TorrentGalaxy Drama Continues With Days of Downtime
Trouble continues for popular torrent site TorrentGalaxy. The site, which is seen as a notorious piracy market by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has been unreachable for days. While some believe that the end has come for the site, technical troubles certainly can't be ruled out. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-17 02:57:40 READMORE
Real-Debrid Traffic Falls 16% in 3 Months, Anti-Piracy Action Painful But Non-Fatal
At least on paper, Real-Debrid's November 2024 announcement detailing new anti-piracy measures, suggested a tough time ahead for the popular platform. Under pressure from dozens of powerful rightsholders, Real-Debrid's position looked precarious to put it mildly; not precarious enough for the service to throw in the towel, however. Three months later, a 16% drop in traffic is painful but non-fatal. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-16 16:24:11 READMORE
Google’s Piracy Purge: 3.5 Billion DMCA Takedown Notices in a Year
Google has completed the busiest twelve months ever on the DMCA takedown front. The popular search engine processed a record-breaking 3.5 billion takedown requests during the year. Ironically, this milestone is in part a byproduct of ongoing anti-piracy measures, including site blocking and search engine removals, with no end in sight. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-15 21:27:39 READMORE
ProtonVPN: Site Blocking Is an Attack on Users’ Online Freedom
In France, rightsholders have taken legal action to get large VPN providers on board with their pirate site blocking program. The aim is to prevent circumvention of existing blocking measures in place to reduce widespread copyright infringement. From the VPN provider's perspective, site blocking threatens online freedom. Swiss provider ProtonVPN describes blocking as 'a dangerous attack on Internet freedom on the altar of corporate greed'. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-14 23:29:27 READMORE
Record Labels Target 20 ISPs in Pursuit of BitTorrent Pirates and Damages
Predictions of a looming music industry apocalypse, fueled by users of LimeWire and similar peer-to-peer apps, have long-since been replaced by all-you-can-eat music services. In Japan, most formats are celebrating double-digit growth, and even the CD market is holding its own. Meanwhile, the major record labels have targeted 20 ISPs to obtain the personal details of BitTorrent pirates, seeking damages for infringements dating back over two years. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-14 15:42:42 READMORE
DAZN Escrows €35m TV Rights Bill as Football Piracy Row Boils Over
French football clubs held emergency talks after broadcaster DAZN withheld millions of euros in TV rights payments due this month. The dispute concerns DAZN's claims that Ligue 1 football league body LFP failed to suppress piracy and fell short in other areas too. Hopes of an amicable solution faded when DAZN paid 50% of the sum owed for February and put the other €35 million into an escrow account. LFP responded by launching legal action in Paris. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-13 17:24:48 READMORE
Scammers Exploited Official EU Website for ‘Piracy’ Scams
Scammers exploited a subdomain of the European Food Safety Authority to actively redirect people to piracy scams and other dubious ploys. The pages that promised free content, including Super Bowl streams, appeared high in Google's search results. After being alerted, the EU agency swiftly addressed the vulnerability, but further vigilance is advised. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-12 22:24:36 READMORE
Piracy Crisis: Cloudflare Says LaLiga Knew Dangers, Blocked IP Address Anyway (Update)
Unexplained chaos at ISPs Movistar and DIGI has prevented some customers from accessing many sites using Cloudflare for over a week. Simultaneously, football league LaLiga stated they are working to shut down pirate streaming platforms, warning Cloudflare and others that they consider them responsible for profiting from piracy. Since statements now link these two events, Spain has a crisis on its hands. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-12 05:52:26 READMORE
AI is a Key Technology in Today’s Anti-Piracy Toolbox
Last week, several innovative copyright protection tools were discussed at WIPO’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement. One particularly interesting presentation came from the Portuguese company NOS Technology, which highlighted its AI-powered anti-piracy tool. Among other things, the toolbox can help to block pirated content automatically, with a direct connection at the ISP level. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-11 19:14:01 READMORE
Piracy Device Still Sold By Company that Didn’t Pay $101m Judgment & Can’t Be Sued
BeIN, Miramax and MPA-affiliated anti-piracy group AVIA, have called out a Chinese company behind a device that disables anti-piracy codes embedded in video streams. Gotech was previously hit with a widely publicized $101m judgment following a Nagravision copyright lawsuit. Yet, not only was the amount never paid, the judgment was fully vacated. In what can only be described as a bizarre finale, GoTech now promotes Nagra as its partner. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-11 03:20:34 READMORE
Feds Seize Pirate Sports Streaming Domains in ‘Super Bowl Crackdown’
US authorities have initiated a new round of domain name seizures, targeting dozens of pirate sports streaming sites. Most likely by design, the enforcement action coincided with the Super Bowl. While the seizures may have frustrated many 'pirate' viewers, pirate streaming operations are not necessarily throwing in the towel just yet. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-10 21:11:03 READMORE
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 02/10/2025
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Wolf Man' tops the chart, followed by 'Moana 2'. 'Nosferatu' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-10 07:09:40 READMORE
Gazprom: 23,000 Sites/Telegram Channels Blocked, 770 Lawsuits Won in 2024
Using tools broadly similar to those preferred by its Western counterparts, in 2024, Russia's Gazprom-Media suppressed online piracy by blocking 17,400 websites and 5,700 Telegram channels. Filing lawsuits at an average rate of more than 14 each week, Gazprom claims victory in 775 infringement lawsuits. Whether that amounts to 'winning' the piracy war is another matter. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-09 16:25:15 READMORE
Publishing Pirate Site-Blocking Orders is a Good Start, But It’s Not Transparency
Recognition of transparency in the FADPA site blocking bill is welcome, but will it become reality? So far, many blocking regimes have lacked transparency. The true scale of site blocking action in Europe, let alone the world, is effectively proprietary information to which the public has zero access. It may be the ideal time for global site blocking to implement global transparency by default. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-08 23:41:25 READMORE
Rightsholders Target VPN Providers in French Court to Block Piracy
In their ongoing battle against online sports piracy, French rightsholders are now seeking to extend site-blocking measures to VPN providers. Canal+ and the football league LFP have requested court orders to compel NordVPN, ExpressVPN, ProtonVPN, and others to block access to pirate sites and services. The move follows similar orders obtained last year against DNS resolvers. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-07 19:33:44 READMORE
‘Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna’s Archive, Despite Few Seeders’
Freshly unsealed court documents reveal that Meta downloaded significant amounts of data from shadow libraries through Anna's Archive. The company's use of BitTorrent was already known, but internal email communication reveals sources and terabytes of downloaded data, as well as a struggle with limited availability and slow download speeds due to a lack of seeders. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-06 22:52:23 READMORE
KickAssAnime Flagged for ‘Suspected Phishing’ by Cloudflare
The domain names of popular anime streaming site KickAssAnime (KAA) have been flagged by Cloudflare for "suspected phishing," prompting a warning banner for visitors. The site suspects that the action was triggered by a potential mass reporting campaign, but the cause remains unconfirmed. Meanwhile, users are redirected to a new domain. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-06 04:34:30 READMORE
Piracy Victories for Hollywood & Premier League Spark Progress Concerns
In 2024 the Motion Picture Association and the Premier League celebrated notable anti-piracy wins in Vietnam. The collapse of the Fmovies empire and the conviction of a person linked to a major IPTV provider, marked rare progress in a difficult region. Yet, increasing doubts over what happens next in Vietnam has sparked concerns that not even the biggest wins offer guaranteed progression. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-05 17:45:08 READMORE
LaLiga: Cloudflare, Google and X Are Essential Piracy Facilitators
In a submission to the U.S. Trade Representative, LaLiga accuses Google, Cloudflare, and X of enabling pirate services to thrive. The submission is unusual; the Special 301 process requests recommendations concerning foreign countries. LaLiga also stands out for its country-specific complaints, nominating the UK and Germany for the Priority Watch List over piracy challenges. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-02-04 19:47:07 READMORE