When the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment secured a $9 million judgment against a major piracy operation, the message reverberated far beyond the courtroom. The guiding idea behind that win is deceptively simple: audiences will gravitate toward the experiences that feel safe, legitimate, and properly licensed — and the entire entertainment economy is now reorganising […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has entered a $9 million (€7.8m) default judgment against Brandon Weibley, a long-time digital piracy operator. Weibley ran multiple illegal streaming services, including Beast Mode Live, GreenWing Media, Viking Media, BTV, Von Wik, […]
As part of their efforts to combat digital audiovisual piracy, also developed in anticipation of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, financial officers from the Crotone Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police), with the support of the Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud and the Special Unit for […]
As the football World Cup kicks off, EU and national policymakers should rein in automated web-blocking systems that allow private parties to restrict access to online services without proper judicial oversight, warns trade body the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe). It contends that these anti-piracy systems rely on blunt blocking of Internet Protocol […]
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is inviting legislators to deepen their partnership with the agency in advancing key amendments to the Intellectual Property (IP) Code and related legislation, as the law marks its 29th anniversary, citing the need to modernise the IP framework in step with evolving technological and economic realities. IPOPHL […]
Midnight Labs, a specialist in predictive IP protection for entertainment, gaming and content industries, has announced an investment from the Sony Innovation Fund. The investment will fuel the expansion of Midnight Labs’ agentic Enforcement Engine to protect entertainment IP from mass piracy, deepfakes and AI-generated infringement in the US and Japanese markets. To date, Midnight […]
Criminal networks making millions from illegal access to premium sports broadcasts, film and television channels have been targeted in a major international operation coordinated by Bulgaria with Europol’s support. The seven-month operation resulted in 29 arrests, the dismantling of nine organised crime groups and the removal of over 27,000 illegal streaming URLs. Operation KRATOS 2 […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed a new conduct requirement for Google search, meaning it must take specific action under the UK’s digital markets competition regime. The requirement will secure a fairer deal for publishers and consumers and improve Google’s search services in the UK. The conduct requirement is imposed following the […]
A pub landlord has been ordered to pay £19,000 (€22,000) after being convicted for showing Sky Sports without a commercial subscription. John Peter Turner, the licensee of the Dolphin Inn pub in Llanymynech, on the Powys/Shropshire border in Wales, was found guilty in his absence of two offences in relation to the dishonest broadcast of […]
The Motion Picture Association is to recognise US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers (R) with 2026 MPA Industry Champion Awards for their policy efforts to promote and protect the creative community. The 2026 MPA Creative Protector Award will be presented to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior for their partnership with […]