Piracy Argentina Blocks Pirate Streaming Services Magis TV and Xuper TV, VPN Usage Skyrockets An Argentine court has expanded the crackdown on pirate IPTV services Magis TV and Xuper TV, blocking more than 70 domains, while ordering Google to… February 13, 2026, 02:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Anna’s Archive Quietly ‘Releases’ Millions of Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal Pushback (Updated) Despite being sued by Spotify and several record labels, Anna's Archive has silently begun releasing the actual music files from its massive Spotify scrape. The… February 11, 2026, 10:44 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Nintendo Piracy: NXBrew and NSWPedia Targeted in European Blocking Efforts Nintendo can welcome two new pirate site blocking orders in Europe at the start of the year. Last week, a Dutch court ruled in favor… February 10, 2026, 08:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy DMCA Subpoenas Can’t Be Used for Foreign Piracy Lawsuits, Court Rules A California federal court has ruled that identity information obtained through DMCA subpoenas cannot be used for foreign copyright lawsuits, rejecting manga publisher Shueisha's attempt… February 9, 2026, 09:28 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Research Research: Major Pirate Site Shutdown Boosted Visits to other Pirate Sites (and Netflix) Does shutting down major pirate sites simply drive people to other sites, or can it also increase legal consumption? According to a new study from… February 7, 2026, 19:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Anna’s Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup The popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name. The site's .pm domain was taken offline after international pressure on intermediaries continued… February 6, 2026, 10:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos that are created with stream-ripping tools. In… February 5, 2026, 13:12 by Ernesto Van der Sar
NVIDIA: Contact With Anna’s Archive Doesn’t Prove Copyright Infringement NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit, arguing that authors failed to prove their books were actually used to train… February 4, 2026, 10:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar