Earlier this year, cyber-security company Group-IB shared an interesting report with TorrentFreak. The company told us that “large monopolists” were supplying huge amounts of content to thousands of websites via dedicated ‘pirate’ Content Delivery Networks […]
EBooks are widely available and relatively cheap in many cases but there is still a thriving market for pirated copies. This can be down to straightforward convenience but when it comes to textbooks, titles aren’t […]
This week, Adobe delivered a worrying message to legitimate users of its software and services in Venezuela. In response to a sanctions-related executive order (pdf) handed down by the US Government, the software company said […]
The Pirate Bay is without a doubt one of the most blocked websites around the world. The first court-ordered blockade against the site was issued in Denmark, more than a decade ago, and dozens of […]
Pirate streaming boxes remain widely appealing to a broad audience. At a fraction of the normal costs, they open the door to all sorts of broadcasts, including football matches. On the sports side, BeoutQ has […]
Ten years ago Facebook reached out to The Pirate Bay, asking the torrent site to remove the ‘share’ button from its site. At the time, the torrent site was at the center of a high […]
DISH Networks’ efforts to disrupt, take down, or obtain settlements from unlicensed IPTV operators are continuing with force through the US legal system. The broadcaster is currently tied up in a number of lawsuits, each […]
When pirate sites are taken down following legal action, it’s not uncommon for the plaintiffs to try and take control of their domains. The practice has been going on for years, with domains like isoHunt.com […]
For as long as peer-to-peer (P2P) networks such as BitTorrent have existed, anti-piracy companies have been monitoring the activities of those who use them. This is to be expected. Not only do the companies have […]
The Pirate Bay has been both an early adopter and a pioneer when it comes to cryptocurrencies. The popular torrent site first embraced Bitcoin in 2013 and soon after many other pirate sites followed suit. […]
Millennium Films is continuing its quest to identify and shut down pirate sites and services. In recent weeks the company managed to take the widely popular app CotoMovies offline and the popular torrent site MKVCage […]
Streaming has become the preferred way for pirates to enjoy movies and TV-shows which, unwittingly, boosted the profile of the Kodi media center. The term “Kodi” often shows up in piracy-related headlines and was even banned by […]
Last week the illicit IPTV market was thrown into turmoil when Italian authorities teamed up with law enforcement groups in the EU. Their operation, dubbed ‘Black IPTV‘, targeted individuals and equipment behind at least one […]
The popularity of pirated comics represents a thorn in the side to many publishers. Manga publishers, in particular, are faced with a constant stream of infringing copies. Over the past year, we have seen some […]
Online piracy is an international problem for the content industries, one that’s particularly hard to curb. Pirate site blocking appears to be the preferred countermeasure, which has been rolled out in dozens of countries over […]
Visitors to ‘pirate’ sites are no strangers to the Russia-based gambling company 1XBET. As reported back in May, the company’s branding appears on hundreds of so-called ‘cam’ releases, much to the annoyance of people hoping […]
Manga comics and novels are huge. Not just in Japan but all over the world. People used to read them on paper, but digital is the standard today. While that makes these comics more accessible, […]
Similar to other sites that deal with user-generated content, Facebook has to battle against a constant stream of copyright-infringing material. To address this, Facebook has rolled out several anti-piracy initiatives in recent years. The company […]
Apple always carefully curates what type of apps people can download through the official iOS App Store. Certain adult apps are actively banned, for example, and those that potentially infringe copyrights are not welcome either. […]
Copyright holders who want unlicensed copies of their material removed from online platforms are able to file requests under various laws in the United States and EU, for example. Search engines such as Google also […]
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