of millions of visits every month. There’s little doubt that ACE wants to turn that around. The tables below show the domains listed in the MPA’s DMCA subpoenas and the allegedly infringing content. Also included is a general category (such as streaming or torrent) for the sites targeted, their traffic data for the most recent available month, and the third-party platform instructed to hand over user data to the MPA/ACE. Domain Content Platform Traffic* Provider Provider Type MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00182) *SimilarWeb Traffic Data (Visits per Month) filmize.tv Fast & Furious 9 Streaming 4.3m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy hinatasoul.com Tokyo Revengers Streaming 1.9m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy anitube.vip Tokyo Revengers Streaming 3.0m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy Total Traffic Per Month: 9.2 million visits Domain Content Platform Traffic* Provider Provider Type MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00184) *SimilarWeb Traffic Data (Visits per Month) mixdrop.lol Fast & Furious 9 Streaming 713K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy mixdrop.club Fast & Furious 9 Streaming 3.4m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy uqload.com Minions 2 Streaming 275.6K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy uqload.io Minions 2 Streaming 2.5m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy uupbom.com Cruella Streaming 2.4m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy upbam.org Cruella Streaming 210.5K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy Total Traffic Per Month: 9.5 million visits Domain Content Platform Traffic* Provider Provider Type MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00185) *SimilarWeb Traffic Data (Visits per Month) ** Denotes ‘back-end’ domains futemax.la sathoshinamoto.com** It Chapter Two Streaming 5.3m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy futemax.re sinalpublico.com** Supernatural Streaming 12.2m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy futemax.ink playertv.net** Justice League Streaming 874K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy canales.online Big Bang Theory Streaming 5.5m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy uupbom.com Cruella Streaming 2.4m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy upbam.org Cruella Streaming 210.5K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy Total Traffic Per Month: 26.5 million visits Domain Content Platform Traffic* Provider Provider Type MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00186) MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00188 *SimilarWeb Traffic Data (Visits per Month) ** Denotes ‘back-end’ domains iptv-sharing.org ipfr.tv (M3U)** The Lion King IPTV No Data Cloudflare CDN/Proxy autoembed.to A Quiet Place Video Host 24.3K (N/A) Tonic.to Registry animension.to Spirited Away Streaming 8.5m Tonic.to Registry adjaranet.to Frozen II Streaming 3.7m Tonic.to Registry Total Traffic Per Month: 12.2 million visits (accounted for in other subpoenas) Domain Content Platform Traffic* Provider Provider Type MPA DMCA Subpoena Application (2:23-mc-00187) *SimilarWeb Traffic Data (Visits per Month) ** Denotes ‘back-end’ domains comando.la The Batman Torrent/Index 2.1m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy filmesmega.co The Batman Index/DDL 1.6m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy filmeviatorrents.org The Batman Torrent/Index 692K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy autoembed.to A Quiet Place Video Host 24.3K (N/A) Cloudflare CDN/Proxy bombuj.si A Quiet Place Streaming 7.1m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy watchgameofthrones.co Game of Thrones Streaming NoData Cloudflare CDN/Proxy animefire.vip Food Wars! Streaming 6.8m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy gdrivelatino.net The Batman Index/Pay 301.8K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy animesonline.in Tokyo Revengers Streaming 258.4K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy cuevana-3.id The Batman Streaming 6.5m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy compucalitv.org Elvis Multi-Content 3.9m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy cinecalidad.com.mx Encanto Streaming 5.3m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy redecanais.zip Encanto Streaming 22.4m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy megatorrentsx.com.br Encanto Torrent/Index 348.9K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy megatorrentsx.com Encanto Torrent/Index #visits Cloudflare CDN/Proxy limontorrents.com limontorrent.com** Encanto Torrent/Index 92.8K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy mmfilmes.me Encanto Streaming/Pay 682.3K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy gogoanime2.org Romantic Killer Streaming 19.3M Cloudflare CDN/Proxy 9anime2.com Romantic Killer/small> Streaming 314.4K Cloudflare CDN/Proxy animepahe.ru Batman Ninja Streaming 21.9m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy animeflix.live Yasuke Streaming 6.1m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy bstsrs.one Big Bang Theory Streaming 9.6m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy kickassanime.am JoJo Advent. Streaming #visits Cloudflare CDN/Proxy gozofinder.com The Batman Search Engine 9.9m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy adjaranet.to Frozen II Streaming 3.7m Cloudflare CDN/Proxy Total Traffic Per Month: 51.5 million visits CompucaliTV.org has already informed its users that after a 13-year run online, it has thrown in the towel. According to a report from La Republica, a since-removed message on the homepage read, “This is not a goodbye, but a thank you. We regret to inform that the CompucaliTV site has closed.” Former users have been saying their goodbyes on social media, with one perfectly encapsulating why the site was great – and why it was under pressure to shut down – in the same sentence. “I downloaded Disney and Dreamworks movies in 1080p quality and with dual audio for the last 2 years, I’m going to miss this one, guys. RIP.” On the back of reports that some users can still access the site depending on region, it’s worth noting that at least four Compucalitv look-a-like domains were registered in December, on top of another dozen or so already in existence. Domain-Hopping, Compliance This is just one small example of the complications faced by ACE on a daily basis. So-called domain-hopping has escalated to become almost an artform in some parts of the world, with a report from Japan earlier this year noting that some sites operated from Vietnam actually grow their traffic when jumping to new domains. That’s hardly the kind of news coalitions like ACE want to hear. There are also signs that some platforms contacted by ACE are indicating some level of compliance and then acting in a way that suggests the complete opposite. If that’s indeed the case, history says there will be a price to pay for that at some point; maybe not this year, maybe not next, but it will come. Eventually, all site operators get tired, sick, start a family, find other things more exciting or simply get bored. When it comes to piracy, the MPA never, ever get bored, and never get tired of setting an example when one is required. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

As we learned from that recent video of Dwayne Johnson in the toy store, celebrities popping up in random places and buying gifts for fans always makes for delightfully wholesome viewing. In the Jimmy Kimmel Live clip above, Melissa McCarthy appears in digital form for fans who tell her what gift they wish for the most — and then she pops out IRL to give them the the exact thing they asked for. It's all very sweet, but McCarthy does manage to sneak in some more adult content about Mario and Luigi too, for good measure. View the full article

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Today, it’s common knowledge that IP-addresses and downloads of BitTorrent users can be easily monitored by tracking outfits. This inherent transparency has fueled thousands of lawsuits against alleged video pirates, both in the U.S. and around the world. In the United States, Strike 3 Holdings established itself as the absolute frontrunner in recent years. The company produces adult entertainment videos published under the brands ‘Blacked’, ‘Tushy’, and ‘Vixen’ made available from its own websites. If any of these videos are shared on pirate sites, Strike 3 takes action. These lawsuits can be a lucrative business, especially when targeted defendants opt to swiftly settle the action for a few thousand dollars. The money comes on top of the deterrent factor, which is often cited by copyright holders as one of the main reasons to take action. Legal pressure can deter the accused pirates and, perhaps, some of their neighbors too. On the whole, however, the copyright infringement problem is rather persistent, which is exemplified by Strike 3’s track record. Raising the Bar With the year in its final week, we decided to take a look at the number of file-sharing lawsuits filed in the United States in 2023. The data shows that Strike 3 Holdings has set a new record yet again. From January 1 to today, Strike 3 submitted 3,465 complaints in various courts around the U.S., targeting “John Doe” subscribers. This is a new milestone; never before has a copyright holder filed this many lawsuits against alleged file-sharers in a single year. For comparison, in 2017 all rightsholders combined filed 1,019 file-sharing cases. In the following years, this number increased mostly thanks to Strike 3, which set the previous record of 2,878 in 2022. 