Posted at 08:00PM on November 17, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Blocking Pirate Sites Inevitably Goes Wrong, Even When You Do it Yourself * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Support for site or content blocking measures usually turns on individual needs. Equally, those who object to blocking pirate sites, may be enthusiastic supporters of blocking abusive ads, trackers, and malware. Internet users should be...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 16, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
New Investigation Unravels "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" Anti-Piracy PSA * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t Following a two-year investigation, French journalists Nicolas Delage and Christophe Wilson have identified the creators of the iconic "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" PSA. In a deep-dive documentary on YouTube, they trace the filming location to a Paramount back...
Home > Piracy > t Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media have fired back at Meta, claiming that the tech giant's "personal use" defense for pirating their adult films is a smokescreen. The producers allege that Meta not only used algorithms to hoard its films for AI trainin...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 15, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
DISH Wins $42M Default Judgment Against "DMCA-Ignored" Host Virtual Systems * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > IPTV and Streaming > t A complaint coordinated by anti-piracy group IBCAP and filed at a Seattle court by DISH Network in 2024, saw Ukraine-based hosting provider Virtual Systems accused of inaction against pirate IPTV services, despite receiving over 500 D...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 14, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Happy Fire Stick Crackdown Malware Armageddon Month * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t It appears that Fire Stick Crackdown Malware Armageddon Month is upon us once again. While there is legitimate news, including Amazon's updated anti-piracy policy, a steady stream of clickbait makes it difficult to properly value every announcement. Un...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 13, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Music Piracy Sites 'Newalbumreleases' and 'Israbox' * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has secured a new site-blocking injunction. The Rotterdam Court ordered internet provider Ziggo to block access to music piracy platforms 'newalbumreleases' and 'Israbox,' which reportedly had 100,000 month...
Posted at 08:00AM on November 13, 2025 by contributed @ TF Publishing
TorrentFreak Turns 20: What a Ride! * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t Today marks TorrentFreak's 20th anniversary. After covering a changing piracy and copyright landscape for two decades, I'd like to take a moment to reflect and look forward. The site has accomplished more than I ever imagined, and it will remain independent...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 12, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Redditor Convicted for Sharing Nude Scenes in Landmark 'Moral Rights' Copyright Case * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t A Danish court has handed down a historic verdict, convicting a Reddit moderator in the country's first-ever criminal case for violating copyright's "right of respect". The now 40-year-old man was given a 7-month suspended prison term for sharing 347 nude...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 11, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Cox Accuses Labels of 'Distancing' Themselves From "Two-Strike" Piracy Theory * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t In its final written argument to the Supreme Court, Cox Communications accuses the major record labels of "distancing" themselves from the "two-notices-and-terminate" rule that was the basis of their trial victory. The ISP's reply brief forces the labels ...
Posted at 08:00AM on November 11, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
IPTV Pirate TikTok Chef Avoids Prison and Sky Must Be Absolutely Livid * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > IPTV and Streaming > t With over 520K followers on TikTok, UK man Simon Hannigan, aka DadtheDish, has a backstory perfect for social media; it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up again, as the saying goes. Arrested...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 10, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
DNS Provider Quad9 Sees Piracy Blocking Orders as "Existential Threat" * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Non-profit DNS resolver Quad9 reports that legal battles over pirate site blocking have become an "existential threat" to its service. In a recent blog post, the Swiss foundation argues that while tech giants like Google and Cloudflare ...
