Posted at 08:00AM on February 19, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Spanish Court Orders ProtonVPN and NordVPN to Block Pirate Football Streams * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as "technological intermediaries," ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The "dynamic" injunction compels NordVPN and Proto...
Posted at 08:00AM on February 18, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
ACE Targets Pirate Streaming Site 'HDFull' Through Cloudflare and Discord Subpoenas * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t Through the Motion Picture Association, anti-piracy group ACE has requested two DMCA subpoenas at California federal courts, asking Cloudflare and Discord to identify the operators of pirate streaming sites. Spanish-language veteran HDFull is ta...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 17, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Amazon Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t More than two years ago, Amazon sued a network of websites that sold pirated DVDs of Prime Video exclusives such as The Rings of Power and The Boys. The defendants, believed to be based in China, never showed up in court. This week, a California federal jud...
Posted at 08:00AM on February 16, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
South Korea Seeks Multilingual Talent to Hunt Down K-Content Piracy * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t South Korea's copyright agency is recruiting 25 people to monitor foreign-language piracy sites for illegal copies of Korean movies, dramas, webtoons, and music. The work-from-home positions pay minimum wage, are open to applicants of any nationality, and l...
Posted at 08:00AM on February 14, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Argentina Blocks Pirate Streaming Services Magis TV and Xuper TV, VPN Usage Skyrockets * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t An Argentine court has expanded the crackdown on pirate IPTV services Magis TV and Xuper TV, blocking more than 70 domains, while ordering Google to disable sideloaded Android apps. As the pirate services suddenly went dark across the South American country...
Posted at 08:00AM on February 13, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Anna's Archive Quietly 'Releases' Millions of Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal Pushback * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t Despite being sued by Spotify and several record labels, Anna's Archive has silently begun releasing the actual music files from its massive Spotify scrape. The shadow library's backend torrent index now lists dozens of new torrents containing approximately...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 12, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Nintendo Piracy: NXBrew and NSWPedia Targeted in European Blocking Efforts * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Nintendo can welcome two new pirate site blocking orders in Europe at the start of the year. Last week, a Dutch court ruled in favor of local anti-piracy group BREIN, ordering NXBrew to be blocked. A few days earlier, a German court iss...
Posted at 08:00AM on February 10, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
DMCA Subpoenas Can't Be Used for Foreign Piracy Lawsuits, Court Rules * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t A California federal court has ruled that identity information obtained through DMCA subpoenas cannot be used for foreign copyright lawsuits, rejecting manga publisher Shueisha's attempt to use it outside the United States. The decision comes af...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 09, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Research: Major Pirate Site Shutdown Boosted Visits to other Pirate Sites (and Netflix) * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy Research > t Does shutting down major pirate sites simply drive people to other sites, or can it also increase legal consumption? According to a new study from researchers at Chapman University and Carnegie Mellon, the answer is both. Analyzing the 2015 takedow...
Home > Piracy > t The popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name. The site's .pm domain was taken offline after international pressure on intermediaries continued to mount. That initially left the .li domain as the only option, but a Greenland-bas...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 06, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
\xe2\x80\x98Ripping\xe2\x80\x99 Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos that are created with stream-ripping tools. In the case of Cordova v. Huneault, U.S. Magistrate Judge DeMarchi concluded that a...
Home > AI > t NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit, arguing that authors failed to prove their books were actually used to train AI models. The chip giant says merely contacting Anna's Archive doesn't constitute infringement and challenge...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 03, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
U.S. Rightsholders Applaud India's "Lock and Suspend" Piracy Blockades * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t After a decade of cat-and-mouse games, Indias site-blocking machine has evolved from basic ISP blocks into a global domain-deletion engine that also targets American domain registrars. This expansion is largely due to legal efforts by A...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 03, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Danish Students Face Legal Action and Fines Over Textbook Piracy * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t After "awareness" campaigns that failed to move the needle for years, Denmarks leading anti-piracy group is shifting to a more aggressive litigation strategy. The Rights Alliance confirmed it will begin filing civil lawsuits against individual students wh...