12,500+ Strike 3 filed its first case in 2017 and since then has submitted over 12,500 complaints at federal courts. Strike 3 lawsuits filed per year Strike 3 is currently responsible for most legal action against file-sharers in the United States. Other independent movie studios also file piracy-related lawsuits, but these are limited to a few dozen at most. With this level of workload, it’s no surprise that most cases are resolved relatively swiftly. Of all lawsuits filed in the first half of the year, more than 2,000 have already been closed; that’s more than half. This happens when the parties reach an out-of-court settlement or if Strike 3 drops a complaint for other reasons. Trial Canceled Earlier this year there was some ‘excitement’ when one of Strike 3’s lawsuits appeared to be headed to trial. That was canceled after the adult entertainment company and the defendant settled their differences at the eleventh hour. There was no clear winner in that case, but both sides were ultimately happy with the outcome. According to Strike 3’s attorney Christian Waugh, the goal of these cases isn’t to damage individual defendants. The company wants to protect its rights. “The point of my client’s litigation is not personal or to harm any defendant, it is to protect its rights under the Copyright Act, which has been done in this case,” Waugh told us at the time. Courts have also issued judgments in these cases in the past. This has resulted in a windfall for Strike 3 in some cases but, when Strike 3 filed a lawsuit against a 70+-year-old retired police officer, the tables were turned. Overall, however, it seems likely that there’s a financial benefit to Strike 3’s rights protection efforts. If the lawsuits generated losses, they probably wouldn’t file thousands of complaints every year. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

There’s no question that content creators should have the ability and means to protect their work. Those who rely on easily copied images to generate income face a stark choice; allow third-parties to illegally profit from illicit copies that may even outrank the originals in Google search, or spend time and money fighting back. For an increasing number of OnlyFans and Instagram models, hiring companies that offer cut-price DMCA takedown services may seem like the perfect solution. The reality is that cheap can come at a cost. Reckless takedown practices, with creators’ names necessarily associated with them, are punishing other innocent creators by demanding that all record of their work is deindexed from Google search. [NSFW] The takedown notices below contain explicit language Artemis: Goddess of the Moon As the crew of Artemis 2 prepare to become the first humans to fly to the moon since 1972, the possibilities of space travel are once again igniting imaginations globally. More than 92% of internet users who want to learn more about this historic mission and the program in general are statistically likely to use Google search. Behind the scenes, however, the ability to find relevant content is under attack. Blundering DMCA takedown notices sent by a company calling itself DMCA Piracy Prevention Inc. claim to protect the rights of an OnlyFans/Instagram model working under the name ‘Artemis’. Instead, keyword-based systems that fail to discriminate between copyright-infringing content and that referencing the word Artemis in any other context, are flooding towards Google. They contain demands to completely deindex non-infringing, unrelated content, produced by innocent third parties all over the world. A Typically Abusive Google Deindexing Demand A recent deindexing demand dated December 13, 2022, lists DMCA Piracy Prevention Inc. of Canada as the sender. The name of the content owner is redacted but the notice itself states that the company represents a content creator performing under the name Artemis. The notice demands the removal of 3,617 URLs from Google search. If successful, those URLs would be completely unfindable by more than 92% of the world’s population who use that search engine. We don’t have the resources to check every URL so let’s begin by looking at a sample of the first 20 URLs in the notice and the content they relate to. • Artemis 1 is (probably) a go on Saturday, 3 September (link) • Light Start: Artemis 1 delayed (link) • Light Start: Darth Vader retires, Artemis 1 (still) grounded (link) • LEGO puts the Artemis space program in the spotlight in its latest sets (link) • Spazio Tutto pronto per il “primo viaggio” del razzo lunare Artemis (link) • SLS verso la rampa di lancio, si avvicina Artemis I (link) At least 9 of the first 20 URLs in the notice demand the removal of non-infringing articles and news reports referencing the Artemis space program. None have anything to do with the content the sender claims to protect. From a human perspective the demand for Google to deindex the third URL in the list is almost beyond words. Published by The Villanova Law Institute, the article reports on Project Artemis, a Microsoft AI initiative that aims to prevent the grooming and exploitation of vulnerable children. Other Abusive Takedowns Sadly, the blunders detailed above just the tip of the iceberg. Other publications also wrongfully targeted in this single notice include very well-known ones. Arguably, most if not all of these domains should be whitelisted; none are ever likely to publish images of an adult performer. The BBC, Clubic, Coinmarket, AvaxGFX, Le Monde, El Pais, The Verge, The Star, The Street, La Presse, Rappler, Zeit, Globo, ORF, Astro Space, UK Government (gov.uk), YLE, Hackaday, Golem, CP24, Iowa College, Mars Society, New Atlas, and Global Fairs. After a while, long lists of URLs can lose some of their impact so to demonstrate that real articles are being targeted for deindexing, a small visual sample of the articles published under the URLs in the takedown notice can be seen below. Even more worrying is that the above examples were taken from the first 600 URLs in a single notice, leaving another 3,000 URLs to go in that notice alone. (Link to the notice courtesy of Lumen Database here) DMCA Piracy Prevention Inc. Theories as to who might own and/or operate DMCA Piracy Prevention Inc. aren’t hard to find but the company does exist and is registered as a corporate entity in Canada. Registered at the same address is a company with remarkably similar details. BranditScan is a corporate entity operating in exactly the same market offering similar if not identical services. BranditScan has sent DMCA takedown notices to Google under three different notifier accounts. One account sent takedown notices that requested the removal of 33,875 URLs, across 1,452 domains, on behalf of 53 copyright holders. A second account, 30,781, 1,328, and 28 respectively. A third account requested removal of 8,153 URLs, across 662 domains, on behalf of 28 copyright holders. DMCA Piracy Prevention Inc., on the other hand, is listed under at least 60 accounts in Google’s transparency report, with most accounts sending between 1,000 and 4,500 takedown notices each. The main account for the company has sent massively more; over 51.6 million URLs requested for removal, across 58,431 domains, on behalf of 7,179 copyright holders. No Lessons Learned As reported in November 2023, DMCA Piracy Prevention began sending takedown notices to Tumblr at the beginning of the year and has since submitted over 300 complaints. Unable to differentiate between copyright-infringing images of a model using the name ‘La Sirena’ and anything else using that name, the monitoring company demanded the removal of 90 Tumblr posts that matched a keyword search of “la sirena.” All of those posts were non-infringing and completely unrelated to the original content. Tumblr’s takedown team rejected the notices, kept all the posts online, and added DMCA Piracy Protection to its ‘Hall of Shame’ instead. “Copyright monitoring services should not flippantly report content entirely irrelevant to their clients’ content; that is an abuse of the DMCA,” Automattic noted at the time. Unfortunately, DMCA abuse rarely has consequences for those behind it. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

At the end of every year, we take a look at the most-downloaded TV shows among torrenting pirates. For several years in a row, the list was headed by Game of Thrones but that reign came to an end after the series ended. In the years that followed, Disney+ releases stepped in to fill the void, with ‘Wandavision’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ taking wins in 2020 and 2021 respectively. This takeover didn’t last, however, as HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ snatched the title last year. With no dragon-themed series in the mix, it was hard to predict this year’s winner. However, the data leave little room for doubt. HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is the most pirated TV show of 2023. Competition for the remaining slots was fierce, with several Disney+ series in contention. “The Mandalorian” eventually settled for second place, one spot higher than “Loki”, with newcomer “Ahsoka” not far behind. What stands out most is that video subscription service content dominates the top ten. With the current streaming landscape being so fragmented, it appears that many people prefer to pirate instead of paying for ‘another’ subscription. Interestingly, Netflix releases are noticeably absent. Without speculating too much, it seems likely that Netflix users are less likely to give up their subscriptions, as it’s the dominant streaming platform in most parts of the world. In closing, we should note that the chart is based on BitTorrent traffic, which represents a small portion of the piracy landscape. Most people use streaming sites and services nowadays, which generally do not report viewing stats. — Below we have compiled a list of the most-torrented TV shows worldwide released in 2023 (per episode). The ranking is estimated based on sample data from several sources, including I Know. Most downloaded TV-shows on BitTorrent, 2023 rank last year show network torrentfreak.com 1 (…) The Last of Us HBO 2 (…) The Mandalorian Disney+ 3 (…) Loki Disney+ 4 (…) Ahsoka Disney+ 5 (…) Secret Invasion Disney+ 6 (…) Silo Apple TV 7 (…) Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Apple TV 8 (…) Tulsa King Paramount+ 9 (…) Gen V Amazon Prime 10 (…) Ted Lasso Apple TV From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

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The exact nature of ‘Partners Against Piracy’ (PAP) can be a little disorientating at times. In March 2020, the Kenya Copyright Board announced that it had launched the ‘Partners Against Piracy Campaign’ describing it as a “multi-stakeholder” awareness program. The Copyright Board said that pirates “don’t pay for the goods or services that they utilize” and “hardly pay taxes and/or employ staff.” Broadly speaking, pirates were having a detrimental effect on the economy and that needed to change. With legislation being tightened up, the campaign’s initial goal was to “sensitize the public on the changes in the law that support enforcement in the online environment.” The sensitization program was supported by several PSA-style videos, including the one embedded directly below. “This is a collaboration of like minded corporate Industry associations and individual right holders to help fight piracy,” the Copyright Board added. In 2022, after fighting unfavorable amendments to copyright law, then introducing site-blocking to Kenya to protect MultiChoice and indirectly the Premier League, some elements of Kenyan media were calling PAP a “lobby group” instead. Given the alleged multi-billion annual losses to piracy, it’s hardly surprising that every possible tool was on the table. PAP Targets Local ISP PAP describes itself on social media platforms as a “multi-sectoral Coalition, of local and international Associations, Societies & Companies, representing Thousands of Creatives in Kenya and the World.” In common with its international counterparts – other anti-piracy groups fighting the same enemy – physically cracking down on illegal content suppliers is part of the overall strategy in Kenya. According to local media reports, this week an operation headed by PAP, with assistance from the Kenya Police Cybercrime and Crime Scene Forensic Units, targeted a local internet service provider. “This intervention has disrupted the illegal services provided to approximately 3,000 subscribers in the Kasarani-Mwiki- Santon areas, who were illegally accessing premium content, such as English Premier League (EPL), WWC and La Liga live sports through the WeCast App,” PAP said in a statement. “The investigations revealed that the WeCast App is installed on the client’s mobile phone or digital television upon subscription to Lime Fiber internet, where login details are provided by the perpetrators.” What’s the WeCast App and What Does it Do? The term ‘WeCast’ is often associated with Chromecast/Miracast-style HDMI dongles, which allow users to cast images and videos from phones and tablets to bigger screens. Media statements and reports this week offer no further detail beyond ‘WeCast App’ but a WeCast-branded product does exist that could be an ideal fit for the described scenario. WeCast for Android is described as a companion app for the WeCast Media content server API and on Google Play is helpfully named WeCastKe, KE being the country code for Kenya. On its own the app is legal but useless; couple it with a remote server configured to provide content, it’s ideal for receiving IPTV streams and VOD library playback. This WeCast product was marketed towards the hotel market at some point but regardless of location or content, functionality doesn’t change. Whether it’s the product referenced in the Lime Fiber case remains to be seen, but software isn’t the key issue. Copyrighted content being distributed without a license appears to be the root of the allegations facing Lime Fiber. Two People Arrested According to a statement released to the media, two people “linked” to Lime Fiber were arrested at its Nairobi County office on suspicion of providing illicit streams. Citing Kenya’s Copyright Act, one publication notes that copyright infringement can be a criminal offense punishable by a fine of up to 800,000 Kenyan Shillings (around US$5,100) and up to 10 years in prison. In a statement published Thursday, Lime Fiber said there had been “some confusion” regarding its association with the WeCast App. The ISP said it is “not directly involved in providing content through the WeCast App” and it does not “control or manage” content available on third-party applications. Coincidences A company called Lime Emerging Solutions operates Lime Fiber and public records (including domain name records) link a person called Kahenya Kamunyu to both. Whether there are one, two, or more people who share the same name in Kenya’s developing internet space, a specific Kahenya Kamunyu stands out as particularly interesting. A publicly identifiable figure for over a decade, his internet development work – and what can only be described as a mission to disrupt the pay-TV market – has resulted in one Kahenya Kamunyu attracting a lot of attention. In 2022, an article described him as a techpreneur who had successfully carved out a niche in the pay-TV sector. CNN listed him as one of Africa’s ’15 tech entrepreneurs to watch in 2014′ for his internet-based content streaming startup, Able Wireless. Described as a “home-grown Netflix” it’s reported that the service was accessed via a Raspberry Pi-powered TV box. That’s a little different from the system allegedly offered by Lime Fiber but nevertheless, it appears that the Mr. Kamunya at Able Wireless wanted to bring a streaming service to Kenya a little more quickly than some had anticipated. While a few years old by now, an interview with Mr. Kamunya about his Able Wireless business plan is available on YouTube. In brief, the idea was to go ahead with the streaming service regardless of content licensing, to prove to the content companies that a market they didn’t believe existed, actually did exist. “We are already putting money aside for content so if anybody wants to come suing us we’ll tell them that their money is sitting in an account somewhere. We have an open platform for open statistics, they can come get the money,” he said. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article

