ISPs ‘Betrayed’ Over Pirate Site-Blocking Threats, The Reckoning Will Be Invisible Italian ISPs are required to work with AGCOM and rightsholders to ensure the Piracy Shield blocking system operates as intended. It's a burden that only… October 5, 2024, 17:17 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics MPA Reports ‘Notorious’ Piracy Threats to U.S. Government The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent its latest overview of notorious piracy markets to the U.S. Government. The Hollywood group, which also represents Netflix… October 4, 2024, 12:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Telegram’s Response to Piracy Has Improved Since CEO’s Arrest In August, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France and later charged with complicity in crimes allegedly carried out on Telegram. The platform's failure… October 3, 2024, 19:01 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy AAPA Seeks to Expand EU Pirate Site Blocking to Browsers and VPNs The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has released its 2025-2029 manifesto, requesting the EU to enable stronger anti-piracy protections. Most suggested improvements are targeted at combating… October 3, 2024, 12:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Ryujinx Switch Emulator Project Shuts Down Under Nintendo Pressure Open source Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx has thrown in the towel under pressure from Nintendo. Lead developer 'gdkchan' was reportedly contacted by the gaming giant… October 2, 2024, 16:26 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits RIAA and MPA Urge Court Not to Disarm the DMCA Subpoena Anti-Piracy Tool The RIAA and MPA are concerned about a recent court ruling that could hinder their ability to combat online piracy using DMCA subpoenas. The court's… October 1, 2024, 21:11 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Italy Approves Piracy Shield VPN/DNS Proposal, Risk of Prison For ISPs Intact [Updated] Italy's Senate Budget and Finance Committees have approved amended legal proposals that require VPN and DNS services located anywhere, to block pirated content flagged by… October 1, 2024, 10:40 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who ‘Weaponized’ DMCA Takedowns Google has obtained a default judgment against two men who abused its DMCA takedown system to falsely target 117,000 URLs of competitors' online stores. With… September 30, 2024, 20:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar