France Claims it Has Cut Live Sports Piracy By 50% in Six Months
For more than a decade the Hadopi agency (High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights…
For more than a decade the Hadopi agency (High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights…
Three years ago, the RIAA began targeting YouTube ripping sites by sending relatively rare takedown requests to Google. Instead of…
As pirate site blocking programs expand around the world, Denmark already has more than 15 years of experience in this…
One can only imagine the crew’s screams of pain when they discovered that a clerical error had robbed ‘Night of…
In November, billions of people from all over the world will tune in to watch the FIFA World Cup in…
After more than 15 years of site-blocking processes in dozens of countries, new instructions to block pirate sites have become…
Website blocking has become an increasingly common anti-piracy tool around the globe. In dozens of countries, ISPs have been ordered…
Like most online services, pirate IPTV platforms use regular domains, IP addresses, websites, servers, and cloud services. But unlike most…
There are just three certainties in life – death, taxes, and regular announcements by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment…
With millions of regular users, Ace Stream is one of the most popular streaming applications out there. The software was…
Website blocking and cour-ordered domain suspensions are common anti-piracy measures in several parts of the world. India has been at…
For many people, Google is the go-to starting point when they need to find something on the web. With just…
From a single piece of handcrafted manga to an entire musical album, copyright law offers protection to all creators. At…
Last year, the UK music industry claimed a major victory in its fight against online piracy. Following a two-year process…
With thousands of piracy sites operating online today, the overall chances of being targeted by the Alliance for Creativity and…
The popularity of user-generated content sites like YouTube has led to millions of regular people becoming proud content creators in…
Copyright holders are increasingly demanding that ISPs should block access to pirate sites in order to protect their business. This…
In common with many countries in Europe, Austria couldn’t escape pressure from rightsholders to implement site blocking to prevent piracy….
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the most active anti-piracy coalition, assisting enforcement efforts around the world. The…
GitHub is no stranger to copyright complaints. Last year, the developer platform removed nearly 20,000 projects in response to DMCA…
When ‘pirate’ sites are blocked by ISPs, the operators often get creative and find ways to bypass these restrictions. In…
Most video gamers will be familiar with the concept of an end-of-level or end-of-game ‘boss’. They take many forms but…
It’s no longer a surprise when big videogame developers take escalating legal action against fan coders. Nintendo, for example, has…
Over the past three years, Brazil has worked hard to combat online piracy from various angles. Spearheaded by ANCINE, the…
Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit. The social…
Absorbing knowledge online is essentially free but those who curate that knowledge may have their own plans on where, when,…
With over 200 million code repositories, shared by more than 80 million users, GitHub is the largest online developer platform…
Piracy tracking firm MUSO aims to help rightsholders convert pirates into paying customers. This is a noble goal and the…
Few people need to be reminded of the massive success story attached to HBO’s hit TV series, Game of Thrones….
Despite taking significant action to reduce all kinds of online piracy, Brazil remains on the United States Trade Representative’s ‘Watch…
When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the most active players in the…
In today’s ‘click-and-play’ world, almost anyone can launch their own pirate site. Servers ready to accept self-installing scripts are available…
For more than two decades, copyright holders have sent takedown notices to ISPs to alert account holders that their connections…
Spanish top-tier football league LaLiga is a corporate giant. During the 2020/21 season, LaLiga clubs achieved revenues of almost 3.2…
One criticism of legitimate streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video, involves content discovery. Even if people subscribe…
Over the years, Twitch streamers have been increasingly targeted by DMCA takedowns, which can cause quite a fuss. Many of…
Faced with the impossibility of filing lawsuits against every single site offering content without a license, rightsholders all over the…
Nintendo has been tackling videogame piracy for a very long time but a lot of water has gone under the…
Given the phenomenal rate at which pirated content is uploaded and spread online, it’s no surprise that mistakes are made…
There are dozens of anti-piracy groups active around the world and BREIN is one of the frontrunners. The Dutch organization…
Earlier this month we reported on what initially appeared to be just another DMCA subpoena application to identify an alleged…
Copyright holders send out millions of takedown notices a day, hoping to remove pirated content or making it harder to…
Once upon a time the vast majority of piracy and counterfeiting involved physical goods. Not even movies changed hands without…
Popular Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company…
Over the past four years, Brazilian authorities, entertainment industry groups and their anti-piracy partners have marked a new annual event….
Last year, we noticed that Google had delisted several popular pirate sites from its search results in some countries. In…
The music industry has had a difficult relationship with new technologies over the past several decades. Cassette tapes, recordable CDs,…
Last month, the US Copyright Claims Board went live. Through this Copyright Office-hosted venue, copyright holders can try to recoup…
Pirate site blocking in the UK is now commonplace, with the movie, TV show, music, live sports and publishing industries…
Every day an estimated 30 million players jump into Roblox, an online game where players can play games created by…