Tag: Piracy
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The War on IPTV Drafts New Allies That Could Stop Pirates in Their Tracks
Anti-piracy efforts are drafting virtual private networks (VPNs) and domain name systems (DNS) into the war against illegal IPTV providers. Italy’s Piracy Shield says VPNs and DNS services must comply with the same blocking orders as internet service providers, according to Torrent Freak. The request for VPNs and DNS services to crack down on illegal…
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Police Have Shut Down Another Illegal IPTV Service & Are Investigating Its Subscribers As Global Anti-Piracy Efforts Continue
Another illegal IPTV operation has been shut down after multiple raids in Greece. The country’s law enforcement have filed criminal cases against a dozen members of the organization and are investigating 43 of the services’ customers, according to Torrent Freak. The raids — carried out in areas of Attica, Ilia, Thessaloniki, Kozani, and Crete —…
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The War on IPTV Continues as Pirates Are Slapped With $3.5 Million Tax Bill
Eighty illegal IPTV sellers have been hit with a $3.5 million tax bill after authorities in Sweden caught on to their piracy operation, according to Torrent Freak. One of the reasons illegal streaming services are so popular is because they cut out taxes that might otherwise be added to a customer’s bill when using a…
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Over 600 Illegal IPTV Services, and Other Websites Shut Down By A Massive Ongoing Anti-Piracy Campaign
This week, international law enforcement agencies behind Operation 404, a global anti-piracy initiative, reported the latest results of the campaign’s sixth wave. The ongoing campaign saw 24 search warrants executed across Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S, 606 sites and apps seized, suspended, or blocked, and arrests underway, according to Torrent Freak. Operation 404’s sixth wave…
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Media Companies Have Gone After 5 Million IPTV and Pirates Sites on Google
Over the last few years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove URLs from a staggering number of unique domains, with the search giant hitting the 5 million milestone this week, according to Torrent Freak. This all comes as media companies have declared war on IPTV and pirate websites. One of their main goals has…
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DISH Sues Popular IPTV Reseller As It Declares War on IPTV
A former ‘Top 10’ Beast TV reseller was allegedly still selling subscriptions for the popular illegal IPTV service, according to a lawsuit filed by DISH and Sling TV last week. DISH and Sling’s lawsuit accuses John Gwaka Magembe and Joyce Berry of operating websites Channels4Cheap and Purchase-IPTV to continue selling subscriptions to Beast TV. Gwaka…
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The War On IPTV Continues As Twenty Arrested in Major IPTV Network Shutdown
Austrian law enforcement said it took down a large illegal IPTV operation that amassed up to 11 million euros, or about $11.6 million, over the last three years. Investigators followed up on a complaint from a TV company from 2022 that resulted in 20 arrests as well as the seizure of 1.6 million euros (almost…
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A Massive IPTV Service Was Shut Down by Law Enforcement
Law enforcement in Indonesia took down a massive illegal IPTV operation last week. The ringleader has been arrested and faces up to eight years in prison in addition a fine of up to two billion Rupiahs, or $126,000. West Java Regional Police apprehended the operator of pirate sites PaseoTV and OkStream on October 16 after…
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A Massive Illegal IPTV Service Was Shut Down and Its Owner Sent to Jail As The War On IPTV Piracy Grows
A man was put behind bars last Thursday for operating an illegal streaming service that provided over 30,000 subscribers with pirated entertainment and sports content, like Premier League matches. Steven Mills, a resident of Shrewsbury, a town in Shropshire, England, ran an organization through a closed Facebook group that sold “Firesticks,” according to the Premier…
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Massive Pirate IPTV Service Shut Down By Disney, Paramount, Netflix, Apple, & More
Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, otherwise known as ACE, shut down “two of the digital piracy world’s most notorious illegal video hosts” as crackdowns around the world have begun to accelerate. Uptobox and Uptostream sold advertising and premium subscriptions for the illegal service for a decade, according to a release from the anti-piracy organization last…