Nintendo Wins $4.5 Million Judgment Against r/SwitchPirates Mod ‘Archbox’

A Washington federal court has ordered former r/SwitchPirates moderator James 'Archbox' Williams to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in damages. The default judgment includes a permanent injunction that prohibits Williams from distributing pirated games and circumvention tools, or encouraging others to use them. Whether Nintendo will be able to recoup the damages is unclear, as Williams never answered the allegations.

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Pirate Site Must Face Chinese Streaming Giant Tencent in U.S. Court, Judge Rules

China's biggest streaming companies are using U.S. courts to take down pirate sites, and a Florida judge just made that path easier. Overruling a magistrate's…

September 23, 2026, 20:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Pirate IPTV App LiveNetTV Shut Down After Turkish Police Raid, Operators Settle With ACE

ACE has announced the shutdown of LiveNetTV, a free IPTV app that survived for a decade despite legal pressure from multiple sides. Two Turkey-based operators…

September 22, 2026, 18:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries

VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full…

September 21, 2026, 10:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 09/21/2026

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' tops the…

September 21, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

South African Minister Tells Film Summit It Has a Double Standard on Piracy

At a global film summit in France, regulators and rightsholders praised site-blocking successes, but they also faced unexpected pushback from one of the panelists. South…

September 19, 2026, 12:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Court Upholds Belgian Pirate DNS Blocking Order, OpenDNS Exit Looms

Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco lost a key challenge against a Belgian DNS blocking order. The revised injunction, obtained by sports rightsholder DAZN, requires alternative resolvers…

September 17, 2026, 11:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Denuvo Sues Game Cracker ‘voices38’ for Bypassing its Anti-Tamper DRM

Anti-piracy outfit Denuvo has filed a DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuit in a U.S. federal court, targeting the anonymous game cracker known as 'voices38.' The defendant stands…

September 16, 2026, 09:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Rep. Issa Files Competing U.S. Pirate Site Blocking Bill

U.S. Representative Darrell Issa has officially introduced a new bill that aims to block foreign pirate sites in the United States. While the final text…

September 15, 2026, 20:43 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Nintendo Wins $4.5 Million Judgment Against r/SwitchPirates Mod ‘Archbox’

Pirate Site Must Face Chinese Streaming Giant Tencent in U.S. Court, Judge Rules

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U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries

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