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Court orders Telegram to block copyrighted material
16-02-2021
01-10-2011
An Israeli court has ordered instant messaging service Telegram to block the distribution of copyrighted media on its platform, following a lawsuit from anti-piracy group ZIRA.
ZIRA took Telegram to court last year claiming that the company was not doing enough to combat piracy on its platform.
The group was joined by fellow plaintiffs and rights owners United King Films, YES, HOT and Reshet. They claimed that Telegram had “fallen short of expectations” in removing copyrighted material from its platform.
Telegram failed to file a statement of defence last week, leading the Central District Court to rule in favour of the plaintiffs. The ruling orders Telegram to stop hosting copyrighted materials, and to pay NIS 100,000 ($30,700) in compensation and NIS 60,000 to cover legal costs.
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A court has ordered Telegram to block access to pirated movies, TV shows and music following a lawsuit filed in Israel. Local anti-piracy group ZIRA complained that the messaging platform does not properly respond to takedown notices, contrary to Telegram s claims that it does. Telegram is now working with rightsholders to implement the injunction.
Last November, the RIAA and MPAA nominated popular messenger app Telegram for inclusion on the USTR’s ‘notorious markets’ list, claiming that the platform doesn’t do enough to combat piracy.
A month later, the EU added the service to its own ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List’, noting that along with other social media platforms, Telegram “lags behind” in respect of efforts to combat piracy.
As part of a lawsuit filed by Israeli consortium ZIRA, the court ruled that Telegram must prevent groups of users from distributing content such as TV series, movies, translations and music