With a string of new TV deals for the 2025/26 season, LaLiga is renewing its commitment to combat audiovisual piracy, which it says presents the biggest threat to the sports and entertainment industry. LaLiga is urging sports fans to watch coverage through legal channels – in the UK this means Disney+ and Premier Sports. Spanish football […]

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 […]

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. 

Following a recent settlement agreement with the operators of the Fastshare.cloud storage service, the Association of Commercial Television has managed to reach an agreement with the operators of eDisk and Sledujteto.

Copyright protection body FACT and Crimestoppers have teamed up to launch a new antipiracy campaign across Ireland.

New Zealand is to extradite internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, to the United States for prosecution.