ACE Shuts Down Popular Pirate Sites, 27+ ‘Instant Pirate Sites’ Fall Over
In the final days of 2023 as people were preparing to welcome in the new year, yet more pirate domains were being redirected or transferred into...
Vietnam’s Pirate Site Blocklist Quietly Adds Torrent Sites
In recent years, Hollywood has played close attention to major pirate sites and services with connections to Vietnam. Representing rightsholders, MPA and ACE visited Vietnam last...
Sky’s Industrial-Scale Pirate IPTV Blocking Becomes a War of Attrition
Last summer, UK broadcaster Sky obtained a High Court injunction that requires local ISPs to block pirate IPTV services illegally offering its content. Blocking injunctions aren’t...
Publishers Target Z-Library Domains With Millions of DMCA Takedowns
With more than 14 million digital books in its archive, Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet. Two of its alleged operators...
Copyright Parody Exception Denied Due to Defendant’s Discriminatory Use
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement...
Nigerian Police Bust Pirate Site Operators After Actress Suffers Panic Attacks
Dubbed “Nollywood,” Nigeria has a flourishing film industry which generates billions of dollars in revenues while creating new stars in the process. In tandem, a flourishing...
JW Player Suffers Severe Traffic Loss After Dynamic Piracy Blocking Blunder
JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer, Jeroen Wijering. During the mid to...
BREIN Takes Down Virtual Pirate Streaming Worlds on VRChat
Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to finish downloading. Times have changed. These...
FrostWire Returns to Google Play Store After Music Industry Takedown
Back in 2004, when LimeWire was the file-sharing client of choice for millions of users, FrostWire appeared as the new kid on the block. The application...
‘£1m’ Pirate TV Box Seller Avoids Prison Due to Private Prosecution Delays
TV drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ tells the story of the Post Office ‘Horizon’ scandal and the lives torn apart by 700 “successful” private...
