MULTICHOICE LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE IN MALAWI
2. 6. 2025

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.

ARREST IN ONLINE PIRACY CASE
23. 5. 2025

A man has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online.

OVER 1.5 MILLION NORDIC HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ACCESS TO ILLEGAL IPTV
22. 5. 2025

Piracy remains a significant problem within the Nordic market with an increasing number of households taken in by the unauthorised distributors.

CREATORS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS RALLY FOR FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF AI REGULATION AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
21. 5. 2025

Europe’s creative sectors call on EU policymakers to uphold transparency, consent, and creators’ rights in AI Act implementation

A NEW WAY TO FIGHT TV PIRATES. EDUCATION, FINES INSTEAD OF JAIL, AND ADVANCED TECHNICAL MEASURES
20. 5. 2025

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.

CANAL+ SECURES BLOCKING ORDER ON ILLEGAL SPORTS STREAMING
16. 5. 2025

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. 

LESS CONTENT IS BEING CREATED BECAUSE OF PIRACY, SAYS ADVOCATE. HOW CAN CREATORS DEFEND THEIR WORKS?
4. 4. 2025

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?

ACE SHUTS DOWN PIRATE VIDEO HOSTING PLATFORM GAMOVIDEO
31. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.

SUPPLIER OF ILLEGAL STREAMS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN LEBANON
25. 3. 2025

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.

ILLEGAL CONTENT FROM PREHRAJ.TO AND DATOID WILL DISAPPEAR THANKS TO AN AGREEMENT WITH AKTV
20. 3. 2025

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.

ACE TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST IPTV PIRATES
11. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services.

NO DISCERNIBLE IMPACT FROM EC RECOMMENDATION ON COMBATTING PIRACY OF LIVE EVENTS FOUND IN LATEST REPORT
10. 3. 2025

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.

10. 3. 2025

In a major crackdown on digital piracy, German authorities have arrested three individuals suspected of running a large-scale illegal streaming operation.

DISCOVERY, TV4, AND VIAPLAY FILE TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPERATORS
5. 3. 2025

Nordic broadcasters Discovery, TV4, and Viaplay have begun legal action against several operators as part of a crackdown on illegal operators.

LALIGA BLOCKS ILLEGAL RELAYS
19. 2. 2025

LALIGA has successfully blocked illegal broadcasts from two platforms that were relaying coverage of top-flight Spanish football.

FRAUDSTERS FAKE BEING LAWYERS TO ACCUSE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, WARNS THE CZECH BAR ASSOCIATION
21. 1. 2025

The Czech Bar Association (CBA) has issued another warning against people who pose as lawyers or act on behalf of law firms.

JAIL FOR MIDLANDS ILLEGAL STREAMING OPERATOR
17. 1. 2025

A man from Birmingham who ran a sophisticated illegal streaming operation has been jailed for two years and nine months.

UNAUTHORIZED SPORTS STREAMING SITES CLOSED AFTER CRACKDOWN
30. 12. 2024

The sports streaming sites, Methstreams and Crackstreams, have been suspended, presumably for copyright infringement.

ACE SHUTS DOWN ONE OF THE LARGEST LIVE SPORTS PIRACY RINGS IN THE WORLD
20. 12. 2024

ACE has announced the shutdown of a live sports piracy ring based in Vietnam and viewed extensively throughout the world.

FACT AND POLICE TARGET SUPPLIERS OF PIRATE FIRESTICKS
3. 12. 2024

In a two-week enforcement operation, FACT and police targeted 30 suppliers of illegal IPTV services.

CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL STREAMING NETWORK WITH 22 MILLION USERS WORLDWIDE
27. 11. 2024

Authorities have struck a blow at illegal streaming networks, by shutting down one of the world’s largest illegal service. Eurojust and Europol supported the operation.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SUPPLYING ILLEGAL STREAMING SERVICE
16. 10. 2024

A man in Wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of selling an illegal streaming service.

COUPLE SENTENCED FOR STREAMING PIRACY
11. 10. 2024

A man and woman sentenced for offences connected to the supply of illegal subscriptions for streaming services involving more than £700,000. 

EDISK AGREES WITH NOVA AND PRIMA, THE FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE PIRATES CONTINUES
11. 9. 2024

Following a recent settlement agreement with the operators of the Fastshare.cloud storage service, the Association of Commercial Television has managed to reach an agreement with the operators of eDisk and Sledujteto.