Posted at 08:00AM on October 13, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Suno & Udio Sound Fair Use Alarm in Yout vs. RIAA YouTube-Ripper Appeal * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t After being sued by members of the RIAA, generative AI music platforms Suno and Udio are relying on a fair use defense. The labels' recent allegations that music was 'ripped' from YouTube to facilitate AI training thrust the DMCA's anti-c...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 12, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
German Pirate Site Blockades Target Anna's Archive, FitGirl and RPG Only * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Germany's voluntary pirate site blocking scheme was overhauled this year, adding proper judicial oversight. In recent weeks, the first court orders were signed, resulting in blockades of shadow library Anna's Archive and gaming portal R...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 11, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Pinterest Accused of Sending 'False' DMCA Claims to Delist Downloader From Google * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t With the aim of making popular Pinterest downloader Pintere.com more difficult to find, the social media giant sent DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google Search. Pintere.com URLs subsequently disappeared from Google's indexes, provoking a re...
Posted at 08:00AM on October 10, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Mass Pirate Site Domain Suspensions Aim to Slay the Streaming Hydra * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t The MPA, members of ACE, and Korea-based anti-piracy group COA have been granted permission to deploy perhaps the most powerful anti-piracy enforcement measure, with unlimited geographical scope. In India, local ISPs must immed...
Posted at 08:00AM on October 10, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
DAZN Letters to IPTV Pirates Demand \xe2\x82\xac500, Compliance in 7 Days - Or Else * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > t Sports broadcaster DAZN has made good on its promise to target pirate IPTV subscribers and make them pay for dodging its official products. All of those who received a physical letter in the mail this week were previously fined by the government after ...
Posted at 08:00AM on October 09, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Internet Archive Ordered to Block Books in Belgium After Talks With Publishers Fail * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t After initially avoiding external blocking measures, the Internet Archive must block access to various books in its Open Library project under the orders of a Belgian government department. While the final decision avoids a full site bl...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 08, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Nintendo Seeks 'Reasonable' $4.5 Million Judgment Against r/SwitchPirates Mod 'Archbox' * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t Nintendo is seeking a $4.5 million default judgment against r/SwitchPirates moderator James 'Archbox' Williams. The Arizona resident allegedly used Reddit to promote the distribution of hundreds of games through his "pirate shops". Ninten...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 07, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak
Home > Law and Politics > t The RIAA has submitted its latest overview of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government. The list includes familiar names, including torrent sites, stream-rippers, and direct download portals. In addition, the music group brands Telegram and Disc...
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t While aspects of signaling and delivery have at times left more questions than answers, LaLiga's commitment to utilize every available tool to fight piracy couldn't be any more clear. Reports suggest a new blocking tactic and a new wave...
Posted at 08:00AM on October 06, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Company Offers $100 Million for the Right to Sue ISPs Using Redbox's Piracy Claims * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Repeat Infringer > t As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the future of ISP liability lawsuits, one company is making a $100 million bet on the outcome. Grove Street Partners is trying to buy the "IP Litigation Assets" from the bankrupt estate of Redbox's paren...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 05, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
beIN Says Issues at RIPE NCC Help Piracy-as-a-Service Entities Stay Online * TorrentFreak
Home > Law and Politics > t Anti-piracy strategies targeted at consumer-facing pirate streaming sites are not always the best solution. That claim appears in a beIN/Miramax submission to the USTR, as input for its 2025 review of notorious markets. A more effective alternativ...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 05, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Thailand Hits Premier League Pirates, Anticipates USTR Watchlist Removal * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have announced a multi-location enforcement operation targeting INWIPTV, an IPTV provider with a 13-year history. Thailand's...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 03, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Sports Piracy Operator Goes from Jail to Getting Hired by a Tech Unicorn in a Month * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > t The operator of a popular pirate sports streaming site in Argentina has gone from spending time in jail with murderers to landing a new high-profile job a month later. Alejo "Shishi" Warles, the 25-year-old operator of Al ngulo TV, was arrested on August ...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 03, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
MPA Highlights Rapidly Expanding "Hydra Sites" as an Emerging Piracy Problem * TorrentFreak
Home > Law and Politics > t The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has released its 2025 overview of the world's most notorious piracy markets, presenting a detailed picture of an ever-evolving landscape. In its submission to the U.S. Trade Representative, the Hollywood group ...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 02, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
New Pirate IPTV Crackdown, D\xc3\xa9j\xc3\xa0 Vu, and the Resilience of Organized Crime * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t Italian police have announced yet another operation targeting a reportedly massive pirate IPTV network. Yet, despite being new, the entire report feels a lot like dj vu. The arrest of several people described as top-level manag...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 01, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Kocowa Seeks Domain Takeovers to Permanently Shut Down Dramacool Pirates * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t After the operators of pirate streaming network Dramacool failed to show up in court, legal streaming service Kocowa is moving in for the final blow. The company has requested a default judgment and a permanent injunction, aiming to shut ...
