Piracy Tech Industry Warns of Piracy Blocking Risks as FIFA World Cup Kicks Off As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, tech-industry group CCIA Europe warns that piracy-blocking systems built to protect live sports are damaging the open internet.… June 11, 2026, 21:42 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Court Holds New York IPTV Box Seller Liable, Millions of Damages at Stake An electronics store in Queens that sold pirate IPTV boxes for years, despite receiving six cease-and-desist letters from DISH, has been found liable by a… June 11, 2026, 07:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Filmmakers and ISP WOW! Settle Piracy Liability Lawsuit Before Trial The long-running piracy liability lawsuit between filmmakers and internet provider WOW! has ended with a quiet settlement. In late March, a Colorado federal court refused… June 9, 2026, 09:30 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Z-Library Lets People Run White-Label, Login-Only Pirate Mirrors In what's partly an effort to push back against domain seizures and blocking efforts, Z-Library has upgraded its mirror infrastructure. Users of the shadow library… June 8, 2026, 10:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy YouTube Processed 2.5 Billion Content ID Copyright Claims in 2025 YouTube's Content ID system processed a record 2.5 billion copyright claims in 2025, a 14% increase compared to a year before. While disputes remain rare,… June 6, 2026, 14:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Vietnam’s Online Piracy Failures Trigger Section 301 Investigation, Tariffs on the Table A month after designating Vietnam as a "Priority Foreign Country" over its failure to deter online piracy, the U.S. Trade Representative has formally opened a… June 5, 2026, 11:22 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Streaming Piracy Crackdown ‘KRATOS 2’ Leads to 29 Arrests, Targets Remain Unknown A seven-month Europol operation, coordinated by Bulgaria with support from Europol, has dismantled nine criminal networks running pirate streaming services. The operation, dubbed KRATOS 2,… June 4, 2026, 09:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Google’s Top DMCA Sender Plateaus at 70 Million Takedowns Per Week Google has processed billions of DMCA takedown requests during the first months of the year. Reporting agency Link-Busters remains the top sender. While its dominance… June 2, 2026, 09:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar