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Law and Politics

Movie, Music and Sports Industries Urge EU to Keep Geo-Blocking in Place

Threatened by potential EU regulatory changes, the movie, music, and sports industries are vehemently defending the practice of geo-blocking, as an essential part of their…

March 16, 2025, 16:28 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

How Spotify’s Premium Piracy Panic Played Out & What Pirates Did Next

Reports of a major outage at Spotify spread like wildfire last week. Then a curious picture began to emerge, one of outages only affecting those…

March 15, 2025, 10:02 by Andy Maxwell

TorrentGalaxy Staff Fear the Worst as Site Stays Dark and Upload Bots Fail

Popular torrent site TorrentGalaxy has been offline for two weeks, with no explanation from its operators. Members of the site's staff are also being kept…

March 14, 2025, 13:16 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Disqus is Deleting Pirate Site Communities on Short Notice

After 15 years or so of relatively plain sailing, comment platform Disqus is cracking down on sites that violate its terms of service. Pirate manga…

March 13, 2025, 12:22 by Andy Maxwell

Early Pirate Bay Backer Carl Lundström Dies in Plane Crash

Swedish businessman Carl Lundström, founder of the telecoms company Rix Telecom and one of the Wasabröd heirs, died in a plane crash on Monday. Lundström…

March 12, 2025, 17:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Intermediaries Are (Still) Slow to Disconnect Pirate Live Streams, Report Finds

A new industry-backed report reveals that only a small fraction of takedown notices targeting pirated live streams result in suspensions, with dedicated server providers showing…

March 12, 2025, 11:44 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Authors Put a Spotlight on Meta’s BitTorrent Leeching Activity

Meta's legal battle over its alleged use of pirated books as AI training data continues to deliver new twists. Fresh allegations that Meta may have…

March 11, 2025, 21:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Police Shut Down Pirate Streaming Network That Cost Broadcaster ‘Millions’

Following a complaint filed two years ago by a national pay-TV broadcaster, police in Germany say they now have three main suspects in custody following…

March 11, 2025, 10:04 by Andy Maxwell

Movie, Music and Sports Industries Urge EU to Keep Geo-Blocking in Place

How Spotify’s Premium Piracy Panic Played Out & What Pirates Did Next

TorrentGalaxy Staff Fear the Worst as Site Stays Dark and Upload Bots Fail

Disqus is Deleting Pirate Site Communities on Short Notice

Early Pirate Bay Backer Carl Lundström Dies in Plane Crash

Intermediaries Are (Still) Slow to Disconnect Pirate Live Streams, Report Finds

Authors Put a Spotlight on Meta’s BitTorrent Leeching Activity

Police Shut Down Pirate Streaming Network That Cost Broadcaster ‘Millions’

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