Lawsuits Brazilian Criminal Court Convicts Yout.com Owner in Landmark Stream Ripping Case The owner of popular U.S.-based stream-ripping site Yout.com has been found guilty of massive copyright infringement by a criminal court in Brazil. Last week, the… December 22, 2025, 12:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Video Game Giants Suddenly Have RuTracker in their Crosshairs Again RuTracker is not only Russia's largest torrent site, it's one of the oldest and most resilient pirate sites anywhere in the world. Most major entertainment… December 21, 2025, 11:10 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy A DMCA “Bot War”: Google Search Processed 5 Billion Takedown Requests in 2025 Google Search has reached a staggering new DMCA takedown milestone, processing over five billion copyright removal requests in 2025. Driven by a massive automated reporting… December 20, 2025, 14:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy “Vast” Anti-IPTV Piracy Operation Promised Ahead of AFCON 2025 With the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) set to kick off in Morocco on December 21, a "vast operation" against illegal IPTV services is… December 19, 2025, 19:45 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Crunchyroll Takedown Efforts Target Anime Torrent Client Hayase Hayase is a full-featured torrent streaming client optimized for anime content. The developer tried to stay clear of legal trouble by relying on user-installed extensions.… December 19, 2025, 08:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Tweaks to IPTV Piracy Law That “Bans VPNs” Won’t Change Its Intent or Scope Early December, Denmark's Ministry of Culture submitted a bill that aims to combat viewing of pirated content on illegal IPTV platforms. Public debate was more… December 18, 2025, 08:47 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy EU Ban on Russian War Propaganda Misfires: Blocks Social Media Giants & Pirate IPTV To help its members comply with the EU sanctions against Russian war propaganda, the Dutch ISP trade association compiled a consolidated blocklist. This list is… December 17, 2025, 08:43 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Judge: GoDaddy Must Unmask Owners of 100+ “Copyright-Infringing” Domains In late May 2025, a Gibraltar-based company asked GoDaddy to deny service to over 100 domains, based on allegations of widespread copyright infringement. A subsequent… December 16, 2025, 10:07 by Andy Maxwell