Netflix, Amazon & Hollywood Win $15M Judgment Against U.S. Pirate IPTV Operator
The Internet is littered with cheap IPTV services that offer access to a lot of content, for very little money. These deals often seem too good to be true and in most cases they are, at least for those who prefer to stay on the right side of the law. Netflix, Amazon & Hollywood Sue American IPTV Operator To curb this unauthorized activity, several members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed a lawsuit...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/11/2025
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 two newcomers on the list. “Jurassic World: Rebirth” is the most shared title. The most...
Fines For Greek Pirate IPTV Users €750-€5,000, Double For Repeat Infringers
Earlier this year when discussing ongoing work to block pirate sites and services, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni said that a system of fines targeting end users in Greece would complement these efforts. As part of an administrative system, fines would be issued against people who “illegally obtain access to audiovisual media” from an illegal source, such as a website or pirate IPTV subscription, with penalties increasing depending...
Publishing Giants Escalate War on ‘Shadow Libraries’ With Broad Cloudflare Subpoena
Online piracy is a constant headache for copyright holders; one that’s particularly difficult to shake. Academic publishers are also grappling with this issue and have recently ramped up their enforcement actions. One key strategy is to issue takedown notices to intermediaries, including the billions of requests sent to Google. Publishers have also obtained site blocking orders in several countries and, when possible, they go after...
MovieBox is Still Alive and Preparing to Fight Intellectual Property Thieves
Four weeks ago in the wake of a Netflix price hike in Nigeria, the third in two years, there were fears that the persistent struggle between affordability and legality had reached a critical point once again. With reports that Nigerian movie lovers were simply dealing with economic realities as they flocked to a local MovieBox-branded platform, urgent questions concerning piracy and the future of an entire movie industry came to the...
French Court Orders VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Rejects EU Court Referral
The frontline of online piracy liability keeps moving and core internet infrastructure providers are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs. Since last year, the Paris Judicial Court has ordered Cloudflare, Google and other intermediaries to actively block access to pirate sites through their DNS resolvers, confirming that third-party intermediaries can be required to take responsibility. These blockades are requested by...
