UK Hosting Provider Asks Court to Dismiss $25 Million Pirate IPTV Lawsuit
As pirate IPTV services have continued to grow in recent years, TV broadcasters and distributors have intensified their efforts to combat piracy. Pay TV provider DISH Network, in tandem with the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP), has been particularly active on this front, filing a series of lawsuits in the United States. DISH Sues Innetra In May, DISH filed a copyright infringement complaint against UK...
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”,...
