Anti-Piracy Pirate Site Blocking Expands to Kenya with Landmark Court Order In a landmark case, Kenya's High Court approved a permanent injunction that requires local ISPs to block 44 sports streaming sites. The case was filed… June 28, 2022, 12:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Supreme Court: File-Sharing Platform Must Block Search Terms to Stop Piracy Czech file-sharing and hosting platform Ulož.to must block searches and downloads related to six movies, the Supreme Court has confirmed. The Court rejected a request… June 27, 2022, 21:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Megaupload Pair Convicted: The Specific Crimes They Admitted in Detail After signing a deal to avoid extradition to the United States, former Megaupload executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were convicted last week… June 27, 2022, 09:27 by Andy Maxwell
Research Harvard Lawyers Don’t Think That Piracy is Theft, Research Finds An in-depth study among 50 Harvard lawyers shows that downloading and streaming pirated content is widely tolerated and even supported by some. It is certainly… June 26, 2022, 19:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Research Movie & TV Pirates Increase in Italy But They Are Pirating Less Than Ever New Ipsos research carried out on behalf of Italian anti-piracy group FAPAV reveals that 43% of the adult population engaged in some type of audiovisual… June 25, 2022, 20:36 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Takedown Notice Wipes Game Boy Advance Emulator From GitHub A popular browser-based Game Boy Advance emulator with nearly 100 working games was removed from GitHub this week. The takedown request was sent by the… June 24, 2022, 22:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Digital Trails: How Bungie Identified a Mass Sender of Fake DMCA Notices In response to persons unknown sending large numbers of fake DMCA notices to YouTube while impersonating its anti-piracy partner, Bungie filed a lawsuit in the… June 24, 2022, 08:55 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Brazil’s Targets ‘Metaverse’ Piracy in Latest “Operation 404” Crackdown Brazilian law enforcement agencies have announced the fourth wave of anti-piracy initiative "Operation 404." The authorities blocked or shut down 226 websites and 461 piracy… June 23, 2022, 22:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar