Anti-Piracy

Anti-piracy strategies and enforcement efforts are constantly evolving. This is an overview of the most recent anti-piracy developments.

This includes DMCA takedown notices, site blocking, website shutdowns, domain seizures, piracy notices, DRM, and various other topics.

Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year

Bing has a relatively small market share but that doesn't mean that copyright holders ignore it. In response to DMCA…

6 days ago

GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem

After the RIAA had youtube-dl removed from GitHub last year, the platform decided to reinstate the YouTube-ripping tool, claiming that…

1 week ago

Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search

The homepages of several legitimate organizations, including Live Nation Asia and Living Map, have been removed from Google search results.…

1 week ago

Philippines Government & ISPs Reach Agreement to Rapidly Block Pirate Sites

The Philippines Government and local Internet service providers have agreed to establish a voluntary mechanism through which pirate sites can…

2 weeks ago

MPA Targets Pirate Streaming Sites With More Than Half a Billion Visits

Via the MPA, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment is investigating several major streaming platforms. The sites, which…

2 weeks ago

Is Site-Blocking Reducing Piracy or Helping to Disperse it Elsewhere?

A report from anti-piracy group Rights Alliance reveals that the volume of Danish visits to pirate sites remained steady in…

2 weeks ago

Pornhub’s Upload Filter Blocked Over 100K ‘Pirated’ Videos in 2020

Popular adult video site Pornhub has released a transparency report showing how it responds to problematic content. Last year, more…

3 weeks ago

RIAA: Twitter Must License Music & Fight Piracy Without Charge

The RIAA and NMPA are putting Twitter under pressure to do something about the platform's piracy problem. Slamming the company…

3 weeks ago