Big ISPs to start sending out piracy warning letters
The big four internet service providers (ISP) in the UK have agreed to voluntarily begin sending out warning letters to customers that are suspected of piracy. That means customers of Sky, BT, Virgin...
View ArticleFacebook cinema stream shut down by Dutch anti-piracy group
While some lobby groups are still railing against the dangers of torrent sites and downloading, many around the world have moved on to much newer ways to watch protected content: like Facebook live...
View ArticleManga impacted differently by piracy, depending on whether it’s finished
Completed manga comic series fare far better with piracy than those series which are ongoing, according to a new study. Research suggests that manga readers will more readily pirate content if a series...
View ArticleKodi piracy boxes prompt investigation and consultation by IPO
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is launching an investigation and consultation on how best to tackle the problem of Kodi boxes, the set-top devices that allow Netflix-like access to pirated...
View ArticleKodi wants to attract more legal content, may implement DRM to help
Kodi is widely considered to be an excellent media streaming platform but over the years, it has also been used as a convenient tool for piracy. Plenty of add-on packs have been made for Kodi over the...
View ArticleCourt rules fan-made subtitles for TV and film are illegal
Last year, The Free Subtitles Foundation, a group dedicated to pumping out free fan-made subtitles, decided to take the anti-piracy group BREIN to court in hopes of a judge ruling fan subs as legal....
View ArticleFACT to target Kodi users in its anti-piracy plan
Despite being a general media platform, Kodi has become synonymous with piracy, prompting investigations from many official bodies. While many measures have been put in place to combat piracy, FACT...
View ArticleNetflix UK’s Rick and Morty blunder shows why piracy is still relevant
After a long waiting period, Rick and Morty Season 3 officially began airing in the US late last month. At the time, Netflix announced that its UK subscribers would get new episodes of this season...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Windows Store appears to be flooded pirate streaming apps
We have known for some time now that the Windows Store is a bit of a mess but now it is starting to look like Microsoft has absolutely no approval process or quality assurance going on at all. It turns...
View ArticlePiracy doesn’t hurt sales, says withheld EU study
Just two weeks on from relatively extreme plans proposed for the EU’s new anti-piracy measures, an old study ordered by the European Commission has been revealed stating that there are no explicit...
View ArticleAnti-piracy ruling sees man fined £16,000 for illegally streaming Sky Sports
The war on piracy never ends, with the latest battle seeing a British man fined £16,000 for making money from illegally streaming Sky Sports. This is yet another attempt for the UK to crack down on...
View ArticlePiracy-enabled streaming boxes are deemed hazardous
It seems that breaking the law isn’t the only way you can get burned by investing in piracy-enabled streaming boxes. A new study has unsurprisingly found that such devices present fire and electrical...
View ArticleBrazilian TV network cracking down on Kodi ‘tutorial’ videos, one YouTuber...
The war on piracy is never-ending, with a constant back and forth as to how harmful the theft of digital material can be on creators of the content in question. It seems that the Brazilian TV industry...
View ArticleTwo major oversights have led to Final Fantasy XV being cracked on PC ahead...
Final Fantasy XV will be launching on PC this week but it looks like some users are already able to play, as the Origin version of the game has already been cracked. Square Enix opened up the door for...
View ArticleTwo million people used modded Spotify apps to access premium features for free
A few weeks ago, Spotify began cracking down on Dogfood, a modded version of the music streaming app for Android that allowed users to take advantage of ad-free listening for free. Now it turns out...
View ArticleKodi removed from Google Search’s autocomplete to combat piracy
Perfectly legal multimedia software Kodi has taken another blow today, thanks to its close association with piracy. In another attempt to fight back against copyright infringing material, Google has...
View ArticleLegal action lands on piracy-propelling Showbox and Kodi distributers
Kodi has long been the main target in the war on piracy, with a major win for copyright seeing two UK-based fully-loaded Kodi box sellers receiving jail time for running a fraudulent business. It seems...
View ArticleNintendo implements strict new anti-piracy measures for the Switch
Over the last year, console hackers and modders have been chipping away at the Nintendo Switch, discovering what makes the console tick and how to work around its security. At this point, playing...
View ArticleSwitch Custom firmware bricks consoles trying to pirate premium features
Team Xecuter is rather infamous in console hacking circles. Whilst many people feel it should be an open-source and profit-free endeavour, Team Xecuter have always tried to make money with their...
View ArticleUK piracy laws see hefty jail sentences handed to two loaded Kodi box...
The United Kingdom has been cracking down on piracy throughout the past year, taking aim at ‘fully loaded’ Kodi boxes and the distributors of Showbox. Multiple jail sentences have been handed out...
View ArticleDenuvo cracker ‘Voksi’ has been caught by police
Over the last couple of years, a cracker known as Voksi has been tearing down Denuvo’s anti-tamper protection one game at a time. Voksi became renowned for getting through the protection pretty quickly...
View ArticlePiracy is once again on the rise due to an increase in Netflix competitors
Streaming services are becoming a dime a dozen as everyone wants a slice of Netflix pie, with many banking on exclusive content to draw the numbers in. This seems to have frustrated consumers, however,...
View Article‘Deadpool’ pirate has been sentenced to 3 weeks in jail
As one of the most anticipated releases of 2016, it’s not surprising to know that Deadpool was subject to mass piracy following its release. A Californian man caught uploading one of the first copies...
View ArticleSony is suing over jailbroken PS4 sales
The current generation of consoles from both Microsoft and Sony have been relatively well shielded from piracy over the last few years. However, over the course of this year, hackers have managed to...
View ArticleGerman court rules that parents can be liable for knowingly covering for...
Germany has been increasingly cracking down on piracy over the past decade, sending notices to those that have breached copyright and engaged in file sharing. Local law has continually protected...
View ArticleFour pirate site operators face up to a $560 million fine and prison time
It’s not uncommon to see distributors of piracy-enabled hardware end up the court room, but the operators of copyright infringing websites rarely face the consequences. Spanish anti-piracy efforts are...
View ArticleBethesda managed to make Rage 2’s Denuvo DRM pointless
Denuvo has been the number one choice of DRM for major publishers for quite some time now. Occasionally though, a studio will screw up its implementation and pave the way for swift piracy despite...
View ArticleUK High Court orders ISPs to block several Nintendo Switch piracy sites
Nintendo is often fighting against piracy. In the past we have seen the company shut down various ROM sites directly but here in the UK, Nintendo is now trying a new tactic, with the High Court of...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay is testing in-browser streaming once again
Over the years, torrent sites have evolved to not just offer downloads, but streaming options too. Apps like Popcorn Time have helped popularise BitTorrent streaming and now the most infamous piracy...
View ArticleTwitch is being sued in Russia over pirate streams of Premier League matches
Back in the early days of YouTube when there were fewer algorithms policing content, Viacom sued the company for participating in copyright infringement. Now, Twitch is facing a similar situation, with...
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