Movie & TV Show Piracy Sites Disappear in Wake of ACE/MPA DMCA Subpoenas
While some anti-piracy groups focus on taking content down, others prefer to take entire sites down. The benefits of the…
While some anti-piracy groups focus on taking content down, others prefer to take entire sites down. The benefits of the…
It’s not unusual for piracy groups to have dozens of domains in storage for when things go wrong, but none…
Major Hollywood studios Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner, plus relative newcomer Netflix, are all members of the Motion Picture…
Operators of pirate IPTV services in the United States risk prison sentences and civil copyright infringement lawsuits when things don’t…
More than a decade has passed since Kim Dotcom’s file-storage empire Megaupload collapsed after becoming the prime target in a…
Legal video streaming services such as Amazon, Disney, and Netflix are booming. At the same time, there’s a flourishing dark…
Mid-February, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced that MyCima, one of the largest pirate streaming sites in the…
During international holidays, news in a tight niche like ours can completely dry up, so when an exciting headline suddenly…
For people who enjoy movies and TV shows but prefer not to hand over a monthly subscription, Pluto TV is…
When Extreme Download (Extreme-Down.com) first appeared on the internet around 15 years ago, it linked to movies hosted on sites…
The MPA and strongly-affiliated Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment are the sworn enemies of illegal streaming sites, IPTV services, and…
Tomás Escobar is the CEO of Acámica, the Argentina-based tech education company he co-founded a decade ago. Escobar studied Computer…
After reporting on the activities of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) for more than five years, it’s clear…
A quote attributed to former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill suggests that democracy is actually the worst form of government…
When users of popular IPTV provider SmoothStreams.tv began reporting issues with the service mid-July, few could’ve predicted events to follow….
When several major studios filed a copyright lawsuit against PrimeWire last year, it shouldn’t have come as much of a…
In April 2020, Columbia Pictures, Amazon Content Services, Disney Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, plus three companies owned by…
Whenever it’s mentioned and no matter where in the world, the word Hollywood conjures up images of glamor, untold riches,…
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents several of the world’s largest movie industry companies. Traditionally its members were restricted to…
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….
Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success….
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has been a key player in the anti-piracy fight for decades and this position has…
With thousands of piracy sites operating online today, the overall chances of being targeted by the Alliance for Creativity and…
In August 2021, US broadcaster DISH Network, Sling and NagraStar sued pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. The case focused on…
In April 2022, several Hollywood studios and Netflix won an injunction to shut down PrimeWire, a long-standing illegal streaming site…
Pirate IPTV services disappear on a regular basis but when SmoothStreams.tv ran into trouble mid-July, there were ominous signs that…
There are many options for those seeking a cheap pirate IPTV package but it’s rare for any single provider to…
In the content protection arena, the term ‘whac-a-mole’ is known all too well. When pirates or their links appear in…
In response to a call for evidence from the House of Lords Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital…
In the summer of 2017, a large coalition of major entertainment industry companies announced a new phase in the war…
In August 2021, US broadcaster DISH Network plus Sling and NagraStar sued pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. According to the…
When torrent sites, streaming portals and IPTV services suddenly disappear or find themselves fighting a lawsuit, it’s common for users…
In terms of drama, excitement, politics and at times pure theater, Sweden’s connection with iconic file-sharing battles is unrivaled, largely…
Online anonymity is a great good for many poeple but increasingly there are calls for stricter identity checks. Such requirements…
Last December, Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix sued PrimeWire, one of the most recognizable pirate streaming sites of…
Despite the absence of any similar coordinated scheme in the United States, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros….
Last month, Lookmovie and Cuevana3, two of the largest pirate movie and TV streaming sites, had their domains suspended. Both…
In October 2021, TorrentFreak learned that the Motion Picture Association and its anti-piracy partner Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment had…
By offering access to high quality movies and TV-shows, streaming site Flixtor.to has become the go-to destination for many pirates….
Over the past decade, hundreds of pirate streaming sites gained traction as free alternatives to official streaming platforms such as…
With millions of monthly visitors, DonTorrent is a force to be reckoned with. The site is particularly popular in Spain…
Published each year by the United States Trade Representative, the ‘notorious markets’ report highlights piracy threats located outside the US,…
Pirates and rightsholders alike understand that eliminating all piracy is an impossible task but if the last 20+ years of…
Earlier this year, we noticed that Google had removed several popular pirate sites from its search results. In the Netherlands,…
In December 2021, Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix sued PrimeWire, one of the most recognizable pirate streaming sites…
Last December, Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix sued long-running pirate streaming site PrimeWire. The companies accused PrimeWire of…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is a global anti-piracy coalition that counts the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and…
Earlier this week an article was published in Variety detailing the massive task being undertaken by the anti-piracy team at…
Running a pirate IPTV service can be extremely profitable. One only has to look at the extraordinary wealth accumulated by…