On March 27th, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Canal+ for the blocking of illegal streaming services by alternative DNS providers Google, Cloudflare and Cisco. “This first-of-its-kind decision in France marks a decisive turning point in the protection of the content of the global media and entertainment group, and confirms CANAL+’s pioneering […]
Anti‑piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down AnimePlay, one of the largest illicit anime streaming applications operating in the Asia-Pacific region. The application was run out of Riau, Indonesia. AnimePlay had amassed more than 5 million registered users, primarily in Indonesia, and was hosting over 60 terabytes of infringing […]
Illegal streaming and downloading of sports and entertainment content declined slightly in France in 2025, despite the progressive rise of new ways of piracy through VPNs and IPTV, according to a report from Arcom. The French TV and digital regulatory body noted a 4 per cent year-on-year decrease in viewership for illegal treams, and this […]
Spain’s ongoing crackdown on football piracy is once again drawing criticism, as legitimate internet users reported widespread service disruptions caused by aggressive IP blocking measures. The latest incident has put Movistar under scrutiny, after customers experienced access issues even when LaLiga matches weren’t airing. The anti-piracy strategy, driven by LaLiga and supported by major telcos […]
LaLiga’s ongoing legal campaign against piracy has resulted in more than 2,000 convictions within Spain’s hotel, restaurant and café sector since the initiative began in March 2019. According to the organisation, the figure equates to nearly one conviction per day, underscoring the scale of illegal broadcasting in the hospitality industry. At present, 317 cases remain […]
US Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have sent a letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo regarding Seedance 2.0’s “egregious” infringement of copyrighted materials belonging to American innovators. Senators Blackburn and Welch are calling on the Chinese company to immediately shut down this platform and comply with US copyright law. They contend that […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas has entered an $18.75 million (€16.3m) default judgment against William Freemon, a longtime digital piracy operator leading multiple illegal IPTV services, including Streaming TV Now, Instant IPTV and TV Nitro. Freemon also operated […]
MultiChoice and its encryption subsidiary Irdeto have won a series of enforcement actions against illegal streaming operations in the Western Cape, in and around Cape Town, resulting in arrests, device seizures and multiple court convictions under South Africa’s Cybercrimes Act. The first police raid, on February 12th, led to the arrest of a suspect linked […]
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO), in conjunction with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has confirmed that baseline funding for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) will be maintained for a further three years, from April 2026 to March 2029. This partnership has taken the fight to IP crime across the board, […]
Bitkernel Group, an Internet technology company that offers cloud-based streaming services, has signed an agreement with LALIGA, DirecTV Latin America and SKY Brasil to join the fight against audiovisual piracy in Latin America and the rest of the world. In their commitment to the combat audiovisual fraud, LALIGA, DirecTV Latin America and SKY Brasil have […]