Pirate IPTV Man Settles Lawsuit For $44.5m Yet Couldn’t Pay His Attorney
In many respects a lawsuit filed in November 2024 by DISH Network and Sling TV was similar to others filed by the companies in recent years. Filed at a federal court in Illinois, the lawsuit targeted Richard Moy, the alleged owner of CLVPN LLC, which traded under the name City Lights Entertainment. According to the complaint, Moy had invested considerable sums of money obtaining servers and streams in order to provide a “top notch”...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/27/2025
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. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is the most shared...
The Streaming Piracy Crisis Suppressant That Nobody Wants To Discuss
The most enduring questions in the online piracy debate loosely center on what causes it, who is to blame, who can be held liable for it, and what can be done to address it. Depending on variables including who asks and who answers, answers to these questions can differ quite wildly and are often subject to change. The one constant is that rightsholders’ answers ultimately carry more weight. They select targets for direct enforcement...
Proposal to Prevent LaLiga Site-Blocking Hurting Innocent Sites Rejected in Spain
After obtaining a court order that granted permission to block pirate streaming services, top-tier football league LaLiga faced a dilemma. Many of its targets were using Cloudflare’s reverse proxy service, which in basic terms allows a webhost’s IP address to remain private while one of Cloudflare’s IP address is exposed to site users. Since hundreds of sites can share the same Cloudflare IP address, blocking one pirate site would end...
UEFA Joins Anti-Piracy Coalition ACE to Protect Growing Revenues from Piracy Surge
European football association UEFA was founded in 1954 to protect the interests of European football, particularly within the global FIFA body. During the early years its powers were rather limited. UEFA was mostly an administrative union, consisting of three employees who issued non-binding recommendations to member associations. In 1955, less than a year after UEFA was formed, journalists of the French newspaper L’Équipe proposed...
MPA Targets ‘Zombie’ Pirate Brands Including Fmovies, Cuevana and Aniwave
In the past, rightsholders have frequently complained that takedown requests can be futile. Even if pirate sites take action, content can swiftly reappear. Taking down entire websites has always been the weapon of choice, but that doesn’t always solve the problem either. Pirate Site Operators On/Off the Radar When public pirate sites first became popular at the beginning of the century, many operated as central hubs. Their operators...
