Pirate IPTV Operator Destroys Evidence Then Agrees to Pay Sky €580,000
Rightsholders call them illicit streaming devices, others prefer the catch-all term pirate boxes. Millions are happy with Firesticks, a name so well known that in some cases it’s used to describe other devices, regardless of manufacturer. But of all names used to describe piracy-configured TV devices, the default option in Ireland – dodgy boxes – is short, descriptive, memorable, and on home soil, almost universally understood. For...
Belgium Targets Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order (Update)
Traditional site-blocking measures that require local ISPs to block subscriber access to popular pirate sites are in common use around the world. Note: this article was updated to add that Open Library does not appear to be actively blocked. More details here. The aim is to deter piracy by making sites more difficult to find, but these measures are only partially effective. More recently, site-blocking requests have begun to target...
