ACE Shuts Down Huge Football Piracy Ring, Total Destruction TBC
Despite MPA/ACE having enough investigators to field both teams in a football match, while players argue with an in-house referee in multiple languages, the state of piracy in North Africa and the Middle East presents a considerable challenge. At the time of writing, over 150 deliberately confusing domains and subdomains, linked to around three dozen illicit football streaming sites, are redirecting to the ACE anti-piracy portal. The...
Warner Bros. Wants Tumblr to Identify Beetlejuice 2 ‘Leaker’
In 1988, then 29-year-old movie director Tim Burton was widely praised for the iconic comedy horror “Beetlejuice”. The movie went on to win an Oscar and Burton’s career was well underway, with “Batman” and “Edward Scissorhands” his next movie projects. More than 35 years after the Beetlejuice debut, a sequel is about to be released. The upcoming “Beetlejuice 2”, brings back old cast members including Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton,...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/22/2024
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 Marvels” is the most downloaded title. The most...
‘Canada is a Video Piracy Hotspot While Brazil Sees Piracy in Decline’
Last week, new data published by piracy tracking firm MUSO and consulting firm Kearney showed that video piracy is growing globally. With over 141 billion annual visits worldwide, there’s a massive audience outside of legal channels. The full report was yet to be made available at the time of our initial report. While that doesn’t change any of the overall conclusions, there are some extra details worth highlighting. Classifying...
Russia Piracy Takedowns Up By 100%, “Western Rightsholders to Blame”
Russian media outlets are reporting that the volume of pirated content on the internet doubled between 2022 and 2023. That’s not exactly true, or indeed true at all. The claims are based on data supplied by local telecoms watchdog Roscomnadzor. Speaking with Izvestia, the government agency said it blocked or deleted more than a million links to infringing content in 2023, more than double the amount blocked or deleted during the...
ACE Shuts Down Popular Pirate Sites, 27+ ‘Instant Pirate Sites’ Fall Over
In the final days of 2023 as people were preparing to welcome in the new year, yet more pirate domains were being redirected or transferred into the hands of the MPA, presumably as part of a settlement agreement. Among them were uhuseries.com, owlserieshd.com, and ahaseries.com, relatively popular streaming platforms targeting the Thai market. We gave the news a brief mention at the time but since MPA/ACE have certain procedures to...
