Tag: Piracy
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DISH Sued This Piracy Service in 2018 But Says Its Operators Are Still Running IPTV Services
In November 2018, DISH was awarded over $90,000,000 in damages from SetTV, a popular streaming app that offered hundreds of channels for just $20 per month, when it was determined that SetTV was illegally obtaining DISH’s broadcast and redistributing them to customers online. Now, DISH claims the operators of the service are back at it…
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Popular Piracy App Mobdro Taken Down, Four Arrested
Yet another illegal streaming service went dark recently and, after weeks of rumors that law enforcement was involved in the takedown of the Mobdro app, we now know more about what happened, thanks to a statement from Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation). “With the support of Eurojust, the Spanish authorities have taken…
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Cox Will Pay $1 Billion in Piracy Damages, Court Confirms
In December 2019, Cox was found liable for piracy infringement and a court ordered the company to pay $1 billion in damages to major record labels. Cox challenged the verdict but legal documents now confirm that Cox will have to pay $99,830.29 per work in damages for over 10,000 works. When Cox challenged the amount…
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One in Four Consumers Have Pirated Content in the Last 6 Months
A new study by Hub Entertainment Research reveals that 38% of people have pirated video before, and 24% have pirated within the last 6 months. That’s one out of every four consumers falling under the “active pirate” category. The new study, called “Privacy + Piracy,” was conducted among 2,500 US consumers in August and September…
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Apple TV+ Joins ACE Group to Help Crack Down on Piracy
Apple TV+ has joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment which is an anti-piracy group for the motion picture industry. The new streamer will take a seat on the group’s governing board, joining Amazon, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. “We are the premier anti-piracy force,” Charles Rivkin, chairman of the MPA…
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Three Arrested in International Piracy Ring Takedown
Global law enforcement agencies banded together in an effort to stop one of the largest global piracy organizations. The Southern District of New York made the announcement in a statement Wednesday. Indictments were filed against three men – 39-year-old Umar Ahmad, aka “Artist”; 36-year-old Jonatan Correa, aka “Raid”; and 50-year-old George Bridi. The three…
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Anti-Piracy Group Enlists a VPN Expert to Help Take Down Illegal Distributor
When it comes to content piracy, The Pirate Bay is one of the most well known names. While many have tried to bring the piracy site down, none of have succeeded yet. Now, an anti-piracy group and a VPN expert have teamed up to track down the location of The Pirate Bay. The founders of…
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Piracy is Now a Billion Dollar Industry
The Digital Citizens Alliance and NAGRA have released a report titled “Money for Nothing” which shows how illegal piracy subscription services are impacting everyone from TV operators to viewers. The report values pirate IPTV services at $1 billion. “When it comes to piracy, the scope of the risk to consumers, small businesses and others is…
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Pirate IPTV Provider Shut Downs Continue, Three Arrested
The fight against piracy continues. After a takedown of a service with over 2 million customers and another that involved police replacing the service with an anti-piracy message, another IPTV provider has been shut down. This time, it involved three arrests and police seizing assets including luxury cars. In late June, police searched a home in the town…
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IPTV Service Shut Down, Replaced with Anti-Piracy Warning Message
Another IPTV service was shut down this week. Distributed under the brand Global Entertainment, the service seemed to be taken over by police in the UK Tuesday. Rather than the content they had paid for, users were met with this message: “This illegal stream has been seized by Norfolk and Sussex Police. Watching illegal broadcasts…