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Sentences issued in Jetflicks piracy case

Final judgments have been issued for five Nevada men, including a citizen of Germany, who were sentenced on May 29th and 30th to terms of up to 84 months in prison for running Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal television streaming services in the United States. “The defendants operated Jetflicks, an illegal paid streaming service […]

July 23, 2025By Colin Mann

Nagravision, Broadpeak team to combat live sports piracy

Nagravision, a provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced an extended partnership with video delivery specialist Broadpeak to provide a next-generation streaming security solution for providers of live sports content. The joint solution strategically detects, identifies, and disrupts pirate streams to degrade their quality and reliability, making them unwatchable, while preserving […]

July 23, 2025

US Senator exposes Big Tech’s piracy complicity

US Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has chaired a Judiciary subcommittee hearing revealing Big Tech’s role behind the unchecked piracy of copyrighted content to fuel companies’ artificial intelligence (AI) models. The hearing featured witness testimony from bestselling author David Baldacci as well as AI experts and law professors who lent credence to Senator Hawley’s claim: AI […]

July 17, 2025By Colin Mann

York Court issues jail terms for illegal streamers

A man who pocketed £1 million (€1.15m) by running three illegal streaming websites has been jailed. Stephen Woodward sold illegal access to copyrighted content through the websites IPTV Hosting, Helix Hosting and Black and White TV. He used the funds to buy designer clothes and jewellery, holidays and a Jaguar F-Type V8 coupe worth £91,000. His […]

July 14, 2025By Colin Mann

FBI seizes video game piracy websites

The FBI’s Atlanta Field Office has announced the seizure of several online criminal marketplaces providing pirated versions of popular video games. In addition to the seizure, the FBI has dismantled the infrastructure of these websites. For more than four years, the websites contained pirated copies of highly anticipated video games days or weeks before their […]

July 14, 2025By Colin Mann

EU raises concerns over Italy’s anti-piracy system

The European Union has raised concerns about Italy’s Piracy Shield, an anti-piracy system, stating it may not comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). In a letter sent to Foreign Minister Tajani, the European Commission praises Italy’s efforts against online piracy, particularly for live events and time-sensitive content, but points to potential issues regarding freedom […]

July 7, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Midlands arrests for illegal Sky streaming

Two people in their 30s have been arrested in connection with an investigation into an illegal streaming service. Detectives from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police executed search warrants at two residential addresses in Oldbury and a data centre in Cheltenham on July 3rd. They arrested both a 30-year-old […]

July 7, 2025

Jail term for illegal streamer

A man who pocketed £300,000 (€352,000) through the operation of an illegal streaming service before he fled the UK has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mark Brockley ran a subscription-based IPTV service known as aFINITY IPTV for around five years, between 2014 and 2019. He was involved in the promotion, sale, and distribution […]

June 26, 2025By Colin Mann

La Liga CEO: “We’ve reduced piracy by 60% in Spain”

LALIGA Extratime, La Liga’s own annual sports industry event, took place at The Meliá Kuala Lumpur hotel last week. La Liga CEO, Javier Tebas, opened the event with a speech that emphasised the importance of the fight against audiovisual fraud. Piracy causes global losses in terms of new revenues of more than 28 billion dollars […]

June 24, 2025

Friend MTS protects MNC’s VISION+ service

Friend MTS, the anti-piracy provider, is partnering with MNC Media & Entertainment, the Southeast Asian media group, to implement anti-piracy strategies and services for its video streaming platform, VISION+. FMTS’ watermarking and monitoring solutions will protect live sports, including Indonesia national football team matches, and safeguard the ongoing investments VISION+ is making in sports and […]

June 23, 2025