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BREIN Criticizes Bullet-Proof Hosts, Forces Pirate Webcasters to Get Licenses
BREIN Criticizes Bullet-Proof Hosts, Forces Pirate Webcasters to Get Licenses In a relatively unusual action, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN says it has forced three unlicensed Internet radio...
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Sky Streaming Service Uses ‘Pirate’ Subtitles on Chernobyl Episode
Sky Streaming Service Uses ‘Pirate’ Subtitles on Chernobyl Episode The Swiss streaming platform of Comcast-owned broadcaster Sky is using fan-made subtitles on the final episode of the hit-series...
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‘Copyright Troll’ Lawyer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Paul Hansmeier, one of the lead attorneys behind the controversial law firm Prenda, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. In addition, he must pay his victims $1.5 million in restitution. The...
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Just Six Percent of Finns Say They Illegally Stream Movies or TV Shows
An annual survey carried out in Finland has revealed interesting attitudes towards piracy. The majority of respondents believe that any form of piracy is unacceptable, with only 3% completely in...
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‘Pirating’ Cox Business Subscriber Can Remain Anonymous, Court Rules
ISP Cox Communications recently agreed to identify thousands of business subscribers accused of sharing pirated material. The disclosure, part of the piracy liability lawsuit filed by several music...
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Namecheap ‘Suspends’ Domain of File-hosting Service Nofile.io
Namecheap ‘Suspends’ Domain of File-hosting Service Nofile.io Namecheap has suspended the domain of file-hosting service Nofile.io. The suspension follows a few weeks after the RIAA targeted the...
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After RIAA Targets DJ & Producer Site Mixstep, Site Shuts Down
A site created to allow DJs and producers to upload their work has shut itself down after being targeted by the RIAA. The operator of Mixstep informs TorrentFreak that despite banning errant users,...
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Cheat Maker Shuts Down After Being Sued by Pokémon Go Creator
Cheat creator Global++ has shut down its operations after being sued in the United States. Pokémon Go creator Niantic accused the group of infringing its intellectual property rights and spoiling the...
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Reddit Bans Popular “r/nbastreams”
All good things must come to an end, and this happened to be the case today for the popular Reddit page, “r/nbastreams.” The page was a go-to option for many Reddit users, who would access links...
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Prolific Pirate Bay User Agrees to Pay $2,900 to Movie Outfits
Prolific Pirate Bay User Agrees to Pay $2,900 to Movie Outfits A self-proclaimed prolific Pirate Bay user from Hawaii has agreed to a $2,900 consent judgment. The makers of the movies "Boyka:...
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VidAngel Must Pay $62.4 Million for Ripping and ‘Pirating’ Movies
Video streaming service VidAngel, which allows users to filter objectionable content from movies and TV-shows, has to pay $62.4 million to Disney and Warner Bros. The company is liable for copyright...
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Pirate IPTV Network Shut Down After Police Raid Cable Operators
Pirate IPTV Network Shut Down After Police Raid Cable Operators Cybercrime police from Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior supported by officers from Europol have carried out an operation against...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/17/19
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/17/19 The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Dumbo' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu'....
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File-Sharing Giant Openload Has its Domain Suspended
Openload, one of the largest file-hosting sites on the Internet, has lost control over its main domain name. The Openload.co domain is been suspended, presumably by the registrar Tucows, and is...
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Steal This Show S04E18: ‘You’ll See This Message When It Is Too Late’
Steal This Show S04E18: ‘You’ll See This Message When It Is Too Late’ Today we bring you the next episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing renegade media and the latest decentralization and...
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Kodi Add-On Developer Arrested On Same Day as Popular Repo Goes Down
Kodi Add-On Developer Arrested On Same Day as Popular Repo Goes Down Police in the UK say they have arrested a man in the north of England for developing and maintaining a Kodi add-on offering...
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News Update: Supremacy, 13 Clowns, Maverick TV & Overeasy Kodi Addon Repos...
A new fresh set of Kodi repositories have all gone offline: Supremacy, 13 Clowns, Maverick TV, and the Overeasy repositories are no longer available for install. Unlike previous repositories...
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More Kodi Add-On Repos Shut Down in Wake of UK Arrest
More Kodi Add-On Repos Shut Down in Wake of UK Arrest Following the news that an organized crime police unit in the UK has arrested the developer of a Kodi add-on, several popular add-ons and repos...
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Video Piracy Study Estimates Billions in Lost Revenue, But Misses Crucial Data
Video Piracy Study Estimates Billions in Lost Revenue, But Misses Crucial Data A new study published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center and NERA Economic Consulting,...
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Court Orders Danish ISPs to Block Copyright-Infringing News Site
For the first time ever, a Danish court has ordered a local ISP to block access to a news site. 'The World News' republishes hundreds of thousands of articles from third-party news sites. The website...
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