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Piracy

X and Music Publishers Settle Three-Year Copyright Clash After SpaceX IPO

Three years of litigation that triggered explosive allegations of DMCA "weaponization" and "maximum pain" pressure tactics quietly ended in coordinated settlements. X Corp and several…

July 24, 2026, 09:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Canada’s ‘Expanded Scope’ Blocking Order Targets Existing and Future Pirate Sites

For the first time, a Canadian site-blocking order can target pirate sites that don't exist yet. The Federal Court has ordered ISPs to block thirteen…

July 23, 2026, 10:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

DNS Bypass Tweets Keep Uptobox Employee’s €197K Frozen in Disney Piracy Case

Sharing instructions on how to bypass court-ordered ISP blocks can be enough to freeze someone's personal savings in a piracy case, a French appeals court…

July 22, 2026, 08:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Hollywood Wants Vietnam to Slay the Piracy Hydra

Shutting down major piracy operations such as Fmovies and HiAnime means little if successors pop up within weeks. In their submissions to the USTR's Section…

July 20, 2026, 12:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

FIFA World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown (Updated)

During the FIFA World Cup, law enforcement and private partners across multiple continents have seized or blocked well over a thousand pirate streaming domains, arrested…

July 19, 2026, 02:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Pirate Sites’ Domain Hopping Habit Undermines Belgium’s New Blocking Order

Belgium has added over 100 new domains to its ISP blocklist, but this expansion might not be as effective as it seems at first glance.…

July 17, 2026, 08:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

EU’s Top Court: Geo-Blocking Protects Publishers in Copyright Disputes, VPNs Not Liable

The EU's highest court has ruled that publishers who use state-of-the-art geo-blocking are not liable for copyright infringement, even when users bypass their restrictions with…

July 15, 2026, 10:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Anime Piracy Giant Animeflv Mysteriously Stopped Serving Video

AnimeFLV, the largest Spanish-language anime piracy site on the internet, has stopped serving video to its tens of millions of monthly visitors. The site, which…

July 14, 2026, 10:27 by Ernesto Van der Sar

X and Music Publishers Settle Three-Year Copyright Clash After SpaceX IPO

Canada’s ‘Expanded Scope’ Blocking Order Targets Existing and Future Pirate Sites

DNS Bypass Tweets Keep Uptobox Employee’s €197K Frozen in Disney Piracy Case

Hollywood Wants Vietnam to Slay the Piracy Hydra

FIFA World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown (Updated)

Pirate Sites’ Domain Hopping Habit Undermines Belgium’s New Blocking Order

EU’s Top Court: Geo-Blocking Protects Publishers in Copyright Disputes, VPNs Not Liable

Anime Piracy Giant Animeflv Mysteriously Stopped Serving Video

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