In what is described as a “groundbreaking” ruling, the District Court of Aachen in Germany has convicted the operator of illicit cyberlocker Share-Online to a two-year suspended prison term – sending a message that those who operate cyberlockers to facilitate digital piracy can and will be held criminally accountable for fueling online piracy. This action […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the antipiracy coalition, and DAZN, the sports streaming platform, have announced that the operator of Photocall – a website with pirated content hosted from Spain that retransmitted live channels – has agreed to shutter the illicit operation. Following an investigation conducted by ACE and DAZN, the operator of […]
European football’s governing body UEFA has officially joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the content protection coalition dedicated to combating digital piracy. UEFA becomes the first exclusive sports rights-holder to join ACE, while contributing to a broader industry-wide effort to safeguard the value of creative and sporting content worldwide. UEFA will play an […]
A recent Global Meeting of antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), saw one theme come through loud and clear: Momentum, according to Larissa Knapp, EVP & Chief Content Protection Officer, Motion Picture Association. In an ACE Blog Post, Knapp wrote that from APAC to EMEA, North America to LATAM, the coalition shared […]
The Thailand Ministry of Justice’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has shut down INWIPTV, one of the country’s most notorious illegal streaming services, with support from antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and Thailand-based ACE member True Visions. Operating since 2012, INWIPTV (formerly FWIPTV) charged users a subscription price of 300 Thai […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed the arrest of the operators of a large Latin American illicit IPTV network, IPTV66. The operators were taken into custody in the Dominican Republic following an operation triggered by an ACE criminal referral. The Department of Investigation of High Technology Crimes and Offenses (DICAT) […]
Trade body the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has welcomed the criminal sentencing of Steven R Hale to 21 months in federal prison by the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee for criminal copyright infringement. Hale stole and sold pre-release DVDs and Blu-rays of major films. The sentence follows Hale’s guilty plea in […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the anti-piracy coalition, in coordination with sports streaming platform DAZN, has successfully shut down Calcio, an illicit live sports streaming website, following a coordinated investigation led by ACE and in collaboration with DAZN’s anti-piracy team. The Moldova-based operator of the service agreed to cease operations after being approached. Calcio […]
In collaboration with Egyptian authorities, antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed the shutdown of the Streameast piracy network. Through its 80 associated domains, the network logged more than 1.6 billion visits in the past year, making it the largest illicit live sports streaming operation in the world. “Today, ACE scored […]
Continuing its global legal efforts to combat illegal streaming operations, antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Central District of California has issued a judgment against Zachary DeBarr, operator of the illegal streaming service Outer Limits IPTV. The ruling, issued by the Honorable Judge […]