There’s little doubt that many entertainment industry insiders see online piracy as an existential threat. The film business has been hit particularly hard, with movies still the most pirated entertainment category. Several anti-piracy forces are working hard to address the challenge. This involves concrete actions to shut down piracy sites and services, for example, while stakeholders lobby for stricter legislation and harsher enforcement. Luckily, some progress is being made as well. For example, earlier this year the UK-based Film Content Protection Agency (FCPA) handed out 25 awards to people who helped prevent film piracy incidents in movie theaters. 90% Pirated in Movie Theaters According to FCPA Director Simon Brown, the sharp eyes of cinema staff prevented several piracy incidents. In fact, not a single leaked film could be traced back to UK or Irish movie theaters. This makes UK cinemas a relative safe haven when compared to the rest of the world, where piracy is reportedly rampant. “90% of films pirated worldwide are sourced from cinemas,” FCPA reported. It’s easy to gloss over these kinds of statistics but, in this instance, a few alarm bells could be heard. With a streaming-dominated movie industry, only a fraction of new films are shown on the silver screen. So how could it possibly be true that 90% of all pirated films come from theaters? A short review of several pirate sites reveals that camcorded films are relatively rare today. The 90% figure is therefore grossly inaccurate, with the real number probably (just a guess) closer to 9%. That applies both to the number of releases and the volume of pirated downloads and streams. To understand where this mistake originated we asked FCPA’s parent organization, FDA, for their source. Unfortunately, the group didn’t respond and another UK-based anti-piracy group was not able to provide more context either. The MPA, meanwhile, said that it’s keeping an eye on the camcording problem but doesn’t have any recent data on the percentage of pirated films recorded in movie theaters. Not a New Claim Without an official response, we searched for other clues that might signal the origins of the claim. Luckily we didn’t have to look far to find relevant references as the “90%” statistic is regularly cited by rightsholders. For example, UK anti-piracy group FACT mentioned it in a news release in 2016. “With 90% of pirated films sourced directly from cinemas around the world, the Fight Film Theft programme is a vital element in protecting the UK film industry,” the group wrote. That press release didn’t mention a source either. FACT’s statement was made in conjunction with the FDA, which frequently repeats the same statistic without further context. 2023, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004… The 90% figure didn’t suddenly appear in 2016 either. Follow-up searches took us back much further, including this reference from two years prior, where The Hollywood Reporter noted that, “MPAA president Bob Pisano said 90% of pirated films worldwide are the result of camcording.” Again, it’s not clear where this number originates, but we’re getting closer. Back in 2004, the Motion Picture Association’s Regional Director, Dara MacGreevy, reportedly said that 90% of online films come from camcorder copies. MacGreevy headed the European branch of the MPA and most 90% of references seem to point to the UK, which may be where the fire is. While we can’t reveal a specific source, it’s clear that statistics from two decades ago are no longer relevant today. Chinese Whispers And it gets more confusing too…. One of the earlier reports from 2004 is more specific than others. That statement, which comes from UK anti-piracy group FACT, doesn’t reference the 90% figure in the context of online piracy. It mentions it as a percentage of seized counterfeit DVDs instead. “According to the Federation Against Copyright Theft, 90% of all pirate pre-release DVDs seized this year were filmed with a camcorder from the back of a cinema,” The Guardian reported. Needless to say, “seized DVDs” is entirely different from “all pirated movies online”. Yet, both versions appeared in the media two decades ago, and the second one is still cited as an accurate statistic today. Chinese whispers anyone? From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. View the full article