Google Ordered to Remove Pirate Site Domains From U.S. Search Results
Legal action filed last week by two Arizona-based companies aims to prevent pirate sites distributing their content. That’s not unusual…
Legal action filed last week by two Arizona-based companies aims to prevent pirate sites distributing their content. That’s not unusual…
Website blocking has become an increasingly common anti-piracy tool around the globe. In dozens of countries, ISPs have been ordered…
In June, the US Copyright Claims Board was launched. Through this venue, hosted at the US Copyright Office, rightsholders can…
Website blocking has become an increasingly common anti-piracy tool around the globe. In dozens of countries, ISPs have been ordered…
Ten years ago millions of people from all over the world spoke out against a U.S. bill that would’ve allowed…
After winning three lawsuits against three pirate streaming sites, earlier this year a coalition of Israel-based media companies obtained an…
In 2017, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince decided to terminate the account of the controversial neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer. “I woke…
In common with many countries in Europe, Austria couldn’t escape pressure from rightsholders to implement site blocking to prevent piracy….
Popular Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company…
When video and broadcasting companies take on their pirate site competitors it’s only natural that once they have their day…
When United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication won copyright lawsuits against three pirate streaming sites in…
This April, United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication (all members of Israel-based anti-piracy group Zira) won…
When torrent sites, streaming portals and IPTV services suddenly disappear or find themselves fighting a lawsuit, it’s common for users…
Following the example set by United States, the EU started publishing its very own piracy watchlist in 2018. The biannual…
In common with similar groups and their rightsholder partners in other sectors, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) plays a key…
After more than two decades of declining fortunes, 2021 was a blockbuster year for global recorded music revenues. With a…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is a global anti-piracy coalition that counts the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and…
Football is the number one sport in the UK and every week, millions of passionate fans cheer on their favorite…
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and their partners in the Alliance of Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) are on a mission…
Early this week news broke that major manga publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa were about to sue Cloudflare in…
CDN company Cloudflare provides its services to millions of websites all around the world, enabling them to stay online with…
While pirate sites offering mainstream movies and TV shows regularly pull in millions of visits every month, just a few…
Popular CDN and DDoS protection service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years….
When launching an investigation into a pirate site there are many publicly available sources that can be trawled for information….
Last week we reported that a San Francisco law firm acting for Japanese publisher Shueisha had filed an ex parte…
Last year, Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’…
With a fanatical audience that now reaches beyond Japan and around the globe, demand for manga and anime content is…
Earlier this month, several copyright holder groups sent their annual “Notorious Markets” recommendations to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The…
When torrent sites were gaining significant traction in the mid 2000s, discovering information about their infrastructure and even their operators…
Popular CDN and DDoS protection service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years….
Earlier this year Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her…