LaLiga: ISPs Must Join Anti-Piracy War to Secure Broadcasting Rights
Companies acting as both TV broadcasters and ISPs, will face the most extreme anti-piracy obligations ever seen if they want to air LaLiga football matches from 2027. Mandatory support for LaLiga's anti-piracy strategy will include participation in legal action initiated by LaLiga, immediate site blocking "without need for judicial intervention", investigations into their own customers, plus "legal and extrajudicial action" targeting DNS, VPN, and reverse proxy providers. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-18 16:00:31 READMORE
Pirate Site Op Wants Shueisha to File a U.S. Lawsuit in 180 Days or Restore their Privacy
The former operator of defunct piracy giant Mangajikan continues to fight against their identity being revealed to Shueisha's team in Japan. After a failed attempt to quash a DMCA subpoena, a California federal court ruled that Cloudflare must hand over the information it holds. However, the parties vehemently disagree on the scope of the protective order. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-17 21:28:56 READMORE
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 11/17/2025
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'One Battle After Another' tops the chart, followed by 'Frankenstein'. 'Roofman' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-17 07:09:40 READMORE
Blocking Pirate Sites Inevitably Goes Wrong, Even When You Do it Yourself
Support for site or content blocking measures usually turns on individual needs. Equally, those who object to blocking pirate sites, may be enthusiastic supporters of blocking abusive ads, trackers, and malware. Internet users should be free to block whatever they like, piracy included. But as a novel 'anti-piracy' blocklist reveals, when things inevitably go wrong, transparency puts things right. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-16 22:12:35 READMORE
New Investigation Unravels “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” Anti-Piracy PSA
Following a two-year investigation, French journalists Nicolas Delage and Christophe Wilson have identified the creators of the iconic "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" PSA. In a deep-dive documentary on YouTube, they trace the filming location to a Paramount backlot in Los Angeles. The origins of the anti-piracy ad link back to the MPA, while Warner Bros. took the creative lead. The involvement of the UK's Piracyisacrime.com site, meanwhile, deserves some nuance. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-16 06:21:30 READMORE
Tit-For-Tat: Porn Producers Counter Meta’s “Personal Use” Piracy Defense
Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media have fired back at Meta, claiming that the tech giant's "personal use" defense for pirating their adult films is a smokescreen. The producers allege that Meta not only used algorithms to hoard its films for AI training, but also sacrificed the producers' works to improve download speeds through BitTorrent's "tit-for-tat" mechanism. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-15 18:34:39 READMORE
DISH Wins $42M Default Judgment Against “DMCA-Ignored” Host Virtual Systems
A complaint coordinated by anti-piracy group IBCAP and filed at a Seattle court by DISH Network in 2024, saw Ukraine-based hosting provider Virtual Systems accused of inaction against pirate IPTV services, despite receiving over 500 DMCA notices. In a judgment handed down this week against Virtual Systems and its owner individually, ignoring DMCA notices and failing to appear came at a high price; $42 million, a significant but reasonable amount according to the judge. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-14 16:14:21 READMORE
Happy Fire Stick Crackdown Malware Armageddon Month
It appears that Fire Stick Crackdown Malware Armageddon Month is upon us once again. While there is legitimate news, including Amazon's updated anti-piracy policy, a steady stream of clickbait makes it difficult to properly value every announcement. Unfortunately, desensitization is real, and when people decide to block out the noise, it may take years before they start listening again. By then, it may be too late. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-13 23:21:52 READMORE
Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Music Piracy Sites ‘Newalbumreleases’ and ‘Israbox’
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has secured a new site-blocking injunction. The Rotterdam Court ordered internet provider Ziggo to block access to music piracy platforms 'newalbumreleases' and 'Israbox,' which reportedly had 100,000 monthly visits from the Netherlands. The court granted a dynamic injunction, rejecting the ISP's key defenses. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-13 05:23:42 READMORE
TorrentFreak Turns 20: What a Ride!
