Sharp Rise in Piracy Rates Across Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Norway
Mediavision has been tracking citizens’ piracy habits across the Nordic countries since 2010. The company’s annual report for Spring 2023, based on a survey conducted in March, has just been released. With Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway under the spotlight once again, Mediavision’s pan-Nordic consumer survey aims to measure unlicensed content consumption among 15 to 74-year-old respondents, across categories including movies and...
European Commission Calls for Pirate Site Blocking Around the Globe
In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world. ISPs in several dozen countries prevent subscribers from accessing a variety of ‘pirate’ sites, either through court processes or as part of government-backed administrative blocking regimes. Europe has been at the forefront of this blocking wave. The first case was launched in Denmark and dates back to 2006. In...
Dutch Police Take Down Massive Pirate IPTV Operation With a Million Users
In recent years, many people have canceled their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper Internet TV instead. Those who choose the cheapest plans often end up at pirate services. These may work flawlessly for years, until they don’t. Fiscal Police Raid IPTV Service Today, one of the largest pirate IPTV services was taken offline by the Dutch fiscal police (FIOD). Four people were arrested while searches were carried out...
Google Bans ‘Downloader’ App: TV Outfits Claim Browser Violates Injunction
If the best ideas are always the simplest, in 2016 software developer Elias Saba hit the jackpot. Two years after Amazon launched its first generation Fire TV, there was still no easy way to transfer files to the device. Released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, Saba’s ‘Downloader’ app offered users just two things; an empty URL field and a download button. It was basic yet functional, and in time, extraordinarily successful....
‘More Than 600,000 Students and Teachers Use Z-Library’
Z-Library has become the go-to site for many readers in recent years by providing access to millions of books, without charging a penny. The site’s continued ability to do so was put to the test late last year when U.S. law enforcement seized over 200 domain names connected to the site. Two alleged Z-Library operators were arrested as part of a criminal investigation. Despite being in the crosshairs of law enforcement, Z-Library has...
