FIFA World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown
As the FIFA World Cup is gearing up for the grande finale in New York this weekend, international law enforcement offices look back at one of the largest anti-piracy efforts in sports history. With help from private and public partners from all over the world, authorities seized well over a thousand domain names of pirate sports streaming sites. In the United States, the effort was branded “Operation Offsides”, which initially...
Pirate Sites’ Domain Hopping Habit Undermines Belgium’s New Blocking Order
Belgium’s Department for Combating Online Infringement (BAPO) continues to build out the country’s site-blocking regime at a steady pace. Since the framework officially launched in 2025, a series of orders have targeted sports streaming sites, shadow libraries, movie piracy portals, and pirate IPTV services. The official blocklist has grown to more than 1,000 domain names and a new order, issued by the President of the French-speaking...
EU’s Top Court: Geo-Blocking Protects Publishers in Copyright Disputes, VPNs Not Liable
The Diary of Anne Frank is widely regarded as one of the best-known literary works in history. While the diary’s importance is universally recognized, the accessibility of its digital manuscripts has been at the center of a Dutch copyright battle that eventually made its way to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The legal dispute was triggered by differences in copyright protection terms in the EU. Parts of Anne...
Anime Piracy Giant Animeflv Mysteriously Stopped Serving Video
Founded in 2010, AnimeFLV has been a dominant player in the anime piracy ecosystem for years. The Spanish-language site is particularly popular in Latin America and served more than a billion annual visits at its height. This popularity didn’t go unnoticed with rightsholders. The site has been on the anti-piracy radar for years and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) flagged the site in its most recent report to the U.S. Trade...
U.S. Seizes More Pirate Sports Streaming Domains, But Iranian Fallbacks Remain
With the FIFA World Cup nearing its conclusion this week, the crackdown on sports streaming sites continued this weekend. As part of the “Operation Offsides” enforcement action, led by U.S. authorities, more than 100 domain names were seized over the past days. These new seizures came more than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice officially announced the action. While no new announcement was released, the recent seizures in...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/13/2026
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 one newcomer on the list. “Obesession” is the most shared title. The most torrented...
