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Lawsuits

Google Sues Operators of a 10 Million Device Android Set-Top Box Botnet

A Google lawsuit filed in a New York court has been partly unsealed, revealing details of what is believed to be the largest botnet of…

July 21, 2025, 08:22 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Lawsuits Continue to Put U.S. BitTorrent Pirates in a Financial Hurt Locker

Today, online piracy is largely driven by unauthorized streaming sites and services. When it comes to lawsuits, however, BitTorrent users are the prime target, as…

July 20, 2025, 17:16 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Former #1 Movie Piracy Site “Strongly Linked” to Global Infostealer Activity

Earlier this year, Microsoft published a report on an infostealer malware campaign identified as stemming from pirate streaming sites. With one million user devices infected,…

July 19, 2025, 10:18 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Pair Behind 400 Block-Evading Pirate Porn Sites Face Prosecution

Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam will prosecute the operators of around 400 pirate sites offering pornographic content. Such material is illegal in Vietnam and the…

July 18, 2025, 10:09 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

Pirate Site Blockades Get Judicial Scrutiny in Germany, But No Transparency?

Germany's voluntary pirate site blocking regime has undergone a fundamental change, now requiring judicial oversight for all blocking actions. The participants will rely on court…

July 17, 2025, 15:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

FBI’s Video Game Piracy Crackdown Leads to Domain Confusion

Late last week, the FBI seized the domain names of several gaming piracy websites, including NSW2U.com. The sites in question were used to download more…

July 16, 2025, 15:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users – That’s a Pretty Big Deal

Cloudflare has become the first internet intermediary beyond local residential ISPs, to block access to pirate sites in the UK. Users attempting to access certain…

July 15, 2025, 15:31 by Andy Maxwell

Lawsuits

Record Labels: A “Safe Haven for Pirates” Disqualifies ISP from DMCA Protection

A coalition of nearly 50 record labels, including industry giants Warner and Sony, accuse Internet provider Altice of providing a safe haven for pirates. The…

July 15, 2025, 07:54 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Google Sues Operators of a 10 Million Device Android Set-Top Box Botnet

Lawsuits Continue to Put U.S. BitTorrent Pirates in a Financial Hurt Locker

Former #1 Movie Piracy Site “Strongly Linked” to Global Infostealer Activity

Pair Behind 400 Block-Evading Pirate Porn Sites Face Prosecution

Pirate Site Blockades Get Judicial Scrutiny in Germany, But No Transparency?

FBI’s Video Game Piracy Crackdown Leads to Domain Confusion

Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites For UK Users – That’s a Pretty Big Deal

Record Labels: A “Safe Haven for Pirates” Disqualifies ISP from DMCA Protection

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