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
Lawsuits Court Orders Pirate Site MissAV to Pay $4.5m in Damages, Domains Seized This week, several domain names of the Japanese adult pirate website MissAV were redirected to seizure banners. The legal basis for these confiscations wasn't initially… January 17, 2025, 11:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Poppy Playtime Sues Google for Failing to Remove Copyright Infringing ‘Scam’ Apps Poppy Playtime is a massively popular horror game released by the indie studio Mob Entertainment. The game is available across various platforms, including the Google… January 16, 2025, 14:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library & Anna’s Archive Channels Over Copyright Infringement Telegram is one of the most popular messaging tools, chosen by many online services to stay connected with their audiences. Major shadow libraries Z-Library and… January 15, 2025, 19:17 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy 3,682 Pirate Sites Blocked to Protect Creators; More Importantly, Did it Work? With considerable encouragement from Hollywood and affiliated anti-piracy groups, in 2021 the Malaysian government stepped up its site blocking measures. An official statement published this… January 15, 2025, 10:10 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy ‘Notorious’ Pirate IPTV Service MagisTV Applies for US Trademark and Rebrands In its annual report published last week, the U.S. Government listed MagisTV as one of the most notorious piracy services. The mention comes after the… January 14, 2025, 13:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ISP Huffs and Puffs Then Apologizes to 3 Little Piggies Over Pirate Downloads Making use of free Wi-Fi offered by pubs, bars, cafés, and other businesses, is now an everyday event for millions of people. For the owner… January 13, 2025, 19:33 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy MissAV: One of the World’s Largest ‘Pirate’ Sites Targeted in Takedown Effort With billions of annual visits, MissAV ranks among the 60 most-visited websites on the internet. The porn site mostly caters to an Asian audience where… January 13, 2025, 11:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar