Anti-Piracy Rightsholders Target VPN Providers in French Court to Block Piracy In their ongoing battle against online sports piracy, French rightsholders are now seeking to extend site-blocking measures to VPN providers. Canal+ and the football league… February 7, 2025, 12:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
‘Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna’s Archive, Despite Few Seeders’ Freshly unsealed court documents reveal that Meta downloaded significant amounts of data from shadow libraries through Anna's Archive. The company's use of BitTorrent was already… February 6, 2025, 15:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy KickAssAnime Flagged for ‘Suspected Phishing’ by Cloudflare The domain names of popular anime streaming site KickAssAnime (KAA) have been flagged by Cloudflare for "suspected phishing," prompting a warning banner for visitors. The… February 5, 2025, 21:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Law and Politics Piracy Victories for Hollywood & Premier League Spark Progress Concerns In 2024 the Motion Picture Association and the Premier League celebrated notable anti-piracy wins in Vietnam. The collapse of the Fmovies empire and the conviction… February 5, 2025, 10:45 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics LaLiga: Cloudflare, Google and X Are Essential Piracy Facilitators In a submission to the U.S. Trade Representative, LaLiga accuses Google, Cloudflare, and X of enabling pirate services to thrive. The submission is unusual; the… February 4, 2025, 12:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Publishers Ramp Up Pressure vs. Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub, Z-Library & Libgen The world’s major publishers claim that unlicensed libraries cast a permanent shadow over authors’ ability to make a living from their work. In common with… February 3, 2025, 21:47 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy MPA Shares Pirate Site Blocking ‘Best Practices’ at WIPO Meeting MPA Senior Executive Vice President Karyn Temple will share the movie industry group's site blocking 'best practices' at a WIPO meeting. The insights arrive just… February 3, 2025, 13:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Technology Russia VPN Crackdown Revelation – VPN Sites Hide Their IP Addresses Russia's campaign to block access to content deemed illegal by the state is continuously monitored by digital rights group Roskomsvoboda. In 2024, over 500,000 websites… February 2, 2025, 12:46 by Andy Maxwell