Research Coronavirus Outbreak Triggers Surge in Pirated Downloads of the Film ‘Contagion’ The Coronavirus outbreak continues to dominate the news worldwide. While health experts and governments are working hard to contain the threat, the public is eager… March 7, 2020, 12:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Research SafeKodi: Researchers Help Kodi Users to Spot Malicious Addons Researchers from Northwestern University and Brave Software have taken an in-depth look at possible security issues with third-party Kodi addons. They find that most addons… March 6, 2020, 23:50 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Piracy Trial Between Record Labels and ISP Grande Postponed The piracy liability trial between a group of RIAA labels and Texas ISP Grande Communications has been postponed until September. The trial was initially scheduled… March 6, 2020, 17:37 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Plex Slammed By Huge Copyright Coalition For Not Policing Pirates Plex has become the latest neutral technology to get slammed for not doing enough to prevent movie and TV show piracy. According to pro-copyright lobby… March 6, 2020, 14:15 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Hellboy Makers Want $270,000 in Piracy Damages from MKVCage Operator The rightsholder of the movie Hellboy wants the alleged operator of popular torrent site MKVCage to pay $270,000 in copyright infringement damages. The damages, which… March 5, 2020, 23:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy French ISPs Block Dozens of Pirate Sites Following Movie Industry Action For several weeks, French Internet users have reported difficulty accessing dozens of unlicensed streaming and torrent sites. It now transpires that following legal action by… March 5, 2020, 13:47 by Andy Maxwell
Torrent Sites Help Game Developer to Share Free Copy of ‘Death and Taxes’ With help from some top torrent sites, Placeholder Gameworks has released a free copy of its new game Death and Taxes. The developer torrent has… March 4, 2020, 22:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy ApolloTV Streaming App Shuts Down Following ACE Cease-and-Desist Notice Movie and TV show streaming app ApolloTV has shut down following threats from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. The global anti-piracy coalition hand-delivered a… March 4, 2020, 11:57 by Andy Maxwell