Operation 404: 11 Arrests, Hundreds of Pirate Sites, Apps & Domains Blocked
Brazil’s crackdown against pirate sites, IPTV services, infringing apps, and other mechanisms delivering illegal content to the masses, continues to…
Brazil’s crackdown against pirate sites, IPTV services, infringing apps, and other mechanisms delivering illegal content to the masses, continues to…
In the wake of the music industry’s destruction of Napster, hopes of a file-sharing vacuum were overwhelmed by a laundry…
Mid-February, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced that MyCima, one of the largest pirate streaming sites in the…
In an effort to make ends meet, many people in the UK are cutting back on luxuries. Fewer nights out…
The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. The annual…
Numerous reports published by the European Union over the past decade have linked higher levels of content piracy with lacking…
Member states of the European Union must allow rightsholders to protect their rights. Enforcement measures are of “paramount importance” according…
When several major studios filed a copyright lawsuit against PrimeWire last year, it shouldn’t have come as much of a…
In a country where more than 770 burglaries go unsolved every day, it’s no surprise that some people consider free…
Another week and yet another announcement from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment revealing the demise of even more pirate…
After jumping into the hot seat on January 1, 2022, the fledgling Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (ARCOM) has…
Rightsholders involved in the creation and distribution of live events say they are being undermined by massive online piracy. Illegal…
For almost a year we’ve documented Hollywood’s legal battle to permanently shut down movie and TV show streaming site, PrimeWire….
Ten years ago the High Court in London ordered all major ISPs in the country to block The Pirate Bay….
After years of trying to contain the meteoric rise of illegal streaming sites and pirate IPTV services, rightsholders in Europe…
For more than a decade the Hadopi agency (High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights…
With thousands of piracy sites operating online today, the overall chances of being targeted by the Alliance for Creativity and…
In April 2022, several Hollywood studios and Netflix won an injunction to shut down PrimeWire, a long-standing illegal streaming site…
In the content protection arena, the term ‘whac-a-mole’ is known all too well. When pirates or their links appear in…
Over the past several years, The Football Association Premier League has been working hard to combat the availability of illegal…
Over a period of more than 10 years, companies run by businessman Steven King found ways to utilize copyrighted content…
When torrent sites, streaming portals and IPTV services suddenly disappear or find themselves fighting a lawsuit, it’s common for users…
For the past three years, authorities in Brazil have displayed new momentum in the battle against all types of pirate…
Last December, Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix sued PrimeWire, one of the most recognizable pirate streaming sites of…
While all kinds of measures are promoted as the best way to deal with pirate streaming sites and unlicensed IPTV…
On September 11, 2018, following an investigation and referral by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, two people were arrested in…
In December 2021, Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix sued PrimeWire, one of the most recognizable pirate streaming sites…
Last month the European Parliament voted on the final text of the Digital Services Act and it was approved by…
An interesting lawsuit filed in a Texas court during the summer last year saw DISH Network and Sling TV partner…
There are lots of pieces of information that can help anti-piracy groups form a strategy to deal with an infringing…
In December 2016 and after substantial work to amend the law, an Australian court ordered the blocking of several pirate…
One of the key anti-piracy strategies of the movie and TV show industries is site blocking, whereby internet service providers…
Laws that forbid the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted content are common around the world but the rise of…
Most pirate IPTV services online today operate by accessing official broadcasts and streams, capturing them with dedicated equipment, and then…
There is an old adage in piracy circles suggesting that when one piracy service is shut down, several more appear…
In the United States, broadcaster DISH Network has filed dozens of lawsuits targeting the operators of numerous streaming platforms, usually…
On July 6, a new Copyright Bill was tabled in the Singapore Parliament. There are many amendments under consideration that…
Following massive preparations that were thrown into turmoil due to the global pandemic, this Friday the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening…