Tag: Piracy
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Reddit Bans Illegal IPTV Providers
Unlicensed IPTV providers took another hit this week as Reddit banned a sub-Reddit known for being the hub for providers looking to promote their services. Reddit shut down the /r/iptvresellers sub-Reddit for violating its policy against transactions involving prohibited goods or services, as first reported by Torrent Freak. While Reddit didn’t expand on specifics about…
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Pirate IPTV Service With 2 Million+ Customers Shut Down
Another pirate streaming service has been shut down. Authorities have been cracking down on those running illegal services in an effort to protect copyright holders. Those copyright laws were enforced again today with “one of the largest IPTV busts in history” according to a press release from Europol. Spain’s National Police worked with law enforcement…
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Akamai Announces Content Security Measures to Fight Piracy
Content-delivery company Akamai announced updates to its suite of security tools today aimed at better protecting media companies from piracy and illegal distribution. In a blog post, the company cited a study claiming global online piracy costs US media companies around $29 billion each year and thousands of jobs. In response, Akamai is touting a…
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The War on Piracy is Heating Up With New Technology
Recently, Intertrust and Friends MTS announces a partnership agreement to enhance Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with cutting-edge Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. This partnership will add another layer of protection to the ExpressPlay content security suite. The goal is to tackle piracy with an anti-piracy platform that can effectively shut down a…
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Websites that Promote Piracy May Now Be Liable for Piracy
For years now there has been a growing number of websites and YouTube channels that promote piracy. They may not host the piracy or even own the services they cover but they promote piracy as a way to watch content. Now the Danish Supreme Court has upheld a prison sentence against the operator of a…
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DISH Wants to Crack Down on Piracy Using a Blockchain Automated Anti-Piracy System
DISH has recently been on a warpath to stop piracy with a focus on IPTV. Now DISH is proposing an automated Blockchain-based anti-piracy system to crack down on IPTV and piracy in general according to a patent spotted by TorrentFreak. According to DISH’s patent request, millennials and the next generation are increasingly turning their backs…
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$70 Million+ in Revenue Lost Annually to Piracy, According to New Research
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, released the results of several anti-piracy studies today. The studies looked at everything from password sharing to the illegal sale of passwords. Here’s what they found. Synamedia found that more than 3,000,000 of viewers’ credentials were compromised across both the dark and open web over the course…
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Comcast, Spectrum, & AT&T May Need to Crack Down on Piracy After a $1 Billion Judgement Against Cox
This week, Cox was found liable for piracy infringement and will now pay $1 billion in damages to Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and EMI. The lawsuit against Cox was filed in July 2018, alleging that Cox wasn’t stopping piracy on its network. As a result, there was piracy infringement on over…
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An Estimated $9.1 Billion in Revenue Will Be Lost to Piracy, IPTV, and Account Sharing in 2019
In a report from Parks Associates, research analyst Billy Nayden shares a forecast of $9.1 billion being lost in revenue due to piracy, IPTV, and account sharing in 2019. By 2024, that number is estimated to reach $12.5 billion. “The growth and use of digital media platforms has led to an increase in digital piracy…
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As Cord Cutting Grows Identifying Piracy Is Becoming Increasingly More Difficult
Ten years ago, it was easy to spot pirated movies or TV shows. The quality was low and often the sites promoting the content were clearly not official. Or, maybe, you used torrents to download movies. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult because not only are the sites extremely professional in appearance, they are also…