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Telefónica & LaLiga’s Anti-Piracy Collaboration Runs in Both Directions
Published: January 17, 2025 19:59
In 2024, legal action taken by Spain's top-tier football league led to telecoms giant Telefonica disclosing the identities of alleged pirates among its own subscribers. Telefonica's cooperation was to be expected, as it just obtained the rights to…
Court Orders Pirate Site MissAV to Pay $4.5m in Damages, Domains Seized
Published: January 17, 2025 10:52
This week, several domain names of the Japanese adult pirate website MissAV were redirected to seizure banners. The legal basis for these confiscations wasn't initially clear, but new information ties the action to a U.S. court order. In addition to losing…
Poppy Playtime Sues Google for Failing to Remove Copyright Infringing ‘Scam’ Apps
Published: January 16, 2025 13:05
Poppy Playtime is a massively popular horror game released by the indie studio Mob Entertainment. The game is available across various platforms, including the Google Play Store, where copyright-infringing versions are also available. Despite several…
Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library & Anna’s Archive Channels Over Copyright Infringement
Published: January 15, 2025 18:17
Telegram is one of the most popular messaging tools, chosen by many online services to stay connected with their audiences. Major shadow libraries Z-Library and Anna's Archive used Telegram until this week, when both accounts were terminated for copyright…
3,682 Pirate Sites Blocked to Protect Creators; More Importantly, Did it Work?
Published: January 15, 2025 09:10
With considerable encouragement from Hollywood and affiliated anti-piracy groups, in 2021 the Malaysian government stepped up its site blocking measures. An official statement published this week reveals that between 2021 and November 2024, a total of…
‘Notorious’ Pirate IPTV Service MagisTV Applies for US Trademark and Rebrands
Published: January 14, 2025 12:00
In its annual report published last week, the U.S. Government listed MagisTV as one of the most notorious piracy services. The mention comes after the IPTV provider, which is mainly popular in Latin America, boldly applied for a U.S. trademark. This…
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/13/2025
https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-torrented-pirated-movies/
Published: January 13, 2025 22:09
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Gladiator II' tops the chart, followed by 'Venom: The Last Dance'. 'Mufasa: The Lion King' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on…
ISP Huffs and Puffs Then Apologizes to 3 Little Piggies Over Pirate Downloads
Published: January 13, 2025 18:33
Making use of free Wi-Fi offered by pubs, bars, cafés, and other businesses, is now an everyday event for millions of people. For the owner of the 3 Little Piggies café in Cork, Ireland, providing free Wi-Fi led to an allegation of music piracy from his…
MissAV: One of the World’s Largest ‘Pirate’ Sites Targeted in Takedown Effort
Published: January 13, 2025 10:54
With billions of annual visits, MissAV ranks among the 60 most-visited websites on the internet. The porn site mostly caters to an Asian audience where rightsholders see the 'pirate' site as a major threat to their business. Through a legal procedure,…
Nhentai Asks California Court to Dismiss Piracy Lawsuit
https://torrentfreak.com/nhentai-asks-california-court-to-dismiss-piracy-lawsuit-250112/
Published: January 12, 2025 22:38
Nhentai.net, a popular adult site with dozens of millions of monthly visits, has asked a California federal court to dismiss a piracy lawsuit filed last year by publisher PCR Distributing. Among other things, the site argues that PCR lack sufficient…
Tonga! Tonga! Tonga! Online Piracy’s Unusual Attraction to ccTLD .to
https://torrentfreak.com/tonga-tonga-tonga-online-piracys-unusual-attraction-to-cctld-to-250111/
Published: January 11, 2025 19:22
In terms of popularity and daily usage, the mighty gTLD .com and the lesser-known ccTLD .to sit in stark contrast. DomainTools currently reports over 154 million registered .com domains, 129,000 of those registered in the last day alone. Total number of…
‘Strike 3’ Filed a Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits in 2024
https://torrentfreak.com/strike-3-filed-a-record-number-of-piracy-lawsuits-in-2024-250110/
Published: January 10, 2025 11:59
Adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings is once again the most prolific copyright litigant in the United States. The company tracks down individual pirates and holds them responsible via copyright infringement lawsuits. The company is linked to over…
DoodStream Can’t Comply With Court Orders, Major Investor is a Russian Dude
Published: January 9, 2025 18:37
According to the MPA, in 2023 video hosting platform DoodStream received 2.69 billion visits, largely driven by pirated content. So when the High Court of Delhi gave the site's operators 24 hours to end infringement in March 2024, that looked promising.…
EFF Sides with Cox to Protect Piracy-Accused Internet Users from ‘Copyright Trolls’
Published: January 9, 2025 14:22
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has got involved in a lawsuit between several movie companies and ISP Cox, who disagree over the use of DMCA subpoenas to identify alleged pirates. The EFF argues this could be abused by "copyright trolls" to…
U.S. Trade Representative Lists the Most Notorious Piracy Threats
https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-trade-representative-lists-the-most-notorious-piracy-threats-240108/
Published: January 8, 2025 21:50
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has published its annual list of problematic piracy websites and other "notorious markets." This year's overview includes the usual suspects operating in the torrent and streaming sectors, as well as…
Google Deindexes 200 Streaming Sites For Violating EU Sanctions on Russia
Published: January 8, 2025 09:37
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU banned a number of Russian news outlets from broadcasting to any member state, including via websites and IPTV. Following a recent move by Lithuania, Google has reportedly deindexed over 200 websites…