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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA leader of a notorious video-game piracy crime ring — which sold hacking software and devices to download stolen games to consoles including the Nintendo Switch — was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison.A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington handed down the prison sentence Thursday to Gary Bowser, 52, one of the leaders of the “Team Xecuter” criminal enterprise.The feds say Bowser was the public face of the piracy group, estimated to have caused more than $65 million in losses to game companies.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA federal judge issued a permanent injunction barring Apple from blocking developers from including other forms of in-app payment in their iOS apps, in a win for Epic Games.The injunction will take effect on Dec. 9, which is 90 days from the order.In August 2020, Epic Games, creator of massively popular game “Fortnite,” sued over the 30% cut Apple takes on all in-app purchases and its policy that forbids outside payment methods.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA California police officer played Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” in an attempt to prevent a Black Lives Matters activist from uploading a video to YouTube — in the belief that the platform’s copyright-detection system would block it.It didn’t work.In fact, the video in question was not only shared successfully on YouTube, it has gone viral — garnering widespread attention because of the controversy.On June 29, BLM protesters gathered at the Alameda Country

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA federal judge dismissed Genius Media Group’s lawsuit against Google and LyricFind alleging the companies ripped off song lyrics from Genius — ruling that Genius doesn’t have standing to sue them, since it doesn’t own the rights to the original lyrics.The Genius lawsuit, filed last December, had sought at least $50 million in damages from Google and LyricFind. In a ruling Monday, Judge Margo K.