The Pirate Bay’s Million-Dollar Bitcoin Donations: Hidden Goldmine or Spent Treasure? For over a decade, The Pirate Bay has been accepting Bitcoin donations. In dollar terms, this provided a relatively modest but consistent revenue stream. However,… December 16, 2024, 21:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Japanese Anime Companies Shut Down Another 15 Pirate Sites in Brazil Japan-based anti-piracy group CODA is reporting new successes in its overseas efforts to disrupt access to pirate sites. Earlier this month, operators of pirate anime… December 16, 2024, 08:35 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Canada’s First Pirate Site Blocking Order Quietly Expires The first pirate site blocking order in Canada was 'discontinued' this week. The plaintiffs, including rightsholders Bell and Rogers, won't request an extension of the… December 14, 2024, 15:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Cox to Appeals Court: DMCA Subpoenas Don’t Apply to Us, Period In a recent filing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ISP Cox maintains that DMCA subpoenas don't apply to Internet providers. Several movie studios… December 13, 2024, 13:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits French Piracy Blocking Order Goes Global, DNS Service Quad9 Vows to Fight In an ongoing escalation of its fight against online sports piracy, media giant Canal+ secured court orders compelling DNS providers Quad9 and Vercara to block… December 12, 2024, 13:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Anti-Piracy Piracy Shield Blacks Out Tech News Site by Blocking Another CDN IP Italy's Piracy Shield IPTV blocking system is back in the news today after yet another completely avoidable blocking blunder. On Monday night, yet another CDN… December 11, 2024, 08:52 by Andy Maxwell
TorrentGalaxy’s Troubles Silence Popular Upload Bots (Update) Trouble continues for the popular torrent site TorrentGalaxy. After several technical issues last week, the site has become unreachable. At the same time, the related… December 10, 2024, 21:12 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Musi Decries Apple’s App Store Removal: A “Backroom Scheme” with Music Industry (Update) Music streaming app Musi claims Apple removed its app from the App Store after "backroom conversations" with key music industry players. The app developer alleges… December 10, 2024, 13:22 by Ernesto Van der Sar