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With site-blocking legislation currently under discussion in the United States, a new report examines site blocking measures elsewhere in the world. Commissioned by Cloudflare, the report warns that a patchwork of measures risks disruption to the internet's global technical infrastructure. It also questions whether the claimed benefits are worth the risk in the bigger picture. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-30 03:34:53 READMORE

Medical device associations behind a lawsuit challenging a Library of Congress exemption to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, have failed to have the exemption ruled illegal. Motions for summary judgment from both sides went in favor of the defendants after a district court judge found that the exemption, granted for the maintenance and repair of medical devices, permits a non-infringing, transformative fair use. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-29 16:00:32 READMORE

Facebook has several anti-piracy tools and technologies to keep problematic content off the platform. This apparently includes automated keyword filters that ban mentions of piracy-related terms, regardless of the context. This resulted in the removal of several MagisTV news articles, including a press release from anti-piracy coalition ACE. Trying to spot these errors is not without risk either, as Facebook bans repeat offenders. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-28 19:37:41 READMORE

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'How to Train Your Dragon' tops the chart, followed by 'Lilo & Stitch'. 'Superman' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-28 08:09:40 READMORE

In Q2 2025, anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment continued to 'seize' domains in bulk, adding to the world's largest collection of former pirate domains maintained by the MPA. While the archive contains countless unique and memorable domains, many with interesting and informative backstories, new additions illustrate typical responses to site blocking measures and very little else. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-27 22:26:08 READMORE

A new report investigates the cybersecurity risks consumers face when using digital piracy services in Southeast Asia. The findings clearly show that pirate sites are a bigger threat than legal streaming platforms, suggesting that countermeasures are warranted. However, does is also mean that pirates are 65 times more likely to be infected by malware? And is that even important? From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-27 04:58:42 READMORE

Adult film producers Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media have filed a significant copyright infringement lawsuit against tech giant Meta. A complaint filed at a California federal court alleges that their films were downloaded via BitTorrent for AI training purposes. With at least 2,396 movies at stake, potential damages could exceed 350 million dollars. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-26 05:29:14 READMORE

Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga and Latin American anti-piracy group Alianza have joined forces to maintain the pressure on illegal IPTV service Magis TV. In conjunction with law enforcement partners in Argentina, multiple arrest warrants were executed in five regions against local sellers of premium Magis TV packages. Two of the locations targeted are operated by a local internet service provider; reports indicate that the owner of the ISP is now considered a fugitive. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-25 15:16:31 READMORE

During yesterday's "Winning the AI Race" summit, President Trump weighed in on the debate surrounding AI and copyright, noting that it is "not doable" for AI companies to pay for all copyrighted content used in model training. This stance, shared amidst ongoing AI copyright lawsuits, aims to keep the U.S. competitive in the global AI landscape, especially against countries like China. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-24 19:06:03 READMORE

In a move that could reshape the online copyright enforcement landscape, last month the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pivotal piracy liability lawsuit. The Court's decision will have a direct impact on similar lawsuits, including that between major record labels and ISP Altice, which is now on hold. Verizon has asked the court for a similar stay, but since that lawsuit is in its early stages, the labels are firmly opposed to any further delay. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-24 06:04:52 READMORE

The founder of illegal streaming service Jetflicks, a platform said to have negatively affected every significant copyright owner of TV shows in the United States, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison. Kristopher Dallmann had pleaded not guilty to several counts including conspiracy, criminal copyright infringement, and money laundering. He received sentences ranging between 12 and 84 months in prison to be served concurrently. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-23 15:56:34 READMORE

MagisTV, a leading pirate streaming brand in Latin America, finds itself caught between a legal storm and a mounting malware backlash. This week, the service saw its U.S. trademark application abandoned amidst growing scrutiny from authorities and rightsholders worldwide. At the same time, a barrage of local news reports warn consumers that using MagisTV's software could lead to identity theft and expose them to viruses. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-22 17:22:22 READMORE

A Google lawsuit filed in a New York court has been partly unsealed, revealing details of what is believed to be the largest botnet of its type in history. Consisting of 10 million compromised Android devices, mostly cheap Chinese set-top boxes popular with users of free and pirate streaming services, the Badbox 2.0 botnet turns user devices into nodes in a massive residential proxy network. Google says the botnet is used for ad fraud, malware distribution, and other digital crimes. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-21 16:22:28 READMORE

Today, online piracy is largely driven by unauthorized streaming sites and services. When it comes to lawsuits, however, BitTorrent users are the prime target, as they are easy to track. In recent years, one adult entertainment company has been responsible for the overwhelming majority of all cases filed in thhe U.S. against individual pirates. While these rarely make the news, they can have consequences, court records show. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-21 01:16:13 READMORE

Earlier this year, Microsoft published a report on an infostealer malware campaign identified as stemming from pirate streaming sites. With one million user devices infected, the potential for damage is clearly enormous but the threat isn't new. Data sourced from specialist breach databases reveals that Fmovies, the world's most popular pirate streaming site before its closure in 2024, was "strongly linked" to Infostealer activity targeting users worldwide. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-19 18:18:47 READMORE

Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam will prosecute the operators of around 400 pirate sites offering pornographic content. Such material is illegal in Vietnam and the authorities say the men made large profits from visitors viewing lucrative advertising. Also of note are claims that the men circumvented blocking measures at ISPs either owned by, or closely connected to, the government. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-18 18:09:42 READMORE

Germany's voluntary pirate site blocking regime has undergone a fundamental change, now requiring judicial oversight for all blocking actions. The participants will rely on court orders going forward, instead of their own recommendations. While the change ensures a proper review of blocking requests, it does not necessarily make the blockades more transparent for the public. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-17 23:02:49 READMORE

Late last week, the FBI seized the domain names of several gaming piracy websites, including NSW2U.com. The sites in question were used to download more than a million games per month, according to a press release, which inadvertently identified a nonexistent domain. The FBI eventually seized the correct domain, and the investigation continues. Meanwhile, opportunists are moving in to lure displaced pirates to new "NSW2U" domains. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-16 23:03:54 READMORE

Cloudflare has become the first internet intermediary beyond local residential ISPs, to block access to pirate sites in the UK. Users attempting to access certain pirate sites are greeted with 'Error 451 - Unavailable for Legal Reasons'. In theory, ISP blocking should prevent UK users from even seeing this notice, but a combination of Cloudflare's blocking mechanism and choices made by some VPN users results in a piracy dead end. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-07-15 23:31:07 READMORE