15+ hour, 38+ min ago  (674+ words) Home > Lawsuits > Launched in 2024, Italy's elaborate "Piracy Shield" blocking scheme was billed as the future of anti-piracy efforts. To effectively tackle live sports piracy, its broad blocking powers aim to block piracy-related domain names and IP addresses within 30 minutes. While…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (824+ words) Home > Piracy > Apple has won its legal battle against music streaming app Musi. A California federal court dismissed the case with prejudice, ruling that Apple had a clear contractual right to remove the app from the App Store. In a…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (606+ words) Home > Anti-Piracy > Anti-piracy reporting tools have existed for years, but generally speaking, there is little interest from the public to expose pirates. The Business Software Alliance previously offered people hard cash in exchange for tips, which helped, but there are…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (391+ words) Home > Piracy > Since 2024, HiAnime.to has been a primary destination for millions of anime viewers. Today, this reign appears to come to an end as a message shown across its official domain names says that it's "time to say goodbye…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1008+ words) Home > Piracy > The Office of the United States Trade Representative has published its annual list of problematic piracy websites and other "notorious markets." With the FIFA World Cup coming to North America this summer, this year's report puts a special…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (371+ words) Home > Anti-Piracy > Takedowns and Seizures > Five years ago, Bulgaria informed the U.S. authorities that it would like to shut down prominent torrent trackers such as ArenaBG, Zamunda, and Zelka. To get that done, the Eastern European country specifically asked the U.S. Government…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (771+ words) Home > Lawsuits > Apps and Sites > Anna's Archive is generally known as a meta-search engine for shadow libraries, helping users find pirated books and other related resources. However, in December, the site announced that it had also backed up Spotify, which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (129+ words) Home > Piracy > As a tradition, we use the last day of the year to look back at some of the biggest stories of the past twelve months. However, since TorrentFreak just celebrated its 20th anniversary, we're zooming out even further, looking…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (977+ words) Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > Cloudflare's latest transparency report reveals a massive 3,800% surge in copyright-related takedown actions, fueled by a shift to more automated enforcement. By granting rightsholders direct API access, the company says that it was able to target live sports…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (633+ words) Home > Anti-Piracy > DMCA > Major academic publishers, including Elsevier and Springer Nature, are trying to unmask the operators of several shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Z-Library and Libgen. They're also targeting SLUM, a third-party uptime monitor for these unofficial libraries. A…...