Anti-Piracy Major Labels Need an Anti-Piracy Sleuth to Probe Pirate Apps A brand new job listing hopes to recruit a new investigator to the Content Protection & Enforcement department at global recording industry group IFPI. The… June 27, 2023, 21:16 by Andy Maxwell
Former Anti-Piracy Boss Becomes Sony Music’s AI Chief After heading UK music industry trade organization BPI for years, Geoff Taylor will now take on the role of Vice President of AI at Sony… June 27, 2023, 10:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Z-Library Releases Tor-Enabled Desktop Launcher to Improve ‘Accessibility’ Pirate ebook repository Z-Library has released a dedicated desktop application that should make it easier to access the site going forward. The service is at… June 26, 2023, 21:32 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Russia Could Unblock Pirate Sites If They Agree to Censor Their Catalogs More than 16 months into a war the Kremlin anticipated would be over in roughly three days, authorities in Russia continue to come up with… June 26, 2023, 13:04 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Publishers Carpet-Bomb IPFS Gateway Operators With DMCA Notices The Interplanetary File System provides technical resilience against censorship but, for those who offer IPFS gateways, pressure to self-censor is mounting. Reports indicate that major… June 25, 2023, 14:39 by Andy Maxwell
Research Sharing Your Credit Card With a Shady Pirate IPTV Service Isn’t a Brilliant Idea Pirate IPTV services have transformed into a billion-dollar industry in recent years. It is a highly profitable business that, at the upper echelon, appears to… June 24, 2023, 21:30 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Content ID Scammer By pretending to be legitimate music rightsholders, two men managed to extract over $23 million in revenue from YouTube's content-ID system. Both were arrested, pleaded… June 23, 2023, 20:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Pirate IPTV: Police Target 13 Suspects, Seize 620K Euros in Cash/Crypto Italian police say they have targeted 13 people in Italy and Germany suspected of selling access to pirate IPTV services. Italian police units collaborated with… June 23, 2023, 09:42 by Andy Maxwell