Posted at 08:00AM on November 10, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
TorrentGalaxy.to 'Returns' as a Dubious Memecoin Promo Page * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t The mysterious disappearance of TorrentGalaxy, which left millions of users and its own staff in the dark following its sale last year, has taken an unexpected turn. The site's main domain has been transformed into a landing page promoting a memecoin. This ...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 09, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Movie Theaters Can Compete With Piracy, But Not By Cutting Prices, Study Finds * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy Research > t Prevailing wisdom states that the movie industry can't compete with "free" but a new academic study suggests this notion is only half right. Researchers found that competing on price is indeed a losing strategy. However, movie theaters can certainl...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 08, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t In a submission for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report, Cloudflare warns the U.S. government that site blocking efforts cause widespread disruption to legitimate services. The complaint points to Italy's automated Piracy Shield sys...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 08, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Judge Eviscerates Motions For ISPs to Unmask 2,400 Alleged Hellboy Pirates * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Copyright Trolls > t Despite setbacks in similar cases, movie companies keep returning to Canada's Federal Court hoping to unmask alleged BitTorrent pirates before pursuing cash settlements. A claim filed in March 2025 aimed to identify over 2,400 customers...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 06, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Pirate IPTV Empire Goes Dark in Brazil, Marketing the Common Denominator * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t Early September, a massive law enforcement operation in Argentina targeted a global IPTV piracy network's business in Latin America. The aim was to shut down dozens of branded services including My Family Cinema, TV Express and...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 05, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs from its Search Results * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has become a top target for copyright holders. In just three years, publishers and authors have prompted Google to remove 749 million of the site's URLs from its search results. Despite this immense takedown campai...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 04, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Warner Bros. Discovery & TNT Sports Target UK Piracy Blocking Injunction * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and TNT Sports are the latest sports rightsholders to request a pirate site blocking injunction at the High Court in London. The specific content the companies aim to protect isn't clear but with football, ...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 03, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Some Pirates Use Religion as an Excuse, For Others It's a Moral Barrier * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy Research > t Religion has two faces; that's also true when it comes to online piracy, albeit with a twist. A new academic study has found that those who use religion mostly for social benefits are more likely to pirate than those with strongly internalized reli...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 02, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
U.S. Pirate IPTV Operator Faces $9 Million in Damages After Ghosting Hollywood Lawsuit * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t A Pennsylvania man, alleged to be the operator of several pirate IPTV services including 'Shrugs' and 'Zing', faces a potential $9 million default judgment. After major Hollywood studios sued him in March, the defendant was personally ser...
Posted at 08:00PM on November 01, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
IPTV Anti-Piracy Demands Are Bad For ISPs, Spell Disaster for User Privacy & Security * TorrentFreak
Home > Law and Politics > t A huge coalition of rightsholders with collective revenues running to hundreds of billions of euros, is demanding legislative action to tackle live event piracy in the EU. In a letter to the European Commission, major rightsholders and broadcaster...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 31, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Defiant 'Pirate' Streamer 'EveryGameGuru' * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t Nintendo has secured a final default judgment against Jesse Keighin, aka 'EveryGameGuru'. The gaming giant sued Keighin in 2024 after he streamed pirated copies of pre-release games. In correspondence with Nintendo's legal team, Keighin w...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 30, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Global Piracy Injunction Targets VidSrc Domains, Hydra Regenerates in Russia * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t A powerful injunction obtained by members of the MPA, anti-piracy coalition ACE, and Korea-based anti-piracy group COA, has launched its first follow-up attack after targeting 248 domains in September. In this wave, the numbers are significantly smaller, wi...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 29, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Broad Coalition Backs Record Labels in Supreme Court ISP Piracy Liability Battle * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t The Supreme Court battle over a $1 billion piracy judgment against internet provider Cox Communications is one of the decade's pivotal copyright lawsuits. After the ISP received broad support, including from the U.S. Government, a diverse group of amici h...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 29, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Meta: Pirated Adult Film Downloads Were For "Personal Use," Not AI Training * TorrentFreak
Home > AI > t Meta is using a classic BitTorrent defense in its legal battle with adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings. In its motion to dismiss, the tech company argues that IP-address evidence is insufficient to prove who the infringer is. Meta further counters that the "...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 28, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Pirate IPTV Man Settles Lawsuit For $44.5m Yet Couldn't Pay His Attorney * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > IPTV and Streaming > t A lawsuit filed last November by DISH and Sling TV targeted Richard Moy and CLVPN LLC. It was alleged that Moy illegally gained access to the companies' servers and redistributed their TV content to 450,000 users. To mitigate customer...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 27, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
The Streaming Piracy Crisis Suppressant That Nobody Wants To Discuss * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t History has shown that if the source of pirated content isn't eliminated, one way or another it will simply reappear somewhere else. Targeting consumer-facing streaming sites does cause disruption, but not as much as targeting the supplier of their str...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 26, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Proposal to Prevent LaLiga Site-Blocking Hurting Innocent Sites Rejected in Spain * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t A proposal calling for the Spanish government to protect innocent websites from pirate site overblocking has been rejected. The proposal before the Congressional Committee on Economy, Trade, and Digital Transformation, recognized that f...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 25, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
UEFA Joins Anti-Piracy Coalition ACE to Protect Growing Revenues from Piracy Surge * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t European football's governing body, UEFA, has joined global anti-piracy coalition ACE. The move will help the Champions League organizer to more effectively tackle live streaming piracy. While sports piracy is a growing problem, UEFA has also seen a sp...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 24, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
MPA Targets 'Zombie' Pirate Brands Including Fmovies, Cuevana and Aniwave * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t In the modern piracy ecosystem, sites and domains have become disposable, but "brands" often survive. This phenomenon is highlighted by the MPA's latest DMCA subpoena request, which hunts the "ghosts" of already defeated operations. On behalf of...
