Is Netflix Going to Kick 100 Million Viewers Off Its Platform?
Policies to reduce password sharing that were piloted in Latin America will soon be applied more generally.
Google Objects to Film Studio Demands to Block Popular App Used by Pirates
Google wants to intervene in legal action that concerns blocking the distribution of Popcorn Time software.
Saudi Arabia Set to End Billion-Dollar Piracy of Qatar’s beIN Sports TV
Lawyers for beIN described Saudi TV piracy as ‘the most widespread and damaging piracy operations that the world has ever seen’.
Content Piracy: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
The unlawful distribution of copyrighted content consumes almost a quarter of all internet bandwidth. Comms providers should automate the discovery of piracy on their networks.
Police Take Down Pirate Streaming App with 100mn Users
Mobdro was believed to have been the most downloaded pirate streaming app in the world.
Police Seize Servers and Block Website of Pirates Who Sold 20,000 Streaming Multimedia Devices
EUR1.9mn was made by pirates using a Swiss company to sell devices that connected to video servers in several European countries.
Police Raids in 19 Countries Take Down 60 Pirate Movie Servers
The US-led operation prompted arrests in the USA and Cyprus, whilst an alleged Norwegian conspirator remains at large.
Europol Report Links TV Piracy to Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Cryptocurrency mining was used to disguise the illegal profits of two different digital TV piracy gangs.
Spanish Police Disconnect Pirate IPTV Service with 2mn Customers
Over 40,000 television channels, movies and series were used to generate an estimated USD17mn of illegal profit.
EU Operation Disconnects 800,000 Pirate TV Viewers
Over 200 servers were seized on the same day by authorities in several European countries.