Piracy Shield Widens Scope to Protect Movie & TV Premieres & Live Music After focusing on IPTV services offering pirated live football matches from Italy's Serie A, legal amendments adopted by telecoms regulator AGCOM last week will widen the scope of the Piracy Shield blocking platform. The now-infamous claim, that pirate streams will be blocked inside 30 mins, now applies to movie and TV show premieres, and other events broadcast live. The more serious issues concern VPNs, DNS providers and whoever AGCOM decides to pursue next. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-scope-widens-to-movie-tv-show-premieres-live-music-250805/
U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills See Headline Blocking Claim Squeezed By Democracy With two pirate site blocking bills under discussion in the U.S., and a third expected in the weeks ahead, a key statistic seems to be shrinking. During 2024 it was claimed that site blocking is a common tool in ~60 countries, a figure now reframed as "50 democratic countries" in the latest blocking bill. Yet if countries are excluded from the total on the basis they have never blocked, no longer block, or fail to meet the democratic threshold, the total may shrink to less than 40. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-anti-piracy-bills-see-democracy-shrink-blocking-country-claims-250803/
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/04/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? '28 Years Later' tops the chart, followed by 'Thunderbolts'. 'How to Train Your Dragon' completes the top three. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-torrented-pirated-movies/
Study Reveals a Malware Problem on Pirate Sites, but How Bad is It? A new report investigates the cybersecurity risks consumers face when using digital piracy services in Southeast Asia. The findings clearly show that pirate sites are a bigger threat than legal streaming platforms, suggesting that countermeasures are warranted. However, does is also mean that pirates are 65 times more likely to be infected by malware? And is that even important? From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/study-reveals-a-malware-problem-on-pirate-sites-but-how-bad-is-it/
Canadian Court Rejects Reverse Class Action Lawsuit Against BitTorrent Pirates After years of legal skirmishes, an ambitious strategy by film studio Voltage Pictures, to sue alleged BitTorrent pirates through a reverse class action in Canada, has been permanently shut down. The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that these cases, where IP addresses are the main initial evidence, are unsuited to this legal approach. Furthermore, the proposed methods for mass notification are deemed unlawful. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/canadian-court-rejects-reverse-class-action-lawsuit-against-bittorrent-pirates/
Labels Don’t Want Supreme Court Review to Delay Piracy Lawsuit Against Verizon In a move that could reshape the online copyright enforcement landscape, last month the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pivotal piracy liability lawsuit. The Court's decision will have a direct impact on similar lawsuits, including that between major record labels and ISP Altice, which is now on hold. Verizon has asked the court for a similar stay, but since that lawsuit is in its early stages, the labels are firmly opposed to any further delay. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/labels-dont-want-supreme-court-review-to-delay-piracy-lawsuit-against-verizon/
Jetflix Streaming Piracy Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years Prison The founder of illegal streaming service Jetflicks, a platform said to have negatively affected every significant copyright owner of TV shows in the United States, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison. Kristopher Dallmann had pleaded not guilty to several counts including conspiracy, criminal copyright infringement, and money laundering. He received sentences ranging between 12 and 84 months in prison to be served concurrently. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/jetflix-streaming-piracy-ringleader-sentenced-to-7-years-prison-250723/
‘Fair Use’ Prevails as Library of Congress Wins DMCA Anti-Circumvention Battle Medical device associations behind a lawsuit challenging a Library of Congress exemption to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, have failed to have the exemption ruled illegal. Motions for summary judgment from both sides went in favor of the defendants after a district court judge found that the exemption, granted for the maintenance and repair of medical devices, permits a non-infringing, transformative fair use. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/fair-use-prevails-as-library-of-congress-wins-dmca-anti-circumvention-battle-250729/
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/21/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'How to Train Your DragonThunderbolts' tops the chart, followed by 'Ballerina'. 'Karate Kid: Legends' completes the top three. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-torrented-pirated-movies/
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/28/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'How to Train Your Dragon' tops the chart, followed by 'Lilo & Stitch'. 'Superman' completes the top three. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-torrented-pirated-movies/
Google Sues Operators of a 10 Million Device Android Set-Top Box Botnet A Google lawsuit filed in a New York court has been partly unsealed, revealing details of what is believed to be the largest botnet of its type in history. Consisting of 10 million compromised Android devices, mostly cheap Chinese set-top boxes popular with users of free and pirate streaming services, the Badbox 2.0 botnet turns user devices into nodes in a massive residential proxy network. Google says the botnet is used for ad fraud, malware distribution, and other digital crimes. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/google-sues-operators-of-a-10-million-device-android-set-top-box-botnet-250721/
Facebook Rigorously Removes News Articles Mentioning Pirate Service “MagisTV” Facebook has several anti-piracy tools and technologies to keep problematic content off the platform. This apparently includes automated keyword filters that ban mentions of piracy-related terms, regardless of the context. This resulted in the removal of several MagisTV news articles, including a press release from anti-piracy coalition ACE. Trying to spot these errors is not without risk either, as Facebook bans repeat offenders. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/facebook-rigorously-removes-news-articles-mentioning-pirate-service-magistv/
Former #1 Movie Piracy Site “Strongly Linked” to Global Infostealer Activity Earlier this year, Microsoft published a report on an infostealer malware campaign identified as stemming from pirate streaming sites. With one million user devices infected, the potential for damage is clearly enormous but the threat isn't new. Data sourced from specialist breach databases reveals that Fmovies, the world's most popular pirate streaming site before its closure in 2024, was "strongly linked" to Infostealer activity targeting users worldwide. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/most-popular-movie-piracy-site-ever-strongly-linked-to-global-infostealer-activity-250720/
ACE & MPA Continued to Scoop Up Pirate Domains in Bulk During Q2 2025 In Q2 2025, anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment continued to 'seize' domains in bulk, adding to the world's largest collection of former pirate domains maintained by the MPA. While the archive contains countless unique and memorable domains, many with interesting and informative backstories, new additions illustrate typical responses to site blocking measures and very little else. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-mpa-continued-to-scoop-up-pirate-domains-in-bulk-during-q2-2025-250727/
Pair Behind 400 Block-Evading Pirate Porn Sites Face Prosecution Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam will prosecute the operators of around 400 pirate sites offering pornographic content. Such material is illegal in Vietnam and the authorities say the men made large profits from visitors viewing lucrative advertising. Also of note are claims that the men circumvented blocking measures at ISPs either owned by, or closely connected to, the government. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/pair-behind-400-block-evading-pirate-porn-sites-face-prosecution-250718/
After SOPA’s Painful Death, Safe Site Blocking Claim Disputed By Cloudflare A recent forum event held in Washington promised to discuss how pirate site-blocking orders can be safely implemented in the United States. With speakers Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Zoe Lofgren both openly admitting that SOPA was a disaster, Issa said that he believes that this time around, the errors of SOPA have all been fixed. That's clearly the case, or at least it was until a lone voice offered insight on the very topic those in attendance were there to discuss. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/after-sopas-painful-death-safe-site-blocking-claim-disputed-by-cloudflare-250709/
Copyright Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Pirating Adult Films for AI Training Adult film producers Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media have filed a significant copyright infringement lawsuit against tech giant Meta. A complaint filed at a California federal court alleges that their films were downloaded via BitTorrent for AI training purposes. With at least 2,396 movies at stake, potential damages could exceed 350 million dollars. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-lawsuit-accuses-meta-of-pirating-adult-films-for-ai-training/
UK Hosting Provider Asks Court to Dismiss $25 Million Pirate IPTV Lawsuit UK hosting provider Innetra PC is pushing back against a $25 million lawsuit from pay-TV giant DISH Network. Accused of enabling widespread copyright infringement, Innetra filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, arguing that a U.S. court lacks the necessary jurisdiction. Among other things, Innetra stresses that its servers and customers are located outside the United States. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/uk-hosting-provider-asks-court-to-dismiss-25-million-pirate-iptv-lawsuit/
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