Movie, Music, Gaming & Publishing Groups Join ISPs in Deal to Block Piracy
In terms of drama, excitement, politics and at times pure theater, Sweden’s connection with iconic file-sharing battles is unrivaled, largely…
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…
In the UK it’s possible for copyright holders to obtain High Court injunctions to have pirate sites blocked by major…
PrimeWire is a popular streaming portal that provides a database of links to pirated movies and TV shows hosted by…
In December 2021, movie and TV giants Universal, Disney, Paramount, Warner and Columbia joined Netflix, Amazon, Apple and several other…
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and their partners in the Alliance of Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) are on a mission…
Way back in 2005, the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) teamed up with the then MPAA to…
Last December, movie and TV giants Universal, Disney, Paramount, Warner and Columbia joined Netflix, Amazon, Apple and several other studios…
The Hollywood studios of the Motion Picture Association are certainly not averse to filing copyright infringement lawsuits against pirate sites….
Little over two weeks ago we broke the news that a user, going by the name “Widevinedump”, had leaked a…
While there are a handful of other contenders, PrimeWire is one of the most enduring pirate streaming portals on the…
In the summer of 2017, some of the world’s largest entertainment groups formed a huge coalition with a mission to…
There are lots of pieces of information that can help anti-piracy groups form a strategy to deal with an infringing…
One of the key anti-piracy strategies of the movie and TV show industries is site blocking, whereby internet service providers…
With a reach of a billion users and 10,000 new advertising campaigns per week, PropellerAds is a major player in…
Over the years and due to their popularity and resilience, a number of pirate sites have become household names. The…
Ever since it’s been technically possible to distribute pirated copies of movies and TV shows online, the Motion Picture Association…
In an effort to keep up with a rapidly changing online environment, the European Commission has adopted various legislative changes…
When local courts first grant copyright holders permission to block a pirate site, it is almost guaranteed that will be…
Every year, major copyright industry groups compile their lists of the most notorious pirate sites, which are publicly reported to…
As part of their ongoing efforts to shut down or disrupt pirate IPTV services, Universal, Amazon, Columbia, Disney, Netflix, Paramount,…
Anonymity is a great good on the Internet but increasingly there are calls for stricter identity checks. Such requirements are…
Last week, Hollywood’s Motion Picture Association (MPA) shared its annual overview of “notorious markets” with the US Trade Representative (USTR)….
In its quest to combat online piracy, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) keeps a close eye on the latest and…
For more than a decade, copyright holders have been able to file an application for High Court injunctions that compel…
In April 2020, members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment including Columbia, Amazon, Disney, Paramount, Warner, and Universal filed…
Ten years ago, online streaming hadn’t fully caught on yet and Netflix still had dozens of active DVD-mailing locations throughout…
When torrent sites were gaining significant traction in the mid 2000s, discovering information about their infrastructure and even their operators…
Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven a massive challenge for the entertainment industries. It’s a global issue…
In April 2020, companies owned by Columbia, Amazon, Disney, Paramount, Warner, and Universal (all members of the Alliance for Creativity…
For well over a decade, copyright holders have been obtaining injunctions around the world to have copyright-infringing sites blocked by…
Early July, Warner Bros., several Universal companies, Amazon, Columbia, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and other content creators filed a lawsuit…
Global entertainment coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is engaged in perhaps one of the most far-reaching anti-piracy operations the…
Early July in a California court, Warner Bros., several Universal companies, Amazon, Columbia, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and other content…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, a global anti-piracy group that counts the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and dozens…