Piracy Operation 404: USDOJ, PIPCU, ACE, MPA, IFPI, ESA, EPL & More Target Pirate Sites The results of the sixth wave of ongoing anti-piracy campaign Operation 404, an international effort featuring USDOJ, PIPCU, ACE, MPA, IFPI, ESA, EPL, and many… November 29, 2023, 08:40 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics Shopify Files Fresh Lawsuit over DMCA Takedown Harassment At the peak of the online shopping season, Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify filed a new lawsuit to take a stand against DMCA abuse. The company… November 28, 2023, 21:56 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Google Bans ‘Downloader’ Again Following Markscan DMCA Notice Close to seven years online and after more than 50 million installs, in May 2023 Android app 'Downloader' was removed from Google Play following a… November 28, 2023, 11:01 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Court: Cloudflare is Liable for Pirate Site, But Not as a DNS Provider The Cologne Higher Regional Court in Germany has confirmed that Cloudflare's CDN must stop facilitating access to the (defunct) pirate music site DDL-Music. Failing to… November 27, 2023, 18:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Several Piracy-Related Arrests Spark Fears of High-Level Crackdown A series of arrests that began in late August and continued into last week has sparked concerns that a relatively rare 'Scene' crackdown targeting the… November 27, 2023, 09:15 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Rightsholders Reported Five Million Unique ‘Pirate’ Domain Names to Google Over the past several years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove URLs from five million unique domains. These include blatant pirate sites such as… November 26, 2023, 15:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Sky’s Recent IPTV Blocking Injunction Isn’t Unusual, It’s Extraordinary During the summer, UK broadcaster Sky obtained a High Court injunction to compel local ISPs to block pirate IPTV services offering its content illegally. Basic… November 25, 2023, 11:01 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy File-Sharing Giant Uloz.to Bans File-Sharing Citing EU’s Digital Services Act File-sharing and hosting giant Ulož has announced a radical change to its business model. The Czech site has been under fire for some time and… November 24, 2023, 19:00 by Andy Maxwell