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Nigerian ‘Scam Artist’ Used Apple, Amazon and Tidal to Cash in on Pirated Music
Nigerian ‘Scam Artist’ Used Apple, Amazon and Tidal to Cash in on Pirated Music An aspiring Nigerian musician named Wisekid copied an album from one of Africa's biggest artists Wizkid, reportedly...
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Is Site-Blocking Reducing Piracy or Helping to Disperse it Elsewhere?
Is Site-Blocking Reducing Piracy or Helping to Disperse it Elsewhere? A report from anti-piracy group Rights Alliance reveals that the volume of Danish visits to pirate sites remained steady in...
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Wormhole promises to be a better longer-living Firefox Send alternative
Wormhole promises to be a better longer-living Firefox Send alternative Wormhole is a new file sharing service that promises to be a better longer-living version of Firefox Send, a file sharing...
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Oscar Nominations Boosted the Piracy Numbers of Best Picture Contenders
Oscar Nominations Boosted the Piracy Numbers of Best Picture Contenders Winning the Oscar for "best picture" is the most prestigious accolade a movie can get. Aside from the honor that comes with...
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Court Orders Paypal to Freeze VPN Company’s Funds in Piracy Case
Court Orders Paypal to Freeze VPN Company’s Funds in Piracy Case A federal court in Virginia has signed a temporary restraining order that requires PayPal to freeze the assets of VPN provider...
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MPA Targets Pirate Streaming Sites With More Than Half a Billion Visits
MPA Targets Pirate Streaming Sites With More Than Half a Billion Visits Via the MPA, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment is investigating several major streaming...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – April 12, 2021
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – April 12, 2021 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Godzilla vs. Kong' tops the...
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MSCHF’s ‘Exclusive’ Pirate Bay and Megaupload Email Addresses Sold Out Quickly
MSCHF’s ‘Exclusive’ Pirate Bay and Megaupload Email Addresses Sold Out Quickly Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF 'dropped' a set of exclusive email addresses, featuring The Pirate Bay and...
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‘Pirate’ Law Firm Pressured Cooperative Housing Project to Settle Porn ‘Lawsuit’
‘Pirate’ Law Firm Pressured Cooperative Housing Project to Settle Porn ‘Lawsuit’ Under-fire law firm Njord Law pressured a cooperative housing association to settle a proposed lawsuit, despite...
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Philippines Government & ISPs Reach Agreement to Rapidly Block Pirate Sites
Philippines Government & ISPs Reach Agreement to Rapidly Block Pirate Sites The Philippines Government and local Internet service providers have agreed to establish a voluntary mechanism through...
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Canada Proposes New Regime to Block and Deindex Pirate Sites
Canada Proposes New Regime to Block and Deindex Pirate Sites The Canadian Government is exploring different options to tackle online piracy through new legislation. One of the proposals is to make...
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Plex Plans To Place All Legal Streaming Options (and Piracy) Into One Interface
Plex Plans To Place All Legal Streaming Options (and Piracy) Into One Interface After completing a growth equity round of $50m, Plex has announced plans to become a one-stop-shop for movies and TV....
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UK Pirates Remain Driven by Convenience, Availability and Cost
UK Pirates Remain Driven by Convenience, Availability and Cost A report published by the UK Intellectual Property Office shows that a quarter of all online entertainment consumers downloaded or...
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Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device
Nintendo Wins US-Wide Injunction Against Seller of RCM Loader ‘Piracy’ Device Last November, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against an Amazon seller who distributed RCM Loader, a device that has the "sole...
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Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search
Reckless DMCA Takedown Purges Legitimate Websites from Google Search The homepages of several legitimate organizations, including Live Nation Asia and Living Map, have been removed from Google...
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GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem
GitHub Reinstated YouTube-DL But Restoring Forks is Apparently a Problem After the RIAA had youtube-dl removed from GitHub last year, the platform decided to reinstate the YouTube-ripping tool,...
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How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates
How Hollywood Keeps Breeding New Pirates The major Hollywood studios have put a lot of effort into making their content available online. There's an abundance of streaming options and more content...
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Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses
Nintendo Sues Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser For Switch Piracy Offenses Last year the U.S. Government indicted three members of the infamous Team-Xecuter group, the alleged masterminds behind various...
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Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year
Microsoft’s Bing Removed 125 Million ‘Pirate’ URLs Last Year Bing has a relatively small market share but that doesn't mean that copyright holders ignore it. In response to DMCA takedown requests,...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – April 19, 2021
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – April 19, 2021 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Godzilla vs. Kong' tops the...
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