Pirate Streaming Site Vumoo.to Goes Offline Following ACE Action
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world’s most active anti-piracy coalition, initiating and assisting enforcement efforts around…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world’s most active anti-piracy coalition, initiating and assisting enforcement efforts around…
Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other…
There’s rarely a shortage of conflict and controversy in the perpetual online piracy wars. For some, the David versus Goliath…
In recent months, Movie-Web has quickly gained popularity among a particular group of movie aficionados. The open source software, which…
Press releases announcing the shutdown of yet another pirate site, more arrests, and what that means for the entertainment industry,…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment regularly announces site closures following enforcement action. Over the past seven years, hundreds of…
Pirate sites were early adopters of cryptocurrency. The Pirate Bay, for example, started accepting bitcoin donations in 2013. At the…
Despite MPA/ACE having enough investigators to field both teams in a football match, while players argue with an in-house referee…
Russian media outlets are reporting that the volume of pirated content on the internet doubled between 2022 and 2023. That’s…
In the final days of 2023 as people were preparing to welcome in the new year, yet more pirate domains…
Dubbed “Nollywood,” Nigeria has a flourishing film industry which generates billions of dollars in revenues while creating new stars in…
For those not fully engaged in the global manga/webtoon phenomenon, the scale and depth can be a little bewildering. Fans…
Vietnam’s approach to the protection of intellectual property rights has long been criticized by the United States, earning the country…
Over the past several years and especially over the past several months, major rightsholders’ interest in India appears to have…
On December 1, 2023, an interesting piece of news began to gain traction in South Korea and beyond. First published…
Pirate IPTV services are a major cause for concern among broadcasters globally. In Italy, illegal streaming has grown in relevance…
After years of relative calm, punctuated by intermittent action against larger operations, law enforcement actions against pirate IPTV services in…
With few signs that public appetite for cheap but illegal streaming services will subside anytime soon, law enforcement agencies all…
Over the past few years, increased enforcement by players in both the private and public sectors has made Denmark one…
According to data published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics, UK residents made 15.6 million visits to Spain in…
A study published in September by the European Union Intellectual Property Office found that by late 2022, each internet user…
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the United States government’s crackdown on Z-Library, one of the world’s largest shadow…
DMCA subpoena applications filed at courts in the United States provide a relatively inexpensive mechanism for compelling intermediaries to hand…
An announcement by Spain’s National Police (Policía Nacional) this morning was in many respects nothing out of the ordinary. In…
For Georgia’s 3.7 million citizens, the European mainland lies just over the Black Sea. For the determined, EU membership is…
Another day, another report from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment announcing the demise of yet another large piracy site,…
At a time when an older generation of file hoarders were still coming to terms with the disappearance of BBS-based…
The all-round pirate IPTV ‘product’ widely available today was relatively unknown just a decade ago. When acceptable quality, capacity, presentation,…
Piracy release group EVO was long considered one of Hollywood’s main targets, publishing thousands of movie and TV show titles…
The Italian government, lawmakers, telecoms regulator AGCOM, broadcasters, and football leagues invested considerable resources to get new law over the…
Last Thursday, a Danish court sentenced a 24-year old programmer from Silkeborg to 60 days probation for his role in…
Live TV, sports, and movie fans in Greece enjoy their entertainment as much as their fellow Europeans. They also complain…
When Hollywood sets its sights on something it wants to achieve in the piracy landscape, victory may not come this…
It’s no secret that French file-hosting platform Uptobox has been in the crosshairs of rightsholders for some time. Founded in…
When RARBG suddenly ended its operations at the end of May 2023, the absence of notice coupled with the immediate…
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the most active anti-piracy coalition, assisting enforcement efforts around the world. The…
The Internet is littered with shady IPTV services that offer a lot, for very little money. These deals often seem…
At least on the surface, the story of Sdarot, Israel’s most popular pirate site, sounds quite similar to that of…
It’s no secret that the majority of mainstream movies appear on pirate sites soon after their release. In that respect,…
In January 2023, the Alliance Against Pay Television Piracy (Allianz) welcomed Jorge Bacaloni as the organization’s new president. Bacaloni is…
Based on readily available information and data provided by the entertainment industries through various studies, online piracy is rampant and…
For at least five years, major rightsholders in the United States have issued regular warnings that Vietnam represents an emerging…
If we didn’t know better, we might conclude that ‘Cuevana’ is Spanish for ‘mole’. The popular streaming piracy brand first…
In recent years, pirate streaming platforms have surpassed torrent sites and direct download portals in terms of popularity. These portals…
Italian authorities are reporting that officers of the Special Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit of the Guardia di Finanza…
Rising interest in pirate IPTV services over the past several years has led to a limited number of people meeting…
The Internet is littered with shady IPTV services that offer a lot, for very little money. These deals often seem…
In recent years, many people have canceled their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper Internet TV instead. Those who…
An announcement by the Brazilian government in February revealed that “the two biggest digital anime pirate sites” in Brazil had…
Over the past few years, Brazil has worked hard to combat online piracy from various angles. The “Operation 404” campaigns,…