Google Bans ‘Downloader’ Again Following Markscan DMCA Notice
Created by software developer Elias Saba and released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, ‘Downloader’ offered two things; an…
Created by software developer Elias Saba and released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, ‘Downloader’ offered two things; an…
Over the past few years, increased enforcement by players in both the private and public sectors has made Denmark one…
Over the past few years, copyright holders have reported more than seven billion copyright-infringing URLs to Google. At one point,…
News that Sky had won a new High Court injunction to tackle pirate IPTV services first appeared in the Financial…
While premium IPTV services have built a reputation for beating legal platforms on both selection and price, they also cost…
According to data published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics, UK residents made 15.6 million visits to Spain in…
As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. Many of these…
In the unlikely event people haven’t noticed, the internet isn’t what it used to be. In so many ways it…
Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet. The…
In recent years copyright holders have tried many things to dissuade the public from visiting pirate websites. Simply stating that…
No matter where people live or how much knowledge and experience they’ve accumulated, governments and corporations rarely shy away from…
A study published in September by the European Union Intellectual Property Office found that by late 2022, each internet user…
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the United States government’s crackdown on Z-Library, one of the world’s largest shadow…
New figures published by CharlieIntel predict that free-to-play, action role-playing game Genshin Impact, will have 63 million players in November…
DMCA subpoena applications filed at courts in the United States provide a relatively inexpensive mechanism for compelling intermediaries to hand…
India’s Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill was first introduced in 2019 with the aim of updating the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to better…
An announcement by Spain’s National Police (Policía Nacional) this morning was in many respects nothing out of the ordinary. In…
For Georgia’s 3.7 million citizens, the European mainland lies just over the Black Sea. For the determined, EU membership is…
The ‘Korean Wave’ cultural phenomenon, boosted by movies and TV shows such as Parasite and Squid Game, and once in…
Across the globe, law enforcement and copyright holder groups are teaming up to tackle online piracy of all shapes and…
Authorities and rightsholders in Brazil appear determined to disrupt, restrict, or completely deny access to the illegal TV market enjoyed…
For those trying to avoid identification by anti-piracy groups with considerable but nevertheless finite resources, staying out of reach is…
This summer, Lithuania amended its Code of Administrative Offenses, allowing media watchdog LRTK to fine pirates, without going to court….
Another day, another report from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment announcing the demise of yet another large piracy site,…
At a time when an older generation of file hoarders were still coming to terms with the disappearance of BBS-based…
Similar to any other online platforms that deal with user-generated content, Instagram and Facebook process thousands of copyright complaints daily….
The all-round pirate IPTV ‘product’ widely available today was relatively unknown just a decade ago. When acceptable quality, capacity, presentation,…
Launched by South Korean tech giant Naver Corporation in 2004, Webtoon gained popularity as a hosting platform for a specific…
While the continued proliferation of cheap albeit illegal pirate IPTV subscriptions is a problem for Sky, the broadcaster’s engagement with…
Piracy release group EVO was long considered one of Hollywood’s main targets, publishing thousands of movie and TV show titles…
When Italy’s pirate IPTV blocking system eventually gets off the ground, it’s possible that up to hundreds of thousands of…
In the absence of sudden momentous events, shaping entrenched public opinion requires astute calculations and considerable patience, built on a…
The Italian government, lawmakers, telecoms regulator AGCOM, broadcasters, and football leagues invested considerable resources to get new law over the…
When Italy passed new law on July 14, authorizing widespread internet blocking and harsher punishments for pirates who supply or…
Last Thursday, a Danish court sentenced a 24-year old programmer from Silkeborg to 60 days probation for his role in…
With millions of monthly users, BitTorrent’s reign at the top of the file-sharing seemed unstoppable in 2007, but the French…
With over 60 million players every month, Genshin Impact is one of the greatest success stories in videogames. The game…
With millions of daily users, Reddit is without a doubt one of the most visited sites on the Internet. The…
Artificial intelligence is booming. Dozens of companies are enthusiastic about its potential and many regular people are tinkering with it…
Live TV, sports, and movie fans in Greece enjoy their entertainment as much as their fellow Europeans. They also complain…
Dozens of large anti-piracy awareness campaigns have come and gone over the years and while approaches have differed, there’s no…
This month, the Philippines celebrates its creative industries by dedicating a special month to their work. On top of that,…
Google’s Play Store offers a vast library of millions of apps, in pretty much every category imaginable. Most of the…
When Hollywood sets its sights on something it wants to achieve in the piracy landscape, victory may not come this…
A few hours ago, social media activity in India lit up when a ‘leak’ of the highly anticipated film “Fukrey…
An event organized by Spanish football league LaLiga took place at the Museum of Arts and Sciences of Valencia yesterday….
“You’re talking about things I haven’t done yet, in the past tense. It’s driving me crazy. Are you sure you…
In recent years, rightsholders of major sports events have repeatedly complained that piracy of live sports is getting out of…
It’s no secret that French file-hosting platform Uptobox has been in the crosshairs of rightsholders for some time. Founded in…
When Russia invaded and then annexed Crimea in 2014, Ukraine’s vision for the future would be challenged like never before….