Online Piracy Can Boost Box Office Revenue, Study Suggests

A new academic study counterintuitively concludes that online piracy can boost revenue for some films. By analyzing years of box office data, as well as upload details from The Pirate Bay, researchers found that high-quality leaks of "spectacle" movies, such as Marvel blockbusters, appear to increase theater attendance. For "story-driven" films, however, the opposite is true.

Anti-Piracy

Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order

Google has removed dozens of new Sci-Hub domain names from its search results in the United States. Unlike typical DMCA takedowns, the removals were triggered…

yesterday, 21:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

MKVCinemas: ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes Credit For Sudden Shutdown

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment says it was behind the sudden closure of MKVCinemas, a popular India-based streaming site that disappeared unexpectedly last month.…

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Piracy

Scammers Mimic Cloudflare’s ‘Error 451’ Site Blocking Notice to Infect Pirates

Earlier today we saw fairly compelling evidence that blocking pirate sites can lead to internet users being infected with malware. Apparently inspired by Cloudflare's use…

December 11, 2025, 11:35 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Rampant U.S. Piracy is a Multibillion-Dollar Concern for Japanese Manga Publishers

A recent report, published by the Japanese anti-piracy group Authorized Books of Japan (ABJ), shows that manga piracy is rampant. American pirates, in particular, are…

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IPTV Pirate’s Bitcoin Booty Sold at Auction For Just Over $1 Million

In 2024, a man convicted for his involvement in pirate IPTV service Viking IPTV received a relatively modest suspended sentence, despite serving several thousand customers.…

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EU Report Distills AI-Training Lessons from Napster Piracy Era: Don’t Sue, License

An in-depth analysis on AI training and copyright, commissioned by the European Parliament, cautions against repeating the mistakes of the early 2000s when online piracy…

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Stats

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/08/2025

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the chart, followed…

December 8, 2025, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Bypass Amazon Fire TV Stick Piracy Ban and See What Happens Next

After enjoying years of relative freedom to do whatever they liked with their Amazon Fire TV Sticks, last month users were informed that apps linked…

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Online Piracy Can Boost Box Office Revenue, Study Suggests

Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order

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Scammers Mimic Cloudflare’s ‘Error 451’ Site Blocking Notice to Infect Pirates

Rampant U.S. Piracy is a Multibillion-Dollar Concern for Japanese Manga Publishers

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EU Report Distills AI-Training Lessons from Napster Piracy Era: Don’t Sue, License

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/08/2025

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