On the eve of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, confirmed the successful shutdown of a major sports piracy operation in Morocco. Before they were shut down November 11th, the streaming websites carried live football matches […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a coalition dedicated to protecting the legal ecosystem for creative content, has welcomed Cavea Plus, a streaming service based in the country of Georgia, as its newest member. Cavea Plus, the only legal streaming service in Georgia, was recently launched by the Cavea Cinemas theatre chain. ACE and […]
Agents from Spain’s Policía Nacional (National Police), in a joint operation with Europol, have dismantled a criminal network that allegedly distributed audiovisual content illegally to more than 500,000 users in several European countries. The four individuals arrested operated from Malaga and used various web pages to advertise subscription packages made up of more than 2,600 […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, has a new member operating in key Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) markets. MBC Group, the largest media company in the MENA region, is the latest member to join the growing coalition dedicated to combating […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, has shut down one of the largest football and live TV piracy operations in Latin America. The ACE action targeted futbollibre.net and televisionlibre.net, as well as 40 additional domains, all operated by an Argentinian man. This […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem for creative content, says it applauds the Malaysian Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) for recent actions it took against the operators of illegal streaming devices (ISDs). On October 15th, the MDTCA, assisted by ACE, seized more […]
Latin America multiplay operator Millicom, through its Tigo brand, is joining the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), noting that with piracy harming economic development and impoverishing societies, it is up to content providers and operators to unite to tackle this issue. ACE is the world’s leading coalition on the preservation of legal systems, which […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem and reducing digital piracy, has shut down two additional piracy operations based in Latin America. The first operation, YMovies, ranked among the top 25 US rogue streaming services and averaged about 2.5 million visits per month. A coordinated investigation […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem and reducing digital piracy, has confirmed the closure of Argentina-based piracy operation Pelismart/Pelispop ring. The Pelismart/Pelispop ring, comprised of seven domains, was taken down in early August 2022, following an enforcement action carried out by ACE in late July. […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem and reducing digital piracy, has shut down the illegal German-language streaming sites HDFilme and xCine, which were operated out of Vietnam. HDFilme, xCine, and seven associated domains that had been operating since 2019, provided illegal access to more than […]