Lawsuits Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs The High Court in Bombay, India, has ordered Instagram to share the personal details of copyright-infringing users with a media company. Through a broad dynamic… May 26, 2023, 12:23 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ‘Trusted Flagger’ Anti-Piracy Tools Raise Concern at US Chamber of Commerce In response to rising levels of online infringement, major rightsholders have promoted the use of so-called 'trusted flaggers'. These entities would have permission to interface… May 25, 2023, 19:56 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Pirate IPTV Data Center Raid Took Down Several Innocent Websites This week, the Dutch fiscal police took down one of Europe's largest illegal IPTV operations, which acted as a supplier to many smaller services. The… May 25, 2023, 11:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Research Sharp Rise in Piracy Rates Across Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Norway A Mediavision survey reports a sharp rise in piracy rates across the Nordic region. Movie and TV show consumption, whether streamed or downloaded, is up… May 24, 2023, 21:26 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics European Commission Calls for Pirate Site Blocking Around the Globe The European Commission has published its biannual list of foreign countries with problematic copyright policies. One of the highlighted issues is a lack of pirate… May 24, 2023, 12:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Dutch Police Take Down Massive Pirate IPTV Operation With a Million Users Dutch fiscal police have carried out a large-scale raid that appears to have taken down one of Europe's largest IPTV operations servicing more than a… May 23, 2023, 20:08 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Google Bans ‘Downloader’ App: TV Outfits Claim Browser Violates Injunction After almost seven years online and more than 50 million installs, Android app 'Downloader' has been removed from Google Play. A complaint filed by several… May 23, 2023, 12:34 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy ‘More Than 600,000 Students and Teachers Use Z-Library’ Pirate eBook repository Z-Library has shared some interesting data concluding that more than 600,000 students and scholars use the site. This is likely an underestimation,… May 22, 2023, 21:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar