Cloudflare Reports Surge in Streaming Piracy Takedowns, Removes 20k+ Storage Accounts Cloudflare’s latest transparency report reveals a massive 3,800% surge in copyright-related takedown actions, fueled by a shift to more automated enforcement. By granting rightsholders direct API access, the company says that it was able to target live sports streaming piracy more effectively. This resulted in the termination of over 20,000 R2 storage accounts in just six months. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-reports-surge-in-streaming-piracy-takedowns-removes-20k-storage-accounts/

Legal Push to Unmask Minions 3 Leaker Targets YouTube and Reddit NBCUniversal is doing all it can to identify the person(s) behind a series of high-profile leaks of the film Minions 3, which is scheduled to come out on July 1, 2026. Through DMCA subpoenas, both Google and Reddit are compelled to hand over the personal details of several account holders. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/legal-push-to-unmask-minions-3-leaker-targets-youtube-and-reddit/

‘Stranger Things’ Is The Most Pirated TV Show of 2025 'Stranger Things' is the most pirated TV show of 2025. The final season of the Netflix production beats its other global powerhouse, the Korean thriller "Squid Game." HBO's "The Last of Us", meanwhile, ended up in third place this year. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/stranger-things-is-the-most-pirated-tv-show-of-2025/

French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Faces User Revolt after Introducing Paid ‘Turbo Mode’ YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, faces widespread pushback after it introduced a paid 'Turbo Mode' for €86 this week. For regular users, the tracker now has a limit of five torrent downloads per day and a 30-second download delay. According to the site's operators, these restrictions are needed to deter bots and ban hit-and-run downloads. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/french-torrent-giant-yggtorrent-faces-user-revolt-after-introducing-paid-turbo-mode/

Anna’s Archive Backed Up Spotify, Plans to Release 300TB Music Archive In what appears to be the largest music leak in history, Anna’s Archive says it has made a multi-terabyte 'backup' of Spotify, including metadata for nearly the entire catalog and audio files for 86 million tracks. While Anna's Archive typically focuses on books and other texts, it says the opportunity to help preserve 'humanity's musical heritage' couldn't be ignored. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-backed-up-spotify-plans-to-release-300tb-music-archive/

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/22/2025 Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' 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/

Brazilian Criminal Court Convicts Yout.com Owner in Landmark Stream Ripping Case The owner of popular U.S.-based stream-ripping site Yout.com has been found guilty of massive copyright infringement by a criminal court in Brazil. Last week, the court sentenced American citizen Johnathan Nader to a prison term of three years and four months, which is substituted by a financial penalty. The verdict is a landmark victory for the major record labels and is believed to be the first criminal conviction against a dedicated YouTube-ripping service. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/brazilian-criminal-court-convicts-yout-com-owner-in-landmark-stream-ripping-case/

Video Game Giants Suddenly Have RuTracker in their Crosshairs Again RuTracker is not only Russia's largest torrent site, it's one of the oldest and most resilient pirate sites anywhere in the world. Most major entertainment companies have had issues with RuTracker at some point during its 21 years online, and those in the videogame sector are no exception. Under the umbrella of The ESA, some of the largest are now showing renewed interest in the torrent site veteran. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/video-game-giants-suddenly-have-rutracker-in-their-crosshairs-251221/

A DMCA “Bot War”: Google Search Processed 5 Billion Takedown Requests in 2025 Google Search has reached a staggering new DMCA takedown milestone, processing over five billion copyright removal requests in 2025. Driven by a massive automated reporting spike, mostly from Link-Busters, the total all-time count has now eclipsed 15.8 billion. Not all reported URLs are actually removed, however. In fact, many were not even indexed by Google to begin with, which is another side effect of the 'bot war'. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/a-dmca-bot-war-google-search-processed-5-billion-takedown-requests-in-2025/

Crunchyroll Takedown Efforts Target Anime Torrent Client Hayase Hayase is a full-featured torrent streaming client optimized for anime content. The developer tried to stay clear of legal trouble by relying on user-installed extensions. However, MarkScan, the takedown partner of anime giant Crunchyroll, insists that the app is copyright infringing as it "enables unauthorized access to anime content". Despite these and various other takedown efforts, Hayase is largely unaffected. From: [TF][1], for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. [1]: https://torrentfreak.com/ https://torrentfreak.com/crunchyroll-takedown-efforts-target-anime-torrent-client-hayase/