French ISPs and Sports Organizations Sign Anti-Piracy Agreement
At the start of last year, a French bill went into effect that sanctioned the formation of a new regulatory…
At the start of last year, a French bill went into effect that sanctioned the formation of a new regulatory…
By now, various courts around the world have concluded that The Pirate Bay is a copyright-infringing website. In response to…
Member states of the European Union must allow rightsholders to protect their rights. Enforcement measures are of “paramount importance” according…
Determined to reduce overall piracy, the UK government first asked and then threatened Google over pirate sites appearing in its…
With much of the legal groundwork completed in Europe, blocking pirate sites and services is often a case of rightsholders…
Pirate site blockades are the preferred anti-piracy tool for many copyright holders around the world. This is also the case…
A decade ago prominent voices issued dire warnings that blocking would “break the internet,” but of course, the internet survived,…
Last year, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal upheld the first pirate site-blocking order in the country. The landmark decision opened…
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the indictment and complaint against two alleged operators of Z-Library. Following an…
India began blocking websites in the late 1990s and even today sites are blocked with no explanation. Just this week,…
At the start of this year, a French bill went into effect that sanctioned the formation of a new regulatory…
After jumping into the hot seat on January 1, 2022, the fledgling Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (ARCOM) has…
Next month, billions of people from all over the world will tune in to watch the FIFA World Cup in…
Ten years ago the High Court in London ordered all major ISPs in the country to block The Pirate Bay….
Sci-Hub and Libgen have developed a reputation for breaking down digital walls as part of their quest to grant universal…
Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success….
Whenever rightsholders and anti-piracy groups need more enforcement options, efforts to strengthen or establish new understanding of copyright law are…
Given the extreme financial power and political leverage held by the world’s largest entertainment companies, most obstacles can be pushed…
For more than a decade the Hadopi agency (High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights…
As pirate site blocking programs expand around the world, Denmark already has more than 15 years of experience in this…
In November, billions of people from all over the world will tune in to watch the FIFA World Cup in…
After more than 15 years of site-blocking processes in dozens of countries, new instructions to block pirate sites have become…
After winning three lawsuits against three pirate streaming sites, earlier this year a coalition of Israel-based media companies obtained an…
Website blocking and cour-ordered domain suspensions are common anti-piracy measures in several parts of the world. India has been at…
Copyright holders are increasingly demanding that ISPs should block access to pirate sites in order to protect their business. This…
In common with many countries in Europe, Austria couldn’t escape pressure from rightsholders to implement site blocking to prevent piracy….
When ‘pirate’ sites are blocked by ISPs, the operators often get creative and find ways to bypass these restrictions. In…
Absorbing knowledge online is essentially free but those who curate that knowledge may have their own plans on where, when,…
Despite taking significant action to reduce all kinds of online piracy, Brazil remains on the United States Trade Representative’s ‘Watch…
Spanish top-tier football league LaLiga is a corporate giant. During the 2020/21 season, LaLiga clubs achieved revenues of almost 3.2…
Faced with the impossibility of filing lawsuits against every single site offering content without a license, rightsholders all over the…
Popular Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company…
Last year, we noticed that Google had delisted several popular pirate sites from its search results in some countries. In…
Pirate site blocking in the UK is now commonplace, with the movie, TV show, music, live sports and publishing industries…
It’s been 16 years since music industry group IFPI pressured Danish ISPs to block Russian music site AllofMP3. In 2022,…
When video and broadcasting companies take on their pirate site competitors it’s only natural that once they have their day…
When United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication won copyright lawsuits against three pirate streaming sites in…
Over the past several years, The Football Association Premier League has been working hard to combat the availability of illegal…
Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success….
In March, a Dutch court ordered local ISP Delta to block access to the torrent sites 1337x, LimeTorrents, YTS, RARBG,…
This April, United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication (all members of Israel-based anti-piracy group Zira) won…
Late April, three copyright lawsuits filed by United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication ended in victory…
With illegal streaming of live sporting events still causing headaches for leagues and broadcasters alike, rightsholders continue to demand more…
In dozens of countries around the world, copyright holders have the ability to take legal action to compel ISPs to…
Laws that attempt to deter copyright infringement by punishing pirate site operators exist in most developed countries around the world….
Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success….
In terms of drama, excitement, politics and at times pure theater, Sweden’s connection with iconic file-sharing battles is unrivaled, largely…
Earlier this year, producer and cinema investor Moshe Edery fired warning shots across the bows of Mastercard, Visa and American…
For more than a decade, various copyright industry groups have called on Google and other search engines to help contain…
Despite the absence of any similar coordinated scheme in the United States, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros….