Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Z-Library and OceanofPDF

A Dutch court has ordered Internet provider KPN to block shadow libraries Z-Library and OceanofPDF. The dynamic blocking order, requested by anti-piracy group BREIN, also covers new domains, proxies, and mirrors. Back in 2024, BREIN already said that it planned to target Z-Library if the site stayed online, and it kept its word.

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Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books Dataset, Deleted It ‘Due to All This Litigation’

A former Meta researcher has testified that he downloaded an AI training dataset via BitTorrent, including the pirated Books3 collection. According to various rightsholders, this…

October 31, 2026, 12:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Vietnam Indicts HiAnime Operators Over $12.85 Million in Pirate Ad Revenue

Vietnam's top prosecutor has indicted seven alleged HiAnime operators, sending them to trial for copyright infringement and money laundering. According to the indictment, the group…

October 30, 2026, 11:17 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Chile Blocks 1,954 Pirate TV URLs to Protect Citizens’ ‘Privacy and Personal Data’

Chile's telecoms regulator Subtel reports that local ISPs blocked 1,954 pirate streaming URLs between June and October. The blocks are part of a court order…

October 29, 2026, 08:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Accused Impostor in Private Tracker Lawsuit Faces Contempt for Withholding Passport

The alleged impostor behind a lawsuit against several private torrent trackers now faces a request to hold him in civil contempt. According to the defense,…

October 28, 2026, 09:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Streamed, the Live Sports Engine Behind Many Pirate Sites, Shuts Down

Live sports piracy service Streamed, which offered streams to many pirate sites, has surprisingly shut down. Its operators posted a brief farewell message without further…

October 27, 2026, 12:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Judge Allows Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Subpoenas to Identify Gay-Torrents Users

FlavaWorks can subpoena Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and three other companies to identify staff and members of the defunct BitTorrent site Gay-Torrents.org, an Illinois federal court…

October 27, 2026, 08:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Meta Pitches AI Sports Piracy Detector in Notorious Markets Rebuttal

Meta informed the U.S. Trade Representative that it built an AI tool to predict whether a live stream is a pirated sports broadcast. The tool…

October 26, 2026, 09:06 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/26/2026

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…

October 26, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Z-Library and OceanofPDF

Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books Dataset, Deleted It ‘Due to All This Litigation’

Vietnam Indicts HiAnime Operators Over $12.85 Million in Pirate Ad Revenue

Chile Blocks 1,954 Pirate TV URLs to Protect Citizens’ ‘Privacy and Personal Data’

Accused Impostor in Private Tracker Lawsuit Faces Contempt for Withholding Passport

Streamed, the Live Sports Engine Behind Many Pirate Sites, Shuts Down

Judge Allows Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Subpoenas to Identify Gay-Torrents Users

Meta Pitches AI Sports Piracy Detector in Notorious Markets Rebuttal

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/26/2026

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