Apple Joins Hollywood & Netflix on a Pirate Site Blocking Trip to Oz
Unless they already have links to existing platforms or can somehow benefit from traffic previously destined for a popular preexisting…
Unless they already have links to existing platforms or can somehow benefit from traffic previously destined for a popular preexisting…
How can we be sure that site-blocking really works? Because if it didn’t work, I was informed recently, rightsholders wouldn’t…
When attempting to block pirated content online, there is always a significant risk that legitimate content will be blocked too….
This weekend, we reported that the open source movie search app movie-web lost control over the domain name of its…
Following a statement that Italy’s all-new anti-piracy system had received top marks from telecoms regulator AGCOM for “working perfectly,” on…
Italy’s Piracy Shield blocking platform is the mechanism through which sports rightsholders exercise their right to use state-approved tools in…
In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. ISPs in…
There’s no shortage of reasonable arguments that support the existence of a comprehensive anti-piracy system in Italy, capable of returning…
While anti-piracy enforcement actions are likely to be at the highest level ever seen, there’s no shortage of sites and…
In recent years, rightsholders have repeatedly teamed up with Egyptian law enforcement to tackle several large pirate sites and services….
In the early 2000s, powerful entertainment industry groups were demanding action to prevent “wholesale theft” of their content online, much…
In recent years, Hollywood has played close attention to major pirate sites and services with connections to Vietnam. Representing rightsholders,…
Last summer, UK broadcaster Sky obtained a High Court injunction that requires local ISPs to block pirate IPTV services illegally…
JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer,…
At the height of the online file-sharing boom, the phrase ‘Sharing is Caring’ was a reminder that peer-to-peer file-sharing systems…
Over the past several years and especially over the past several months, major rightsholders’ interest in India appears to have…
In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. ISPs in…
Over the past decade, platforms including Sci-Hub, Libgen and Z-Library have broken through a sea of movie, TV show, music…
For a long time, pirate site blocking was considered a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid. This stance was…
The launch of the BeStreamWise online anti-piracy campaign early October was preceded by action in the ‘real’ world. After being…
Italy’s Piracy Shield anti-piracy system reportedly launched last week, albeit in limited fashion. Whether the platform had any impact on…
When Italian lawmakers finally passed new law in the summer designed to crack down on pirate IPTV providers once and…
Like many other countries around the world, India’s copyright law allows rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. Major entertainment…
News that Sky had won a new High Court injunction to tackle pirate IPTV services first appeared in the Financial…
Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet. The…
Authorities and rightsholders in Brazil appear determined to disrupt, restrict, or completely deny access to the illegal TV market enjoyed…
In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. ISPs in…
When Italy passed new law on July 14, authorizing widespread internet blocking and harsher punishments for pirates who supply or…
With millions of monthly users, BitTorrent’s reign at the top of the file-sharing seemed unstoppable in 2007, but the French…
Website blocking has become the go-to anti-piracy measure for the entertainment industries when tackling pirate sites on the internet. The…
This month, the Philippines celebrates its creative industries by dedicating a special month to their work. On top of that,…
When Hollywood sets its sights on something it wants to achieve in the piracy landscape, victory may not come this…
When Italy passed new law on July 14, many believed that when the new Serie A football season began on…
Two years ago, German Internet providers agreed to voluntarily block the most egregeous pirate sites. The ISPs teamed up with…
Following intense pressure from rightsholders for lawmakers to sign off on tough legislation to block pirate IPTV services in Italy,…
Like many other countries around the world, India’s copyright law allows rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. This legal…
It’s hard to say how many times the movie, music, and more recently live sports industries have survived imminent piracy-inflicted…
For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid. This stance…
Two years ago, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal upheld the first pirate site-blocking order in the country. The landmark decision…
ISP blocking injunctions that aim to prevent regular internet users from accessing pirate sites are heavily utilized by the largest…
Over the past few weeks, football organizations and broadcasters around Europe have been obtaining and/or renewing permission to block access…
With momentum building in favor of pirate site blocking measures elsewhere in Europe, Austrian ISPs took their opposition all the…
Last week the Financial Times reported that UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky had obtained a novel blocking injunction at the High…
In common with a growing list of EU Member States, Spain operates an ongoing domain blocking program with the aim…
Founded in the last millennium, CannaPower must be one of the oldest pirate sites still around today. The site currently…
For more than a decade, Sky has found its ISP division named as a respondent in injunction applications filed at…
Unanimously approved by the Chamber of Deputies back in March and then unanimously approved by the Senate earlier this month,…
French football club Paris Saint-Germain holds the record for purchasing the two most expensive players in the world; Neymar for…
In 2021, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal upheld the first pirate site-blocking order in the country. The landmark decision opened…
Millions of passionate Italian football fans, gorging on limitless top-tier matches for the price of a beer each week, was…