A man who pocketed £300,000 through the operation of an illegal streaming service before he fled the country, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Spanish LALIGA clubs are losing between €600 and €700 million a year as a result of online piracy, according to LALIGA president Javier Tebas.
Piracy has become normalised for four out of ten adult Italians who now consume unlicensed services.
Italian public broadcaster RAI has joined the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP).
MultiChoice has run a four-day anti-piracy training and enforcement operation in Malawi, the first stage of a long-term initiative to combat piracy and protect the creative economy in the South East Africa country.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online.
Piracy remains a significant problem within the Nordic market with an increasing number of households taken in by the unauthorised distributors.
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According to studies, piracy of audiovisual content has been significantly reduced, mainly thanks to streaming services that charge a fee for access to a rich video library. However, unauthorized access still persists.
The Paris Judicial Court has ruled in favour of Canal+ ordering the blocking of 203 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers.
neither the end of the popular portal nor the advent of streaming services completely eradicated the illegal distribution of content. Creators must continue to protect their copyrights. How?
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.
The operator of a platform responsible for supplying illegal streams to pirate services around the world, has been sentenced to 11 months in prison and to pay more than US$90,000 in penalties.
AKTV has entered into a new settlement agreement with the services Přehraj.to and Datoid to prevent the illegal sharing of its members protected works.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services.
A report by Grant Thornton demonstrates the very limited impact of the EU Commission’s Recommendation on combating piracy of sports and other live events.
In a major crackdown on digital piracy, German authorities have arrested three individuals suspected of running a large-scale illegal streaming operation.
Nordic broadcasters Discovery, TV4, and Viaplay have begun legal action against several operators as part of a crackdown on illegal operators.
LALIGA has successfully blocked illegal broadcasts from two platforms that were relaying coverage of top-flight Spanish football.
The Czech Bar Association (CBA) has issued another warning against people who pose as lawyers or act on behalf of law firms.
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.
