Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has entered a $9 million (€7.8m) default judgment against Brandon Weibley, a long-time digital piracy operator. Weibley ran multiple illegal streaming services, including Beast Mode Live, GreenWing Media, Viking Media, BTV, Von Wik, […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed the verdict from the Paris Judicial Court, which it says clearly confirms that the company Spliiit has violated the law with respect to ACE members Apple, Disney and Netflix – notably by engaging in acts of complicity in violating the terms of service, unfair […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shared details of its collaboration with international partners in the fight against audiovisual piracy. Writing in a Blog post, Guillermo Rodríguez, Director, Live Sports and Phil Welcome, Director of Investigations, note that ACE recently participated in an Interpol-led training session in Costa Rica, reinforcing its […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed that Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has joined the coalition, strengthening ACE’s global network. CME, a leading media and entertainment company operating across Central and Eastern Europe, brings to ACE a strong track record of investment in local content, trusted news programming, and responsible […]
Two new studies examining digital piracy across Latin America reveal that consumers who use illegal streaming, download, and IPTV services face dramatically higher risks of malware, phishing, financial fraud, and data compromise than users of legitimate online platforms. The research was commissioned by anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). Conducted by cybersecurity […]
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 […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed the success of Operation Switch Off, a coordinated global law-enforcement action addressing industrial-scale illegal IPTV services impacting audiences and content markets around the world. Led by the District Prosecutor’s Office of Catania and the Italian State Police (Postal and Cybercrime Police) and C.O.S.C. Catania, […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has dismantled India-based piracy network MKVCinemas and its associated domains. Additionally, ACE shut down a high-traffic drive-to-drive cloning tool frequently used by piracy services in India and Indonesia. Most of MKVCinemas’ traffic came from India, a rapidly expanding entertainment market. Collectively, the MKVCinemas domains accounted for […]
As part of its mission to detect, deter and dismantle digital piracy, antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is targeting sideloaded piracy apps. In a Blog Post, ACE suggests this effort is helping prevent criminals from circumventing piracy protections in app stores and protects customers from piracy apps that often carry malware, […]
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 […]