Anti-Piracy French Court Orders Cloudflare to ‘Dynamically’ Block MotoGP Streaming Piracy In the seemingly endless game of online piracy whack-a-mole, a French court has ordered Cloudflare to block several sites illegally streaming MotoGP. The ruling is… April 5, 2025, 10:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy LaLiga/Cloudflare Crisis: ISPs Urged to Action Amid Mass Overblocking With assistance from Spain's leading ISPs, LaLiga continues to block pirate sites, Cloudflare, and thousands of innocents caught in the crossfire. Legal action by Cloudflare… April 4, 2025, 16:30 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Unfinished Copy of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Leaks on Pirate Sites Ahead of its long-delayed American premiere, an unfinished 'workprint' copy of "A Minecraft Movie" is circulating on pirate sites. Warner Bros. is trying to contain… April 4, 2025, 11:38 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy EFF Vows to Fight Back Against U.S. Site Blocking Bills After a long hiatus, site blocking proposals have resurfaced in the U.S. Congress. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) strongly opposes these plans, condemning site blocking… April 3, 2025, 12:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Training AI Using ‘Pirated’ Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue A group of prominent intellectual property law professors has weighed in on the high-stakes AI copyright battle between several authors and Meta. In an amicus… April 2, 2025, 21:10 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Advertising Banned on All Sites Blocked in Russia Starting September A bill that aims to further undermine operators of restricted platforms including Meta, Instagram, and X will have a much wider effect when it's expected… April 2, 2025, 09:42 by Andy Maxwell
Lawsuits Premier League Subpoena Requires Cloudflare to Unmask Streaming Pirates Piracy poses a major threat to the Premier League's broadcast rights, prompting it to take continued action against rogue streaming sites. Hoping to unmask the… April 1, 2025, 15:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Aylo Uses Cybersquatting Complaint to Take Out Pirate Site Domains In a rare legal move, Aylo subsidiary Licensing IP used a cybersquatting lawsuit to take out pirate websites infringing on its trademarks. The 'in rem'… March 31, 2025, 20:48 by Ernesto Van der Sar