HeheStreams IPTV Admin Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, $3m Restitution
Focusing on MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL content, Hehestreams was no ordinary IPTV service. Instead of copied streams, captured from…
Focusing on MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL content, Hehestreams was no ordinary IPTV service. Instead of copied streams, captured from…
Brazil’s crackdown against pirate sites, IPTV services, infringing apps, and other mechanisms delivering illegal content to the masses, continues to…
In the wake of the music industry’s destruction of Napster, hopes of a file-sharing vacuum were overwhelmed by a laundry…
After entering a guilty plea some time ago, former pirate IPTV service operator Bill Omar Carrasquillo was sentenced Tuesday in…
In an effort to make ends meet, many people in the UK are cutting back on luxuries. Fewer nights out…
In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded…
Last month the European Commission (EC) issued a call for evidence to support an incoming “toolbox” of measures to combat…
In May 2018, a massive copyright infringement lawsuit targeted PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable pirate IPTV brands ever to…
Late January, Michael Barone filed an important document at a district court in Pennsylvania. With his freedom on the line,…
Advanced TV Network (ATN) was an IPTV service in Sweden that supplied more than a thousand TV channels to customers…
The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. The annual…
For the past several years, Chinese-manufactured Ubox IPTV boxes have flooded the market in Taiwan. With more than 30% of…
According to at least one assessment, Canada is currently the third-best country in the world overall. When it comes to…
When the federal government shut down pirate IPTV services owned by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man, Bill Omar Carrasquillo in…
After being sued by DISH Network in 2021, former Nitro TV operators Alex Galindo, Anna Galindo, Martha Galindo, and Osvaldo…
As outlined again only this month, people who simply watch pirate streams break UK law. If the content comes from…
Early January, anti-piracy group FACT and West Mercia Police announced they would be visiting addresses in the UK to warn…
Rightsholders involved in the creation and broadcasting of live events say their businesses face a persistent threat from unlicensed and…
After reporting on the activities of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) for more than five years, it’s clear…
More than two years ago the federal government shut down Gears-branded IPTV services operated by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man,…
Offering pirate streaming services is a serious offense in the UK, where several vendors have received multi-year prison sentences in…
An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and…
In March 2021, DISH Network filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against pirate IPTV provider ChitramTV, demanding $31 million in damages….
Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga has been waging war against pirate sites and services for the past several years. In…
Some players in the pirate IPTV market view subscription sales as little more than a side hustle, one that brings…
An awful lot has changed in the online piracy world over the last decade, but key fundamentals still underpin the…
Since 2018 the European Commission has published an annual ‘Piracy Watch List’ detailing numerous piracy threats. Based on rightsholder input,…
Member states of the European Union must allow rightsholders to protect their rights. Enforcement measures are of “paramount importance” according…
When the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment launched in 2017 it signaled a new approach to anti-piracy enforcement. Rather than…
In recent years, many people have canceled their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper Internet TV instead. While there…
When users of popular IPTV provider SmoothStreams.tv began reporting issues with the service mid-July, few could’ve predicted events to follow….
With much of the legal groundwork completed in Europe, blocking pirate sites and services is often a case of rightsholders…
After gaining serious momentum over the past seven years, the pirate IPTV phenomenon is now a major challenge for the…
In a country where more than 770 burglaries go unsolved every day, it’s no surprise that some people consider free…
In April 2020, Columbia Pictures, Amazon Content Services, Disney Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, plus three companies owned by…
Over the past two decades, pirate sites and services frequented by millions of users have been shut down following legal…
In the wake of Italian police shutting down a 900,000 user pirate IPTV service last week, police in Spain have…
When the United States Trade Representative puts a country on the Watch List, it sends a message that protecting U.S…
Over the past several years, Italian internet users have grown increasingly fond of the ‘pezzotto’, aka pirate IPTV boxes. According…
In September 2021, U.S. broadcaster DISH Network filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Michigan court targeting two sets of…
This September, TorrentFreak was provided with information relating to Marvel Streams UK, a pirate IPTV service that suddenly disappeared in…
Even in the wake of dozens of operations aimed at disrupting illegal IPTV services, people looking to buy IPTV packages…
For stakeholders engaged in the perpetual fight against piracy, Europol’s IP Crime Conference offers networking opportunities by the truckload. The…
After jumping into the hot seat on January 1, 2022, the fledgling Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (ARCOM) has…
Selling piracy-configured set-top boxes or subscriptions that enables access to pirated TV streams can lead to both civil and criminal…
Rightsholders involved in the creation and distribution of live events say they are being undermined by massive online piracy. Illegal…
US broadcaster DISH Network has a reputation for chasing down anyone involved in piracy of its content. From large IPTV…
After years of trying to contain the meteoric rise of illegal streaming sites and pirate IPTV services, rightsholders in Europe…
Following more than a year of legal action, DISH Network has booked yet another big money win against yet another…
For more than a decade the Hadopi agency (High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights…