ISPs Say They’ll Happily Cut Pirate IPTV Streams as Quickly as Law Allows It
In the early 2000s, powerful entertainment industry groups were demanding action to prevent “wholesale theft” of their content online, much…
In the early 2000s, powerful entertainment industry groups were demanding action to prevent “wholesale theft” of their content online, much…
When over 100 officers of Italy’s ‘Penitentiary Police’ carried out a massive anti-contraband operation inside the Velletri prison last week,…
If it was possible to recall and then count every anti-piracy campaign targeted at the UK public since the dawn…
Pirate sites were early adopters of cryptocurrency. The Pirate Bay, for example, started accepting bitcoin donations in 2013. At the…
Last Friday, we reported on two Freedom of Information Act requests directed at two regional police forces in the UK….
Legal video streaming platforms such as Amazon, Disney, and Netflix have gained massive userbases in recent years. Not everyone is…
Despite MPA/ACE having enough investigators to field both teams in a football match, while players argue with an in-house referee…
Russian media outlets are reporting that the volume of pirated content on the internet doubled between 2022 and 2023. That’s…
In the final days of 2023 as people were preparing to welcome in the new year, yet more pirate domains…
In recent years, Hollywood has played close attention to major pirate sites and services with connections to Vietnam. Representing rightsholders,…
Last summer, UK broadcaster Sky obtained a High Court injunction that requires local ISPs to block pirate IPTV services illegally…
With more than 14 million digital books in its archive, Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the…
Dubbed “Nollywood,” Nigeria has a flourishing film industry which generates billions of dollars in revenues while creating new stars in…
JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer,…
Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to…
At the height of the online file-sharing boom, the phrase ‘Sharing is Caring’ was a reminder that peer-to-peer file-sharing systems…
For those not fully engaged in the global manga/webtoon phenomenon, the scale and depth can be a little bewildering. Fans…
In 2012, Google expanded its transparency report with a new section dedicated to DMCA takedown requests. For the first time,…
Vietnam’s approach to the protection of intellectual property rights has long been criticized by the United States, earning the country…
Over the past several years and especially over the past several months, major rightsholders’ interest in India appears to have…
For people on a budget and even for those who are not, there’s a lot to like about free, ad-supported…
On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly…
In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. ISPs in…
While streaming piracy dominates in many parts of the world, quite a few Lithuanians prefer sharing content using BitTorrent instead….
Over the past decade, platforms including Sci-Hub, Libgen and Z-Library have broken through a sea of movie, TV show, music…
On December 1, 2023, an interesting piece of news began to gain traction in South Korea and beyond. First published…
Any content creator who sees their work being used by unauthorized third-parties can file DMCA notices against platforms communicating that…
At the end of the year, movie industry insiders traditionally receive their screener copies, which they use to vote on…
During the past few hours, users of streaming site ahaseries.com hoping to access their favorite site would’ve met with disappointment….
There’s no question that content creators should have the ability and means to protect their work. Those who rely on…
The exact nature of ‘Partners Against Piracy’ (PAP) can be a little disorientating at times. In March 2020, the Kenya…
Recurring news that another established and popular content creator faces copyright issues on YouTube is something the world will have…
Pirate IPTV services are a major cause for concern among broadcasters globally. In Italy, illegal streaming has grown in relevance…
Early December the English Premier League announced a new broadcasting rights deal worth a staggering £6.7 billion (US$8.5 billion). Running…
After years of relative calm, punctuated by intermittent action against larger operations, law enforcement actions against pirate IPTV services in…
The launch of the BeStreamWise online anti-piracy campaign early October was preceded by action in the ‘real’ world. After being…
Italy’s Piracy Shield anti-piracy system reportedly launched last week, albeit in limited fashion. Whether the platform had any impact on…
When Italian lawmakers finally passed new law in the summer designed to crack down on pirate IPTV providers once and…
Back in August we reported how Google had received requests to remove one billion allegedly-infringing links from its search results….
With few signs that public appetite for cheap but illegal streaming services will subside anytime soon, law enforcement agencies all…
While no digital content is ever entirely immune from being copied and distributed illegally, photographs and other images are especially…
In recent years, rightsholders in Sweden have reported significantly increased consumption of pirate IPTV services, and law enforcement’s inability to…
Two years ago, Google started delisting the URLs of several popular pirate sites from its search results. This decision didn’t…
Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed…
Like many other countries around the world, India’s copyright law allows rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. Major entertainment…
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…