Today marks TorrentFreak's 20th anniversary. After covering a changing piracy and copyright landscape for two decades, I'd like to take a moment to reflect and look forward. The site has accomplished more than I ever imagined, and it will remain independent indefinitely. While life and priorities may change, the two-man team aims to stay the course, writing content and adding value wherever we can. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-12 20:34:22 READMORE
Redditor Convicted for Sharing Nude Scenes in Landmark ‘Moral Rights’ Copyright Case
A Danish court has handed down a historic verdict, convicting a Reddit moderator in the country's first-ever criminal case for violating copyright's "right of respect". The now 40-year-old man was given a 7-month suspended prison term for sharing 347 nude scenes featuring actresses from Danish films and TV shows on the "SeDetForPlottet" subreddit. The man also shared over 25 terabytes of pirated content on private torrent tracker Superbits.org. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-11 21:08:20 READMORE
Cox Accuses Labels of ‘Distancing’ Themselves From “Two-Strike” Piracy Theory
In its final written argument to the Supreme Court, Cox Communications accuses the major record labels of "distancing" themselves from the "two-notices-and-terminate" rule that was the basis of their trial victory. The ISP's reply brief forces the labels to either defend a "flawed theory" that Cox claims would lead to "mass evictions" of hospitals and senior citizens, or abandon the legal basis for their billion-dollar win. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-11 05:17:05 READMORE
IPTV Pirate TikTok Chef Avoids Prison and Sky Must Be Absolutely Livid
With over 520K followers on TikTok, UK man Simon Hannigan, aka DadtheDish, has a backstory perfect for social media; it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up again, as the saying goes. Arrested in March 2022 following a Sky investigation, Hannigan admitted selling pirate IPTV subscriptions as part of a fraudulent business. A suspended sentence probably isn't what Sky had in mind, and it's doubtful whether an offer to "help Sky News and British Copyright Council" has made things any better. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-10 21:23:53 READMORE
DNS Provider Quad9 Sees Piracy Blocking Orders as “Existential Threat”
Non-profit DNS resolver Quad9 reports that legal battles over pirate site blocking have become an "existential threat" to its service. In a recent blog post, the Swiss foundation argues that while tech giants like Google and Cloudflare can absorb the legal and engineering costs, smaller organizations cannot. The warning comes after Quad9 decided not to represent itself at a French court due to a lack of financial resources. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-10 06:04:02 READMORE
TorrentGalaxy.to ‘Returns’ as a Dubious Memecoin Promo Page
The mysterious disappearance of TorrentGalaxy, which left millions of users and its own staff in the dark following its sale last year, has taken an unexpected turn. The site's main domain has been transformed into a landing page promoting a memecoin. This strongly suggests that the original TorrentGalaxy project has been completely abandoned. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-09 23:43:11 READMORE
Movie Theaters Can Compete With Piracy, But Not By Cutting Prices, Study Finds
Prevailing wisdom states that the movie industry can't compete with "free" but a new academic study suggests this notion is only half right. Researchers found that competing on price is indeed a losing strategy. However, movie theaters can certainly lure pirates back to the big screen by improving the quality of the theater experience. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-09 03:12:12 READMORE
Judge Eviscerates Motions For ISPs to Unmask 2,400 Alleged Hellboy Pirates
Despite setbacks in similar cases, movie companies keep returning to Canada's Federal Court hoping to unmask alleged BitTorrent pirates before pursuing cash settlements. A claim filed in March 2025 aimed to identify over 2,400 customers of ISPs Bell, Cogeco and Telus, after they allegedly pirated the movie Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Citing a series of critical failures, a Federal Court judge has declined to issue an unmasking order. At least for now, anonymity prevails. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-07 19:35:09 READMORE
Cloudflare Tells U.S. Govt That Foreign Site Blocking Efforts Are Digital Trade Barriers
In a submission for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report, Cloudflare warns the U.S. government that site blocking efforts cause widespread disruption to legitimate services. The complaint points to Italy's automated Piracy Shield system, which reportedly blocked "tens of thousands" of legitimate sites. Meanwhile, overbroad IP address blocks in Spain and new automated blocking proposals in France are serious concerns that harm U.S. business interests, Cloudflare reports. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-06 19:59:24 READMORE
Pirate IPTV Empire Goes Dark in Brazil, Marketing the Common Denominator
Early September, a massive law enforcement operation in Argentina targeted a global IPTV piracy network's business in Latin America. The aim was to shut down dozens of branded services including My Family Cinema, TV Express and Eppi Cinema, that were being targeted at the Brazilian market. With surprisingly few concerns that reliability of IPTV services could nosedive, last weekend that's exactly what happened in Brazil. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Posted On:2025-11-05 16:30:06 READMORE