ACE Takes Aim at Zoro.to Successor Aniwatch.to
There’s no denying the many victories of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) over the past few years. The anti-piracy group, which represents the major Hollywood studios and other prominent rightsholders such as Apple, BBC, and Netflix, systematically hunts down key piracy players. A few weeks ago, ACE claimed one of the most significant successes this year by shutting down 2Embed following negotiations with its Hanoi,...
Z-Library Opens ‘Z-Points’ Around the World to Share Paper Books
With more than 14 million digital books in its archive, Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet. What stands out even more is that the site continues to thrive; even though two of its alleged operators were arrested as part of a criminal crackdown by the United States. These two defendants, both Russians, are currently fighting a heated extradition battle. While their involvement with Z-Library is apparent to...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 09/11/2023
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on...
Do UK ISPs Have Permission to Monitor IPTV Pirates & Share Their Data?
Anyone who uses the internet today should already be aware that privacy is all but non-existent. The quid pro quo for using any major online service, social networks in particular, is the surrender of extraordinary amounts of personal data. Even regular websites can deploy dozens of trackers and trying to surface those don’t, using a search engine perhaps, makes everything several times worse. The position today is simple: accept...
WordPress Rejects 86% of All DMCA Takedown Notices
Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform WordPress, receives thousands of takedown requests from copyright holders. For several years the volume of notices continued to increase, with a peak in 2018, after which the trend slowly went in the other direction. This week, the company published its latest WordPress.com transparency report, revealing that it processed 2,412 takedown notices during the first six months of...
Should Any Device Which Can Be Used to Infringe IP Be Made Illegal?
As pirate set-top boxes, illegal IPTV services and infringement of live TV broadcasts remain key concerns for the audiovisual sector, the pressure is on to find more effective anti-piracy solutions. Speaking with IBC last week, Sheila Cassells, Executive VP at the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, warned that entertainment companies need to be very concerned about “any technological development” which can be used to access pirated...