Posted at 08:00PM on October 01, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
U.S. Rightsholders Urge China to Take Action Against 'Export-Only' Piracy Services * TorrentFreak
Home > Law and Politics > t IIPA, which represents the movie, music, and software industries, wants China to take action against a sophisticated and growing trend of "export-only" piracy services. These pirate sites and apps are operated from China but blocked locally, presu...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 30, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Men Who Uploaded Movies to Extract Cash From Pirates Have Been Acquitted * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Copyright Trolls > t Six men have been acquitted for their part in a highly organized 'copyright-trolling' operation. After two movie companies were offered 20% of the spoils from the scheme, their movies were downloaded from BitTorrent and then seeded to d...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 28, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Streameast Reclaimed Domain Name Previously Seized By the U.S. Government * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t Pirate sports streaming site Streameast has quietly reclaimed one of the domain names the U.S. authorities seized last year. No legal battle was required, as the U.S. government apparently let the domain expire. The quiet re-re...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 27, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
BitTorrent's DHT and the Leading ISP Networks Helping to Keep it Alive * TorrentFreak
Home > Technology > BitTorrent > t Aside from the genius baked into the protocol itself, BitTorrent's success as a global network can be attributed to its Distributed Hash Table, commonly known by the initials DHT. Its existence goes unnoticed by millions of BitTorrent users...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 26, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Bungie's Copyright Battle Against Cheat Seller AimJunkies Ends with Final Capitulation * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t The legal battle between game developer Bungie and cheat seller AimJunkies is over. A stipulated dismissal filed at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively marks the end of the case, one notable for a first-ever verdict holding a c...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 25, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
U.S. Govt. Asks to Speak on Cox's Behalf in Supreme Court Piracy Liability Showdown * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Repeat Infringer > t Cox Communications is not fighting its billion-dollar piracy liability case alone. In a formal motion, the U.S. Solicitor General requested speaking time to voice the government's interest in the landmark case. The Internet provider has...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 24, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Italy Expands Piracy Shield to Live TV, Begins With 'The X Factor' * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t Legal amendments adopted during the summer expanded the scope of Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system beyond sports to all live entertainment events. Given the prevalence of piracy around big movie premieres, a Hollywood blockbuster se...
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t After an unexpected five-month freeze that left researchers and journalists in the dark, Google Search's DMCA transparency report is back on track. The search giant has updated its figures through mid-September, revealing that takedown efforts h...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 22, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
Piracy Over-Blocking Victims Turn to the Blockchain Hoping to Make LaLiga Pay * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > t When pirate sports streaming sites use Cloudflare, Spain's LaLiga has a choice between blocking pirate sites and countless innocent sites using the same IP addresses, or walking away having blocked nothing at all. Having opted for the f...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 21, 2025 by \n \n Authors & Copyright Scholars Back ‘Internet Archive’ in Landmark Legal Battle\n @ TF Publishing
I Came, I Typed, I Downloaded - How a Pirate Librarian Became an FBI Target * TorrentFreak
Home > Piracy > t Online piracy is in the midst of an identity crisis. Sites born with one name tend to discard them quite quickly, before adopting a series of others, hoping to stay one step ahead of the law. Site operators, meanwhile, no longer court the gaze of the media,...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 20, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
LaLiga Seeks Google's Help to Expose \xe2\x80\x98Notorious\xe2\x80\x99 Pirate Streaming Service FlujoTV * TorrentFreak
Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > t Spanish football league LaLiga is targeting the operators of popular pirate IPTV service FlujoTV in a U.S. court. In a new filing, the league requests a DMCA subpoena that would compel Google to hand over the personal details of users beh...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 19, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Filmmaker Tries to Unmask Private Torrent Tracker Owners through Cloudflare * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > t Through a DMCA subpoena directed at Cloudflare, an independent filmmaker is trying to uncover the identities of people connected to several prominent private torrent trackers. The legal paperwork was obtained at a California federal court and ta...
Posted at 08:00PM on September 19, 2025 by Ernesto Van der Sar @ TF Publishing
Previously-Convicted IPTV Pirates Arrested For Running $10m IPTV66 Service * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t In a major anti-piracy crackdown dubbed "Operation Domo," authorities in the Dominican Republic targeted an IPTV service that allegedly generated $10 million in revenue. The sting, supported by ACE and U.S. authorities, resulte...
Posted at 08:00AM on September 18, 2025 by Andy Maxwell @ TF Publishing
New Pirate IPTV Police Operation Raises Stakes For Resellers & Customers * TorrentFreak
Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > t Italy's Guardia di Finanza has announced yet another multi-location pirate IPTV crackdown in at least four regions of the country. Assistance was provided by U.S. and Dutch authorities and at least 10 people are now under inves...
