Piracy Major Publishers Expand Sci-Hub, Libgen and Ebook Piracy Blocking The Publishers Association, Elsevier and Springer Nature have obtained permission to expand their anti-piracy campaigns in the UK. Major ISPs are now required to block… November 12, 2021, 11:00 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy MPA/ACE Attempt to Hunt Down Pirate Site Operators via US Court The Motion Picture Association has filed a flurry of DMCA subpoena applications at a California court. The aim is to compel Tonic Domains and CDN… November 11, 2021, 20:38 by Andy Maxwell
Thousands of Pirate Sites are Listed on WIPO’s Advertising Blacklist The pirate site blocklist maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has grown to include well over 5,000 domain names. The list is maintained… November 11, 2021, 12:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Criminal Copyright Complaint Filed Against BitTorrent Seedbox Provider Three seedbox providers have announced that they will block their users from sharing on at least three named trackers. While one appears to have decided… November 10, 2021, 19:45 by Andy Maxwell
The Pirate Bay Story Will Be Turned Into a TV Series The Pirate Bay's turbulent history will be turned into a six-part TV drama. The Swedish production is scheduled to start filming next year and will… November 10, 2021, 13:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits US Court Orders 21 Pirate Site Operators to Pay $1 Million Each in Damages Media giant ABS-CBN has won a lawsuit against 21 pirate site operators. A district court in Florida granted a default judgment that orders the operators… November 9, 2021, 23:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Mangabank “Suffers DDoS Attack” & Disappears Following Legal Action (Updated) Manga indexing site Mangabank and several linked storage platforms were recently targeted in a US court by Japanese publisher Shueisha. With around 80 million visits… November 9, 2021, 12:53 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics Research Center: Limiting Anonymity Helps to Expose Terrorists (and Pirates) The International Center for Law and Economics believes that cloud hosting providers and related services should do more to deter illegal activity. Responding to an… November 8, 2021, 23:42 by Ernesto Van der Sar