Italian public broadcaster RAI has joined the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP). As part of RAI’s membership. IBCAP will provide monitoring and takedown services for all of Rai’s channels, including Rai Uno, Rai News 24, Rai Movie and Rai Sport, which offer family entertainment, news, sports and talk show programming. Rai Italia will also […]
Piracy data monitoring specialist Muso has released its 2024 Piracy Trends and Insights Report in which it suggests that in 2024, piracy didn’t vanish – it evolved. Muso tracked 216.3 billion visits to piracy websites in 2024. “While that’s a modest 5.7 per cent decline from 2023, the full picture is far more nuanced,” said the company. Beneath […]
A new report by Enders Analysis has said industrial theft of live sports broadcasts is providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and streamers. ‘Video piracy: Big tech is clearly unwilling to address the problem’ concludes that DRM systems provided by Microsoft and Google for 20 years are now in steep decline. “Big tech is […]
The Paris Judicial Court has ruled in favour of Canal+ ordering the blocking of 203 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers. Under the ruling, NordVPN, Cyberghost, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, and Proton are now required to block access to 203 domain names used to illegally stream UEFA Champions League, Premier League, […]
A man from Birmingham who ran a sophisticated illegal streaming operation has been jailed for two years and nine months.
The sports streaming sites, Methstreams and Crackstreams, have been suspended, presumably for copyright infringement.
ACE has announced the shutdown of a live sports piracy ring based in Vietnam and viewed extensively throughout the world.
In a two-week enforcement operation, FACT and police targeted 30 suppliers of illegal IPTV services.
Authorities have struck a blow at illegal streaming networks, by shutting down one of the world’s largest illegal service. Eurojust and Europol supported the operation.
A man in Wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of selling an illegal streaming service.
A man and woman sentenced for offences connected to the supply of illegal subscriptions for streaming services involving more than £700,000.
Copyright protection body FACT and Crimestoppers have teamed up to launch a new antipiracy campaign across Ireland.
