Movistar Plus has secured a significant legal victory in its battle against audiovisual piracy after a Spanish court convicted a Telegram user for illegally distributing streams of the platform, including live football matches. The Court found the defendant – who operated on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging app, under the aliases ‘El ingeniero verde’ and […]
Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police have executed warrants in Manchester, making four arrests and seizing ten servers and associated equipment. Each item was valued at approximately £75,000, with total seizures exceeding £750,000. The investigation began after Sky reported suspicious activity linked to a large scale illicit […]
In November 2025, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau of China searched the residence of a man living in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on suspicion of copyright infringement. The suspect is alleged to have operated what the China Overseas Development Association (CODA) called “the world’s largest” manga piracy site, BATO.TO (plus approximately 60 related sites), […]
LaLiga has stepped up its fight against pirate football broadcasts in bars and restaurants in Spain by introducing a reward scheme for members of the public who submit valid reports of piracy in hospitality venues. Under the initiative, the Spanish football league body will pay €50 to users who provide an effective and verified report […]
On January 28th, at the fourth hearing held at the Osaka District Court in Japan, a man who had been arrested and indicted by the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters and the Toyonaka Police Station on suspicion of violating the Copyright Act for selling pirated DVDs of classic black-and-white films that he had unlawfully colourised and […]
A Spanish court has set a new benchmark in the fight against TV piracy by imposing prison sentences of up to three years on those responsible for illegally distributing the signal of Movistar+ and other pay-TV operators. In a ruling – described as a turning point for the audiovisual industry – the Málaga Provincial Court […]
Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), supported by North Wales Police, have executed a search warrant at a property in Denbigh, Wales, as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal IPTV services. During the operation, a 33-year-old man was arrested at the address on suspicion of copyright offences and […]
Javier Tebas, president of Spain’s La Liga, has criticised Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince, accusing him of becoming the “Narco Maduro of the Internet” in an escalating dispute over online piracy. Tebas made the remark in a post on social media platform X, where he cited Prince’s response to a €14.25 million fine imposed on Cloudflare […]
Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, has announced a partnership with the English Football League (EFL) to help detect, disrupt and deter live sports piracy across all matches of the 2025/6 football season. The partnership will utilise the live piracy monitoring and enforcement capabilities of the Nagra Streaming Security solution. Fighting live sports piracy is a […]
Friend MTS, the anti-piracy provider and video cybersecurity partner in entertainment, media and sports, has announced a partnership with Jasmine International Public Company Limited (JAS TV) to safeguard live sports across Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. This collaboration brings together Friend MTS’s advanced anti-piracy solutions including forensic watermarking and global monitoring services to protect English Premier […]