VPNs and Cloudflare Escape beIN’s €10,000-a-Day Piracy Blocking Penalties
VPN providers and Cloudflare only have to make a reasonable effort to block pirate sports streams in France. That’s the conclusion of two Paris court…
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MPA Takes Credit for Shutting Down Piracy Giants AnimeFLV and Cineby
When pirate streaming giant Cineby shut down at the end of August, its operators blamed the loss of their main video providers. Now, the MPA…
Game Industry Asks U.S. to Flag Denuvo Cracker ‘voices38’ as Notorious Piracy Threat
The Entertainment Software Association has asked the U.S. Government to label the Denuvo cracker ‘voices38’ as a notorious piracy market. The game industry group argues…
Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking, Escapes Penalties in France
Cloudflare doesn’t block pirate sports streaming sites through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver in France, only through its CDN. The Paris Judicial Court has now accepted…
DNS Resolver Quad9 Rejects French Piracy Blocks, Weighs Exit as beIN Seeks Up to €580K a Day
DNS resolver Quad9 is considering pulling out of France after broadcaster beIN Sports asked a Paris court to impose non-compliance penalties that could go up…
LaLiga Wants Major VPNs on EU Piracy Watch List Over Affiliate Marketing
Months after a Spanish court refused to fine NordVPN over IP blocking, LaLiga is now raising its concerns with the European Commission. The football league…
IFPI Wants Open Source YouTube Downloader yt-dlp on EU Piracy Watch List
Music industry group IFPI has asked the European Commission to add the popular open source YouTube download tool yt-dlp to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch…
South African Minister Tells Film Summit It Has a Double Standard on Piracy
At a global film summit in France, regulators and rightsholders praised site-blocking successes, but they also faced unexpected pushback from one of the panelists. South…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Was Built on Concealed ‘Mass Piracy’, Authors Tell Court
Book authors have asked a New York federal judge to rule that OpenAI built its AI models on “mass piracy”. Pointing to internal documents, a…
Online Piracy Costs the UK 9,400 Nurses a Year, If Pirates Keep Their Word
A new UK industry report says illegal streaming costs the government the equivalent of 9,400 NHS nurse salaries a year. This missed tax money is…