LaLiga’s Card-Sharing Piracy Fight Harmed By Misinformation & Confusion
Orders handed down by courts presiding over novel intellectual property cases routinely convey clear instructions, regardless of underlying complexity. With…
Orders handed down by courts presiding over novel intellectual property cases routinely convey clear instructions, regardless of underlying complexity. With…
The head of Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM has confirmed that long-promised fines targeting end users of illegal streaming services will…
Javier Tebas Medrano is the president of LaLiga, Spain’s most prestiguous football league. Medrano’s position makes him the most powerful…
News that the Provincial Court of Pontevedra has handed down substantial fines to individuals behind a very large pirate IPTV…
There’s rarely a shortage of conflict and controversy in the perpetual online piracy wars. For some, the David versus Goliath…
Italy’s Piracy Shield blocking platform is the mechanism through which sports rightsholders exercise their right to use state-approved tools in…
The action in Canada this week is being described as the second phase of an operation that began last year….
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From the very beginning and from every possible angle, this story makes almost no sense. But it will, eventually. By…
In the early 2000s, powerful entertainment industry groups were demanding action to prevent “wholesale theft” of their content online, much…
One of the key goals of the Premier League’s prosecution of Flawless TV was to send a clear deterrent message…
A DISH Network copyright infringement lawsuit filed in February 2022, demanded $32.5m in damages from UK-based CDN company DataCamp. The…
If it was possible to recall and then count every anti-piracy campaign targeted at the UK public since the dawn…
Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal…
With more ways to stream online video than ever before, protecting video continues to be a key issue for copyright…
For the past few years, regional police forces in the UK have shown a growing interest in cracking down on…
To a background of seemingly unstoppable corporate and political momentum, challenging the introduction of Italy’s much-heralded pirate IPTV blocking system…
Perhaps more than any other broadcaster, beIN Sports understands the potential for piracy to spin out of control. When a…
Last summer, UK broadcaster Sky obtained a High Court injunction that requires local ISPs to block pirate IPTV services illegally…
TV drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ tells the story of the Post Office ‘Horizon’ scandal and the lives…
Pirate IPTV services are a major cause for concern among broadcasters globally. In Italy, illegal streaming has grown in relevance…
When U.S. broadcaster DISH Network files another new lawsuit in the U.S., targeting various players in the IPTV ecosystem, the…
When Italian lawmakers finally passed new law in the summer designed to crack down on pirate IPTV providers once and…
With few signs that public appetite for cheap but illegal streaming services will subside anytime soon, law enforcement agencies all…
In recent years, rightsholders in Sweden have reported significantly increased consumption of pirate IPTV services, and law enforcement’s inability to…
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…
According to data published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics, UK residents made 15.6 million visits to Spain in…
Popular pirate IPTV service Beast TV built one of the most recognizable brands the illicit sector had even seen. That…
An announcement by Spain’s National Police (Policía Nacional) this morning was in many respects nothing out of the ordinary. In…
Across the globe, law enforcement and copyright holder groups are teaming up to tackle online piracy of all shapes and…
Authorities and rightsholders in Brazil appear determined to disrupt, restrict, or completely deny access to the illegal TV market enjoyed…
The all-round pirate IPTV ‘product’ widely available today was relatively unknown just a decade ago. When acceptable quality, capacity, presentation,…
While the continued proliferation of cheap albeit illegal pirate IPTV subscriptions is a problem for Sky, the broadcaster’s engagement with…
In response to constant claims by Italy’s multi-billion euro football and broadcasting sectors, that pirate IPTV services were “killing football”…
When Italy’s pirate IPTV blocking system eventually gets off the ground, it’s possible that up to hundreds of thousands of…
In the absence of sudden momentous events, shaping entrenched public opinion requires astute calculations and considerable patience, built on a…
The Italian government, lawmakers, telecoms regulator AGCOM, broadcasters, and football leagues invested considerable resources to get new law over the…
Following a request by the Office of the United States Trade Representative for stakeholders to identify so-called ‘notorious markets’ involved…
When Italy passed new law on July 14, authorizing widespread internet blocking and harsher punishments for pirates who supply or…
The theory that “nobody likes a snitch” depends heavily on individual circumstances, motivation, and who stands to benefit. Whistleblowers, on…
Even if you’ve been streaming movies and TV for years, you may be confused about IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). You…
When companies want to increase sales of their products, marketing teams work extremely hard to ensure that the target audience…
In a press release published on Thursday, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment celebrated action by Taiwanese Police…
Live TV, sports, and movie fans in Greece enjoy their entertainment as much as their fellow Europeans. They also complain…
Despite widespread publicity and overt campaigns warning of the criminal consequences, there’s still no shortage of people prepared to openly…
An event organized by Spanish football league LaLiga took place at the Museum of Arts and Sciences of Valencia yesterday….
When Italy passed new law on July 14, many believed that when the new Serie A football season began on…
Anyone who uses the internet today should already be aware that privacy is all but non-existent. The quid pro quo…
Following intense pressure from rightsholders for lawmakers to sign off on tough legislation to block pirate IPTV services in Italy,…