Mega: 144,000+ Users Have Been Terminated For Repeat Copyright Infringement
Famously founded by Kim Dotcom a year after the 2012 shutdown of Megaupload, Mega has grown to become one of…
Famously founded by Kim Dotcom a year after the 2012 shutdown of Megaupload, Mega has grown to become one of…
Over the past decades, hundreds of popular ‘pirate’ sites have come and gone. This includes the likes of isoHunt, ExtraTorrent,…
Qatar-based TV network beIN has been heavily embroiled in perhaps the most controversial TV piracy scandal in recent years. Saudi-backed…
With individuals and groups getting involved in the pirate IPTV market on a continuous basis, it may seem that stopping…
In its quest to combat online piracy, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) keeps a close eye on the latest and…
For more than a decade, copyright holders have been able to file an application for High Court injunctions that compel…
As far back as 2012, Adobe was planning for the eventual demise of its iconic Flash Player. Gradually superceded by…
When torrent sites were gaining significant traction in the mid 2000s, discovering information about their infrastructure and even their operators…
Pirate IPTV and similar streaming services are considered one of the greatest threats to the global market for legitimate movie…
Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven a massive challenge for the entertainment industries. It’s a global issue…
The unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted content is a multi-billion dollar puzzle that entertainment industry companies are desperate to…
For the past several years, major cybersecurity company Group-IB has been at the forefront of anti-piracy enforcement in Russia. In…
Pirate IPTV services are a problem for many entertainment companies since they tend to offer premium products at a knock-down…
For well over a decade, copyright holders have been obtaining injunctions around the world to have copyright-infringing sites blocked by…
The purpose of search engines is to help people find what they are looking for. Today’s web would be pretty…
With pirate IPTV services providing access to thousands of TV channels at a cheap price, the Federation Against Copyright Theft…
While anime is still insanely popular in its home country of Japan, over recent years the popular animation format has…
For more than a decade copyright holders of all kinds have approached the UK High Court with applications for website…
A few months ago, German Internet providers agreed to voluntarily block the most blatant pirate sites. The ISPs teamed up…
Earlier this year, Germany’s largest Internet providers agreed to voluntarily block pirate sites as part of a deal they struck…
Over the past few years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove billions of links to allegedly pirated content. Most…
There is an old adage in piracy circles suggesting that when one piracy service is shut down, several more appear…
High Court injunctions that order ISPs to block certain websites deemed to be infringing have been in existence for around…
Hosting providers are generally seen as neutral intermediaries, but some copyright holders believe that these companies should bear more responsibility….
In 2018, Canada’s Federal Court approved the country’s first pirate site-blocking order. Following a complaint from major media companies Rogers,…
Despite being one of the oldest file-sharing methods still around today, Usenet (sometimes known as newsgroups) has continued to play…
With both Google and Amazon rejecting or banning piracy apps from their stores, Android and Fire TV users with a…
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted pirates of all shapes and sizes over the past two decades. It’s also one…
The U.S. Copyright Office is seen as the authority on intellectual property issues in the United States. Just a few…
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is at the forefront of the battle against unlicensed services in the Netherlands. In the last…
At TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about dubious takedown notices. Today, we find ourselves at the center of…
With dozens of millions of subscribers, Charter is one of the largest Internet providers in the United States. Most people…
With the start of the new Premier League season just hours away, football fans can look forward to a new…
Six years ago, Netflix started blocking customers who tried to access its service over a commercial VPN or proxy service….
Backed by the RIAA, several major music industry companies have taken some of the largest U.S. Internet providers to court….
While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders also see a massive downside. The fact…
Top level football is massive business in the UK, generating money from turnstiles, merchandising and lucrative broadcasting rights. Those who…
YouTube rippers are seen as the largest piracy threat to the music industry, and record labels are doing their best…
When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best-known players in the industry….
In the past, those operating unlicensed torrent sites or streaming services in the UK needed to be aware of breaching…
On July 6, a new Copyright Bill was tabled in the Singapore Parliament. There are many amendments under consideration that…
Last month we revealed that a coalition of known anti-piracy groups, rightsholders and related movie companies are quietly building a…
The anti-piracy ecosystem is quite diverse. It ranges from DMCA takedown farms to more technologically enhanced companies, ones that use…
The list of websites that are blocked in the UK for facilitating copyright infringement is growing longer and longer. In…
Following massive preparations that were thrown into turmoil due to the global pandemic, this Friday the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening…
Pirate site blocking was a novelty ten years ago, but today it’s common practice in many countries. This is also…
When football fans choose to watch matches via pirated streams, top-tier football gets nervous. As a result, entities such as…
Entertainment industry companies, anti-piracy partners and law enforcement groups are continuing their efforts to reduce the availability of pirate IPTV…
Last summer, chaos urupted on Twitch when users were suddenly bombarded with copyright infringement notices for content uploaded during 2017…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, a global anti-piracy group that counts the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and dozens…