Posted at 08:00PM on February 02, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Piracy Crackdown in Italy Shuts Down IPTV Services Ahead of Winter Olympics * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t In a massive international operation a week before the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Italian authorities have announced the dismantling of a global IPTV network. Dubbed "Operation Switch Off," the action targeted key infrastructure and a hie...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 31, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Bulgarian Torrent Giants Zamunda, Zelka, and ArenaBG Seized in Joint U.S.-Bulgarian Operation * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t After more than two decades of surviving legal and political pressure, several titans of the Bulgarian file-sharing scene were dealt a major blow today. In what appears to be a coordinated international strike, law enforcement ...
Posted at 08:00AM on January 30, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Operator of Bato.to Criminally Investigated in China Following CODA Piracy Complaint * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t Anti-piracy group CODA, which represents the five major manga publishers, has been the driving force behind the takedown of the iconic manga pirate site Bato.to. The group's actions led to a raid in China last November, where t...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 29, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Spotify's Crackdown on Anna's Archive Domains Hits a Jurisdiction Snag * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t The music industrys legal offensive against Anna's Archive has hit a jurisdictional roadblock. While U.S. court orders have successfully suspended the shadow library's .ORG, .IN, and .SE domains, not all foreign intermediaries may automat...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 28, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
The Oscar Surge: \xe2\x80\x98Sinners\xe2\x80\x99 Piracy Triples Following Record-Breaking 16 Nominations * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t While Warner Bros. deservingly celebrates a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations for Sinners, there's also a darker side to writing Hollywood history. The renewed interest in the film has not just boosted interest through legal channels; it has also tripled...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 27, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Aylo Wins $90 Million Default Judgment Against Porn Piracy Network * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t Adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo has won a $90 million default judgment against a large piracy ring in a Washington federal court. Recouping these damages will be a challenge because the owner of the sites was not located. For Aylo, however, the main p...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 26, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Kakao Entertainment Behind the Bato.to Piracy Crackdown, Operator Identified * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t The disappearance of the massive manga/manhwa piracy hub Bato.to was a major disappointment to many fans this week. The takedown action follows a calculated strike by South Korean entertainment giant Kakao Entertainment, which ...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 26, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Adviser of EU\xe2\x80\x99s Highest Court Backs VPN Neutrality in Anne Frank Copyright Battle * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t A landmark copyright battle involving digital copies of the iconic Anne Frank diary is helping to answer key questions about geo-blocking and a copyright enforcement tool. According to a new opinion from EU Advocate General Rantos, publishers who use 'sta...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 24, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Storm Chasers Sue Meta for Ignoring Repeat Infringements of Popular Accounts * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Repeat Infringer > t For independent creators documenting the world's most extreme weather, the real disaster isn't the storm; it's the aftermath on social media. A coalition of professional storm chasers has sued Meta for systematic copyright infringement....
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, have taken legal action against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive. The action follows the shadow library's announcement that it would release hundreds of tera...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 24, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
IPTV Piracy Crackdown in Sweden 'Exposes' 4,886 Subscribers * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t A major IPTV crackdown in Sweden has not only taken down a multi-million dollar reseller; it has also exposed the identities of nearly 5,000 subscribers. While these IPTV users aren't currently facing charges, a looming law change in July 2026 could soon tu...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 23, 2026 by sued NVIDIA @ TF Publishing
'NVIDIA Contacted Anna\xe2\x80\x99s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books' * TorrentFreak
Home > AI > t NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, several book authors claim that the trillion-dollar company direct...
Posted at 08:00AM on January 17, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Groupon 'Redeems' Itself With Rapid Takedown of Pirate IPTV Deal * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t Groupon, the global marketplace that aims to offer users some of the best online deals, recently featured an offer that was too good to be true. After Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN flagged an illegal IPTV service on the platform, Groupon reportedly too...
Posted at 08:00AM on January 17, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t A new order from the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris requires several popular VPNs to block access to live sports streaming sites. The order, directed at CyberGhost, ExpressVPN, NordVPN, ProtonVPN, and Surfshark, confirms that VPNs are now classified as "techn...
Posted at 08:00PM on January 16, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
GitHub Restores Repo of GTA Mod 'Multi Theft Auto' After Take-Two Fails to Sue * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t 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'...
Posted at 12:00AM on January 16, 2026 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t Annas Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shadow library is now facing a permanent injunction from a federal court. After dropping a multi-million damages claim, OCLC won a default judgment and perman...
