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Report: Site-blocking reduces piracy

Criminals overseas make billions of dollars targeting Americans while operating in countries out of reach of US law enforcement, but a new report suggests lawmakers consider an approach adopted by dozens of countries: blocking criminals’ websites from working in the United States. The new research, Overseas and Out of Reach: International Video Piracy and U.S. […]

September 19, 2024By Colin Mann

Sportian boost for ONE Championship anti-piracy fight

Sportian, the sports division of Globant, is partnering with martial arts organisation ONE Championship to protect its content against piracy. Using Globant Sportian’s Content Protection services, an evolution of the services originally developed by La Liga, illegal broadcasts can be detected in real-time and tracked across streaming sites, apps, VoD platforms, search engines, social media, […]

September 19, 2024By Colin Mann

DStv clamps down on piracy

MultiChoice, which controls the DStv portfolio of pay-TV channels for Africa, has secured another victory against local signal pirates. The target of its action is Internet streaming site Waka TV. An individual was arrested in Germiston, a city East of Johannesburg. The suspect is accused of theft, fraud, money laundering and violations of the Cybercrimes […]

September 11, 2024By Chris Forrester

France: DAZN discounts Ligue 1

Sports streaming platform DAZN, which recently acquired Ligue 1 TV rights in France for €400 million per season, has announced a discount price on its Ligue 1 annual subscription fee less than a month into the new season. From September 10th to 22nd, the monthly free subscription will be 50 per cent less expensive, dropping […]

September 9, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Canada combats sports piracy with Friend MTS

Friend MTS, a provider of video content security solutions, has reported that numerous video service providers in Canada have uniformly chosen Friend MTS as their partner of choice to prevent piracy with Dynamic Delivery Server Blocking (DDSB). Forming an industry-first collaboration, these organisations have secured a nationwide court order to dynamically block access to any […]

September 4, 2024

Vietnam piracy ring broken up

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, whose members include Netflix and Walt Disney Studios, worked with Vietnamese law enforcement to shut down a number of pirate streaming sites. The coalition comprised of major studios is claiming victory against Fmovies, a significant streaming operation based in Vietnam. They say that, along with affiliates, it was “the […]

August 29, 2024

Italy facing setbacks tackling pay-TV piracy

With the start of the new Serie A football season in Italy, the ongoing battle against pay-TV piracy is faced with new challenges. Last month, the Lega Calcio suffered a legal setback, in which it was supported by Sky Italia and DAZN, against US CDN Cloudflare, highlighting the complexity of the issue. While the court […]

August 23, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Anti-piracy campaign for Ireland

Copyright protection body FACT and Crimestoppers have teamed up to launch a new campaign across Ireland, encouraging the public to share information about illegal streaming activities in their communities. Running over six weeks on Facebook and Instagram, the campaign aims to gather intelligence on individuals or groups involved in advertising or selling illegal streaming subscriptions, […]

August 22, 2024By Colin Mann

Telia joins Nordic Content Protection

Swedish multiplay operator Telia has joined Nordic Content Protection, an organisation dedicated to fighting illegal profiteering and distribution of TV, films and sporting events in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Telia notes that the sale of illegal TV subscriptions, which are often advertised openly on social media, poses a significant challenge, generating significant profits that are […]

August 21, 2024By Colin Mann

ACE shutters illicit anime site

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down AnimeFlix, a piracy website dedicated to anime content. The operation, based near Helsinki, Finland, logged between 7 and 13 million monthly visits and had 2 million unique visitors per month. Nearly one-third of the site traffic originated from the US, followed by India […]

August 16, 2024By Colin Mann