Lawsuits ‘Modded Hardware’ Agrees to Settle Nintendo’s Copyright Lawsuit for $2 Million The lawsuit between Nintendo and Modded Hardware has been settled, with the site's operator agreeing to a final judgment of $2 million. The proposed settlement… September 8, 2025, 22:04 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Research Piracy Shield Study Reveals Massive Overblocking & Collateral Damage Faced with rampant piracy of content that generates a significant chunk of their revenue, sports leagues and their broadcasting partners are deploying increasingly aggressive anti-piracy… September 8, 2025, 09:00 by Andy Maxwell
Dynamic Pirate Site Blocking Injunctions and the Transparency Illusion When a major rightsholder obtains a site blocking order to counter rampant piracy, transparency is not always guaranteed. More often than not, the public isn't… September 7, 2025, 21:33 by Andy Maxwell
U.S. Government’s Focus on Sports Piracy Puts Spotlight on Streameast Saga The U.S. Trade Representative has started collecting input for its annual list of notorious piracy markets. In 2025, there's a special focus on sports broadcast… September 6, 2025, 19:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Behind the Curtain: The Three-Year Journey to the Block BEARD Site Blocking Act The Block BEARD Site-Blocking Act, recently introduced to address foreign piracy in the United States, did not emerge from a vacuum. It is the result… September 5, 2025, 14:40 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Threat Intelligence Researchers “Uncover a Massive Pirate IPTV Operation” Researchers at threat intelligence platform Silent Push claim to have uncovered a massive pirate IPTV operation. Hosted across more than 1,000 domains and 10,000 IP… September 4, 2025, 10:47 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy ACE Shuts Down Giant ‘Streameast’ Piracy Ring, But the Original Survives In a major anti-piracy action against a Streameast-branded operation, ACE has shut down what it calls the world's largest illegal sports streaming ring. Conducted alongside… September 3, 2025, 22:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy LaLiga Touts ‘Historic’ IPTV Piracy Crackdown, Key Questions Remain Unanswered A massive police operation in Argentina, backed by LaLiga, dismantled a global IPTV network that reportedly served over eight million paid users. The piracy crackdown… September 3, 2025, 10:45 by Ernesto Van der Sar