Tuesday, September 23, 2025 from TorrentFreak
After an unexpected five-month freeze that left researchers and journalists in the dark, Google Search's DMCA transparency report is back on track. The search giant has updated its figures through mid-September, revealing that takedown...Monday, September 22, 2025 from TorrentFreak
When pirate sports streaming sites use Cloudflare, Spain's LaLiga has a choice between blocking pirate sites and countless innocent sites using the same IP addresses, or walking away having blocked nothing at all. Having opted for the...Monday, September 22, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Weapons' tops the chart, followed by 'Superman'. 'The Naked Gun' completes the top three. From: TF , for the latest news on...Sunday, September 21, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Online piracy is in the midst of an identity crisis. Sites born with one name tend to discard them quite quickly, before adopting a series of others, hoping to stay one step ahead of the law. Site operators, meanwhile, no longer court...Saturday, September 20, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Spanish football league LaLiga is targeting the operators of popular pirate IPTV service FlujoTV in a U.S. court. In a new filing, the league requests a DMCA subpoena that would compel Google to hand over the personal details of users...Friday, September 19, 2025 from TorrentFreak
In a major anti-piracy crackdown dubbed "Operation Domo," authorities in the Dominican Republic targeted an IPTV service that allegedly generated $10 million in revenue. The sting, supported by ACE and U.S. authorities, resulted in the...Friday, September 19, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Through a DMCA subpoena directed at Cloudflare, an independent filmmaker is trying to uncover the identities of people connected to several prominent private torrent trackers. The legal paperwork was obtained at a California federal...Thursday, September 18, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Italy's Guardia di Finanza has announced yet another multi-location pirate IPTV crackdown in at least four regions of the country. Assistance was provided by U.S. and Dutch authorities and at least 10 people are now under investigation....Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from TorrentFreak
Under new legislation passed in 2023, consumers of illegal IPTV services in Italy were warned that if police obtained their details, a fine would likely be issued by the state. This year a reported 2,500 people have already been fined...Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from TorrentFreak
A copyright lawsuit launched by several major record labels against the Internet Archive, over the ambitious Great 78 Project, is officially over. On Monday, the parties informed a federal court in California that they had reached a...Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from TorrentFreak
In 2024, New Zealand's Minister of Justice approved Kim Dotcom's extradition to the United States, where the Megaupload founder faces charges of criminal copyright infringement, racketeering, and money laundering. As expected, Dotcom...Monday, September 15, 2025 from TorrentFreak
ReVanced, a popular open-source project that provides patches for various Android applications, has pulled its Spotify Premium workaround. The developers complied with a Spotify takedown notice to avoid escalation but do not necessarily...Sunday, September 14, 2025 from TorrentFreak
A new piracy study published in Russia has some good news, and some more good news. Due to blocking and lower payouts from advertisers, pirates' revenue fell by 14.5% in the first half of 2025. Search traffic fell too, down 13.9% with...Saturday, September 13, 2025 from TorrentFreak
As U.S. lawmakers consider new pirate site blocking legislation, the influential Internet Society has issued a stark warning against the practice. In a new policy brief, the organization argues that DNS and IP address blocking are...Friday, September 12, 2025 from TorrentFreak
A former employee of a disc manufacturing company in Memphis who stole hundreds of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a Memphis federal court. The length of the sentence is driven by an unrelated firearm...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from TorrentFreak
A new industry-backed report reveals that takedown notices for pirated live sports streams skyrocketed to over 15 million in the first half of 2025, nearly tripling previous levels. At the same time, the effectiveness of these notices...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from TorrentFreak
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and DAZN have announced a successful operation to shut down Calcio, the most popular live sports piracy site in Italy. Calcio was reportedly run from Moldova, a country with sky-high piracy...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from TorrentFreak
The battle over a $1 billion piracy judgment against internet provider Cox Communications has reached the Supreme Court, where the company receives broad support. Amicus briefs from the U.S. government, major tech companies, and various...Monday, September 8, 2025 from TorrentFreak
The lawsuit between Nintendo and Modded Hardware has been settled, with the site's operator agreeing to a final judgment of $2 million. The proposed settlement includes a broad permanent injunction that bans operator Ryan Daly from...