Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific ‘John Doe’ Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive

A routine John Doe lawsuit could become part of Strike 3 Holdings' $446 million AI training case against Meta. The adult film producer wants to link the two lawsuits, arguing that a Reality Labs executive downloaded nearly 20,000 files at his home for work purposes, not for personal use. Meta counters that the alleged home downloads are not linked to the company.

Lawsuits

RCN Urges Judge to Toss the Major Labels’ ‘Last’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

Internet service provider RCN has asked a New Jersey federal court to reconsider a six-year-old ruling and dismiss the major record labels' piracy liability lawsuit.…

September 2, 2026, 14:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

“A Cute Little LibGen Babysitter”: Music Publishers Sue Anthropic Founders Over Torrenting Spree

Anthropic's bulk torrenting of pirated books from shadow libraries LibGen and Pirate Library Mirror continues to generate new lawsuits. A group of major publishers, including…

September 1, 2026, 11:10 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Take-Two Says GTA 6 Leak Probe Is “Rapidly Evolving,” Wants New Discord Demands Under Seal

Take-Two has informed U.S. federal courts that its investigation into the GTA 6 leak is "rapidly evolving." On the heels of its Netflix preview, the…

August 31, 2026, 09:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/31/2026

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…

August 31, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

ACE Targets Dozens of Streaming Pirates Through Cloudflare and Discord Subpoenas

Through the Motion Picture Association, anti-piracy coalition ACE has requested two DMCA subpoenas at California federal courts. One covers 49 Cloudflare-fronted domains including Miruro.to and…

August 30, 2026, 08:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Belgian Orders Demand Pirate Site Operators’ Bank Details, Crypto Wallets and Server Logs

Over the past two years, Belgium's anti-piracy blocklist has grown past 1,500 domains. This week the government's anti-piracy department expanded its effort, ordering domain registrars…

August 28, 2026, 11:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Cineby Starts Staged Shutdown of Its Piracy Empire

Cineby has published a step-by-step schedule for shutting itself down in stages. The site started by redirecting its mirror sites Cineplay and Fmovies+, to then…

August 26, 2026, 16:27 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit

Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents. After the site already closed its doors, it filed a…

August 25, 2026, 07:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific ‘John Doe’ Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive

RCN Urges Judge to Toss the Major Labels’ ‘Last’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

“A Cute Little LibGen Babysitter”: Music Publishers Sue Anthropic Founders Over Torrenting Spree

Take-Two Says GTA 6 Leak Probe Is “Rapidly Evolving,” Wants New Discord Demands Under Seal

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/31/2026

ACE Targets Dozens of Streaming Pirates Through Cloudflare and Discord Subpoenas

Belgian Orders Demand Pirate Site Operators’ Bank Details, Crypto Wallets and Server Logs

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FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit

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