Anti-Piracy Hackers Invited to Pirate IPTV Blocking Hackathon to Silence Illegal Devices In recent years Brazil's telecoms agency has claimed significant success in its mission to prevent pirate set-top boxes from accessing premium content. Whether Anatel is… September 15, 2024, 17:40 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Seized Uptobox Servers Won’t Be Returned, Requests Ruled Inadmissible Initially reported as technical issues, in September 2023 file-hosting platform Uptobox watched as its servers went offline. In reality, they were being taken away due… September 14, 2024, 15:30 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy French Pirate Site Blocking Order Targets Expired and Seized Z-Library Domains A court in Paris, France, has ordered major Internet providers to block 98 domain names used by popular book download portal Z-Library. The order comes… September 13, 2024, 14:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy ‘Parasitic’ IPTV Piracy is Killing Football, “It’s Them or Us” Says Serie A CEO Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo's dramatic take on Italian football's piracy problems isn't new, likewise his insistence that only coercive action will produce results.… September 12, 2024, 18:28 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy ACE Helps Egypt to Dismantle the Region’s Largest Piracy Site Anti-piracy coalition ACE reports that Egyptian law enforcement authorities have shut down Laroza, the 'largest' pirate site in the Middle East and North Africa. Two… September 12, 2024, 13:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Namecheap Flagged for EU ‘Piracy Watchlist’ After Failing to Block Infringing Sites Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has submitted its recommendations for the EU's Counterfeiting and Piracy Watchlist. The group notes that its court-ordered site blocking efforts appear… September 11, 2024, 12:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Sky Calls Out IPTV Piracy Facilitators, Including Cloudflare & Facebook UK broadcaster Sky has submitted its report to the European Commission providing its overview of the latest piracy threats. These submissions guide the EC as… September 10, 2024, 19:09 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Verizon Asks Court to Dismiss Music Labels’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit Verizon is pushing back against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several major music labels, arguing that inaction in response to piracy notices doesn't equate… September 10, 2024, 10:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar