Lawsuits Grande Slams Labels’ “Egregious” Piracy Claims in Final Supreme Court Plea Can internet service providers be held liable for pirating subscribers? This question is at the center of several federal lawsuits in the U.S. and could… June 9, 2025, 09:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Google Wins Copyright Claim Dismissal in Publishers’ Textbook Piracy Lawsuit A lawsuit filed by educational publishers in 2024 accuses Google of profiting from textbook piracy. At the heart of the complaint are claims that Google's… June 8, 2025, 11:33 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Cloudflare Warns EU About Extensive Piracy Overblocking, Calls for Safeguards American Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare is pushing back against increasing calls to broaden pirate site blocking in the EU. The company notes that since similar… June 7, 2025, 09:39 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Napster.com Faced ISP Piracy Blockade For “Massive Copyright Violations” Twenty-six years ago this week, Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker launched Napster, a music sharing platform that disrupted a global industry. After being sued and… June 6, 2025, 08:11 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Unveiled: New U.S. Anti-Piracy Bill ‘ACPA’ Proposes Alternative Site Blocking Path Republican House Representative Darrell Issa is working on the introduction of the 'American Copyright Protection Act' (ACPA), a new bill that would enable copyright holders… June 5, 2025, 11:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Operator of South Korea’s Largest Pirate Site Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison Before its inevitable demise, NooNooTV [NunuTV] was believed to be the largest pirate site in South Korea. That in itself made the site's operator a… June 4, 2025, 13:41 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy MPA Backs Automated Pirate Site-Blocking, Sees Role for VPN and CDN Companies The Motion Picture Association sees automated, real-time, and dynamic site blocking mechanisms as a key tool to fight online piracy. In response to an inquiry… June 3, 2025, 20:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Anti-Piracy Group BREIN Ramps Up IPTV Actions Under New Leadership Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has just posted its latest annual report, highlighting several key achievements. IPTV continues to be the largest threat to the audiovisual… June 3, 2025, 07:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar