BeStreamWise: Police, BBC, & DAZN Quietly Added to IPTV Piracy Campaign
The exact launch date of the ‘BeStreamWise’ anti-piracy campaign is difficult to pin down. Often subject to intense planning and strict media embargoes, we simply stumbled across the live campaign website early October 2023. The purpose of BeStreamWise is to raise awareness of risk associated with illicit streaming platforms. Specifically, when people subscribe to these types of services they risk fueling organized crime, quite...
MPA is Concerned About Plans to ‘Outlaw’ Password Sharing Restrictions
Over the past few years, Brazil has worked hard to combat the online piracy problem from various angles. The “Operation 404” campaigns, in particular, have led to numerous takedowns and arrests, with the most recent wave completed last month. The seventh installment of the Government-backed anti-piracy sweep, details of which were released in September, took down 675 pirate sites, 14 apps, and led to nine arrests. Meanwhile, Brazilian...
Pirate IPTV’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Headteacher Risked More Than Most, Paid the Price
Having covered hundreds of arrests and dozens of convictions for piracy-related offenses over the years, news of another person going to prison is nothing out of the ordinary. See enough of these reports and in theory the impact will start to diminish. In the media, the one-size-fits-all portrayal of those convicted can at times blur any number of cases into one. Often depicted as hard-nosed experienced criminals, torn from the same...
Piracy Warning For Russian Cinemas as Legal Streaming Revenues Skyrocket
With war still raging in Ukraine, writing about the collateral damage to Russia’s cinema industry seems vanishingly unimportant. When Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount, and Universal left the Russian market, some celebrated their exit as a positive for local cinema. Opportunities for local filmmakers would appear in greater numbers than ever before, some assured, and the entire ecosystem would only thrive without unwanted...
nHentai Fights Back in Piracy Lawsuit: ‘Rightsholder Gave Permission’
Manga and anime have become increasingly popular in recent years. These formats originate in Japan but are now popular all over the world. Available in static and animated form, ‘hentai’ describes the adult versions of the above, which also has growing audience of many millions of fans. As with any type of media, not all consumers are paying for access. Many people prefer ‘free’ websites instead, such as nHentai.net, which had nearly...
CreativeFuture Celebrates Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Via Interactive Quiz
More than twelve years after an unprecedented law enforcement operation shut down file-sharing giant Megaupload, founder Kim Dotcom remains in New Zealand. The battle to avoid extradition to the United States has been fought tooth and nail, year in and year out, in various New Zealand courts. With no stone left unturned, no expense spared, and no point of leverage too microscopic to test to destruction, no person alive can claim the...
