Anti-Piracy Australia’s Pirate Site Blocking Regime is Methodical – But is it Fast Enough? Some rightsholders in the EU are now demanding blocking of pirated live streams, no later than 10 minutes after notification. In Australia, extreme 'live' blocking… July 11, 2025, 14:46 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy FBI Seizes Gaming Piracy Domains Including ‘Pre-Release’ Target NSW2U The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain names of several gaming-related pirate sites, including NSW2U.com, which has been Nintendo's nemesis for years.… July 10, 2025, 21:16 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Technology Sci-Hub’s Crypto Coin Aims to Power a New Era of ‘Open’ Science Sci-Hub has launched its own SCI token through which it hopes to unlock more paywalled research. The controversial shadow library, which is used by millions… July 10, 2025, 11:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics After SOPA’s Painful Death, Safe Site Blocking Claim Disputed By Cloudflare A recent forum event held in Washington promised to discuss how pirate site-blocking orders can be safely implemented in the United States. With speakers Rep.… July 9, 2025, 09:45 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits UK Hosting Provider Asks Court to Dismiss $25 Million Pirate IPTV Lawsuit UK hosting provider Innetra PC is pushing back against a $25 million lawsuit from pay-TV giant DISH Network. Accused of enabling widespread copyright infringement, Innetra… July 8, 2025, 12:40 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Sky TV Piracy Pair Arrested & IPTV Servers Seized After UK Police Raids Following an operation carried out last Thursday but reported just this morning, the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit at City of London Police says it… July 7, 2025, 15:50 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Registrar Snubs DMCA Subpoena, Claims Passive Conduit Immunity In a case being heard at a California court, domain registrar Dynadot has partially declined to cooperate with the disclosure requirements of a DMCA subpoena,… July 6, 2025, 12:03 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Pirate IPTV Trio Sentenced to 14 Years Prison For Money Laundering A court in Brazil has handed down prison sentences totaling 14 years to three individuals for money laundering offenses linked to a pirate IPTV service.… July 5, 2025, 21:12 by Andy Maxwell