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ACE boost for Korea IP protection

The Korea Copyright Protection Agency (KCOPA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which established the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), its content protection arm and anti-piracy coalition, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in a joint effort to fight digital piracy in the Asia Pacific region and other parts of the world. Under […]

July 3, 2023By Colin Mann

Movizland piracy site operator arrest

In conjunction with Egyptian law enforcement, anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed the arrest of the operator of Movizland, a collection of piracy domains with visits from various countries in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region. Considered one of the most widely accessed piracy services in MENA, Movizland was […]

June 29, 2023By Colin Mann

ACE takes down Spain’s largest piracy service

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed it has shut down Spain’s top illegal streaming and torrent service, AtomoHD. AtomoHD was launched in 2020 by a group of individuals, some of whom had prior convictions in Spain for intellectual property infringement and to evade justice, fled to Andorra. AtomoHD enabled users […]

May 19, 2023By Colin Mann

ACE launches sports piracy task force

Live-sports streaming service DAZN, has joined anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to tackle the piracy operations that threaten the sports broadcasting and streaming industry. In welcoming DAZN, the coalition is launching the ACE Sports Piracy Task Force. The task force will further enhance and coordinate ACE’s efforts to target sports piracy […]

May 9, 2023By Colin Mann

Taiwan pirates face prison term, confiscation

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has applauded the sentencing of Chen Su and Zhuang Su, operators of the infamous 8maple network of piracy sites. In one of the lengthiest sentences handed down for criminal copyright cases, the Taoyuan District Court in Taiwan sentenced the defendants to 18 months in prison and […]

April 12, 2023By Colin Mann

ACE applauds copyright infringement judgment

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has welcomed a judgment against Dwayne Anthony Johnson, operator of digital piracy websites All Access TV and Quality Restreams. The United States District Court Judge, the Honorable Andre Birotte Jr., entered judgment in favour of the studio plaintiffs, ordering Johnson to pay $30 million (€27.7m) in […]

March 29, 2023By Colin Mann

ACE shuts down German pirate hosting service

As part of its campaign to stop the illicit hosting of digital piracy content, anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down Streamzz, an illegal file hosting service with global reach. Operated out of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Streamzz logged more than 7 million monthly visits. One-third of that traffic originated in […]

March 16, 2023By Colin Mann

Vietnam anti-piracy success for ACE

Anti -piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed that it has shut down the Hanoi-based piracy operation USTVGO. Visitors to the site were greeted with a message saying: “Sorry, we are closed”. The infringing live-streaming site had been in operation since 2018 and was providing illicit access to more than 100 […]

March 1, 2023By Colin Mann

Further MENA anti-piracy success for ACE

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), is claiming a landmark victory for content creators after working with Egyptian authorities to shut down the largest piracy ring in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. Operating since at least 2015, the Shahed4U ring was based in Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. More than 25 per […]

February 27, 2023By Colin Mann

Egypt’s MyCima pirate service shut down

MyCima, the second-largest piracy operation in the Middle East region, has been shut down by the Egyptian authorities following a referral from anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). Based in Alexandria, Egypt, the illegal service averaged more than 55 million visits per month prior to its shutdown and comprised more than 70 […]

February 16, 2023By Colin Mann