Sky TV Piracy Pair Arrested & IPTV Servers Seized After UK Police Raids
While other law enforcement agencies and rightsholders can’t be ruled out, those involved in pirate IPTV in the UK should be aware of four names in particular. A specialist unit funded in part by the private sector, the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police often investigates piracy of Sky TV broadcasts. As the ultimate rightsholders of the country’s most popular football broadcasts available via...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/07/2025
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Thunderbolts” is the most shared title. The most...
Registrar Snubs DMCA Subpoena, Claims Passive Conduit Immunity
Obtaining a DMCA subpoena to identify an alleged infringer is relatively easy, fairly cheap, and doesn’t require a judge to get involved. A case in California has already stomped all over that general theory, but how far it will be allowed to progress and where any effects will be felt, currently hang in the balance. Subpoena Application Considered Sufficient In an application dated June 2, 2025, the pro se applicant systematically...
Pirate IPTV Trio Sentenced to 14 Years Prison For Money Laundering
Brazil often makes headlines for activities linked to Operation 404, an anti-piracy initiative under the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Best known for the mass blocking of apps in coordination with anti-piracy and law enforcement agencies around the world, the Operation 404 framework can now boast Brazil’s most significant criminal convictions linked to the supply of pirate IPTV. Trio Sentenced at São Paulo Court The...
Google’s DMCA Transparency Report ‘Freezes’ After Recent Volume Surge
In May 2012, Google Search expanded its transparency report with a new section solely dedicated to DMCA takedown requests. For the first time, outsiders were able to see details of the URLs copyright holders were targeting and in what quantity. The decision to make this information available for public scrutiny was partly triggered by a rapid increase in removal requests. This was having an impact on the “free flow of information”,...
Reddit Claims Anti-Piracy Subpoenas Are a “Publicity Campaign,” Seeks $55K in Fees
Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past two years, aiming to protect the privacy of its users. In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy-related topics. The movie companies said they are not planning to go after these people in court but want to use their comments as evidence in piracy liability lawsuits against ISPs, including Frontier...
