Law and Politics Tech Industry Urges EU to Halt Italy’s Overreaching Anti-Piracy Measures The CCIA, which represents global tech firms including Amazon, Cloudflare and Google, is sounding the alarm over Italy's "Piracy Shield" blocking scheme. The group's European… January 22, 2025, 18:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Telegram ‘Suspends RuTracker’s Channel’ For Copyright Infringement Following the surprise arrest of founder Pavel Durov in France last year, Telegram's suddenly improved attitude towards content complaints was unexpected, and appears to be… January 22, 2025, 09:44 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Reddit and Film Companies Clash in Appeals Court Over Sharing Users’ IP Addresses Reddit finds itself in court once again as movie companies continue to seek information on the site's users. After several rejections, the case is now… January 21, 2025, 15:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Authors Seek Meta’s Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe Meta is among a long list of companies being sued for allegedly using pirated material to train its AI models. Meta has never denied using… January 20, 2025, 18:57 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Man Jailed For Pirate IPTV Used By “Hundreds of Thousands” Had 2,000 Users A man who ran an IPTV piracy operation from his home in Birmingham, UK, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison… January 20, 2025, 09:09 by Andy Maxwell
‘Piracy Shield’ Fails to Convert Pirates to Paying Subscribers, Data Suggest Despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites, Italy's 'Piracy Shield' anti-piracy program has failed to deliver increased viewership for legal services like DAZN. This revelation… January 19, 2025, 15:38 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy MAME Devs Spent 628 Years Cracking Protection on 712 Retro Games Those capable of quickly bypassing video game copy protection are revered by impatient pirate players. On average, games protected by anti-tamper tech Denuvo enjoy 68… January 18, 2025, 14:12 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Telefónica & LaLiga’s Anti-Piracy Collaboration Runs in Both Directions In 2024, legal action taken by Spain's top-tier football league led to telecoms giant Telefonica disclosing the identities of alleged pirates among its own subscribers.… January 17, 2025, 20:59 by Andy Maxwell