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Court Orders Porkbun and Other Registrars to Hand Over PornXP Domains to Aylo
Published: January 13, 2026 15:00
Pornhub parent company Aylo has won its copyright infringement lawsuit against PornXP, securing a $10.2 million damages award against its Kyrgyzstani operator. The court also ordered domain registries to disable and transfer the PornXP domains to Aylo.…
Disney, Netflix & Crunchyroll Try to Take Pirate Sites Down Globally Through Indian Court
Published: January 12, 2026 07:41
The High Court in New Delhi, India, has granted another pirate site blocking order in favor of American movie industry giants, including Apple, Warner., Netflix, Disney and Crunchyroll. The injunction targets notorious pirate sites, requesting blockades at…
X Sues Music Publishers Over “Weaponized” DMCA Takedown Conspiracy
https://torrentfreak.com/x-sues-music-publishers-over-weaponized-dmca-takedown-conspiracy/
Published: January 9, 2026 19:11
Elon Musk's X Corp. filed a landmark antitrust complaint against the NMPA, Sony, Universal, and other major music publishers, claiming that they used a coordinated "extortionate campaign" to force licensing deals. The lawsuit alleges that a flood of…
Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS
Published: January 9, 2026 09:10
Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM imposed a record-breaking €14.2 million fine on Cloudflare after the company failed to implement the required piracy blocking measures. Cloudflare argued that filtering its global 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver would be…
French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses ‘Cloudflare-First’ Defense
Published: January 8, 2026 07:22
The Paris Judicial Court has ordered Google to block nineteen additional pirate site domains through its public DNS resolver. The blockade was requested by Canal+ and aims to stop pirate streams of Champions League games. In its defense, Google argued that…
GitHub Restores Repo of GTA Mod ‘Multi Theft Auto’ After Take-Two Fails to Sue
Published: January 7, 2026 10:20
Multi Theft Auto (MTA), one of the longest-running and best known modding projects in gaming history, has officially returned to GitHub. The official repository disappeared last month following a takedown notice allegedly sent by Rockstar Games' parent…
Anna’s Archive Loses .Org Domain After Surprise Suspension
https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-org-domain-after-surprise-suspension/
Published: January 5, 2026 09:14
Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost control over its main domain name. Annas-archive.org was suspended and put on serverHold status, which is an action that's typically taken by the domain name registry. The site's operator doesn't believe that…
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/05/2026
https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-torrented-pirated-movies/
Published: January 4, 2026 23:09
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Zootopia 2' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Predator: Badlands' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright…
Indian ‘Piracy Kingpin’ Acquitted After 10-Years Due to Lack of Evidence
https://torrentfreak.com/indian-piracy-kingpin-acquitted-after-10-years-due-to-lack-of-evidence/
Published: January 3, 2026 20:30
More than ten years ago, Indian police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the popular TellyTorrents site. The supposed piracy kingpin, who spent 311 days in custody before being released on bail, saw his life fall apart soon after. Now, ten years…
Hollywood, Netflix, and Apple Are Behind Latest Pirate ‘Brand’ Blockades in Belgium
Published: January 2, 2026 11:01
New information obtained through a transparency request reveals that major movie industry players, including Disney, Apple, and Netflix, are behind the latest site-blocking effort in Belgium. While the involvement of these companies is hardly surprising,…
Strike 3’s Piracy Litigation Campaign Broke More Records in 2025
https://torrentfreak.com/strike-3s-piracy-litigation-campaign-broke-more-records-in-2025/
Published: January 1, 2026 11:58
Strike 3’s piracy litigation campaign reached new milestones in 2025, with over 4,000 cases filed in twelve months. While the vast majority of these still target individual BitTorrent users, the porn producer has also set its sights on Meta, one of the…