Manga Publisher Wants Cloudflare to Expose Operators of Popular ‘Piracy’ Sites
Japanese manga comics have always been popular on pirate sites but, where other categories have seen stalled growth, manga piracy…
Japanese manga comics have always been popular on pirate sites but, where other categories have seen stalled growth, manga piracy…
In the United States, consumer ISPs have been handing over the identities of suspected BitTorrent pirates for years, mostly because…
While some anti-piracy groups focus on taking content down, others prefer to take entire sites down. The benefits of the…
On February 21, 2023, Twitter chief Elon Musk published a tweet suggesting that Twitter’s algorithm would be “made open source”…
There’s something special about professionally produced textbooks. From the information inside to the tactile feel of the paper, textbooks can…
Human beings have a tendency to want things they can’t have. A modest interest in a particular item or activity…
After reporting on the activities of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) for more than five years, it’s clear…
With tens of millions of fans playing every month, Genshin Impact is a huge free-to-play gaming success story. While Genshin…
Carrying a filing fee of less than $50, DMCA subpoena applications are certainly cheap. When approved, as they usually are,…
Development of Genshin Impact began in 2017 and when it launched in 2020 utilizing a free-to-play model, a development budget…
Few people need to be reminded of the massive success story attached to HBO’s hit TV series, Game of Thrones….
Earlier this month we reported on what initially appeared to be just another DMCA subpoena application to identify an alleged…
Around October 2020 a Twitter user called ‘MrMoneyBags‘ began posting critical messages targeting billionaires. Brian Sheth, the former President of…
When torrent sites, streaming portals and IPTV services suddenly disappear or find themselves fighting a lawsuit, it’s common for users…
Given that the production of today’s videogames requires the involvement of a large number of people, preventing all information leaks…
Tracking BitTorrent pirates is relatively easy since IP addresses are broadcasted publicly. With help from Internet providers, these addresses can…
Tackling online piracy is a complicated endeavor that often starts by identifying the operators of infringing sites and services. This…
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…
When copyright holders observe an IP address sharing unauthorized content in a BitTorrent swarm, they need to match that IP…
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….
There are lots of pieces of information that can help anti-piracy groups form a strategy to deal with an infringing…
When launching an investigation into a pirate site there are many publicly available sources that can be trawled for information….
Global entertainment coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is engaged in perhaps one of the most far-reaching anti-piracy operations the…