A new study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has found the downward trend in piracy seen in recent years has been reversed.

The pirating of pay-TV content in Greece has been estimated to be worth up to €160 million a year.

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down Uptobox and Uptostream, two of the digital piracy world’s most notorious illegal video hosts.

According to the prosecution a Dutch pirate streaming service allowed customers to watch unlimited films and series for €10 a month.

A trial for illegal access to Sky Deutschland’s pay-TV service ended with a fine at a German court today.

Based on decision of the Constitutional Court, Pelíšky and five other Czech films must disappear from the Ulož.to internet storage.

Sky has reportedly won a High Court order in the UK to force ISPs to block pirate sites from being able to illegally stream both its sports content and entertainment shows

The online repository should pay nearly a million crowns for allowing the Czech film Šarlatán to be downloaded despite repeated warnings.

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down Cuevana3, Latin America’s most notorious illegal streaming service.

Digital Citizens Alliance report found that 72% of those who used a credit card to sign up for a pirated TV, movie or gaming streaming service reported fraud.

The Nova TV group has been giving rise to actions over illegal distribution of content via various repositories almost continuously. The damage caused by the illegal distribution of content amounts to hundreds of millions of crowns.

The latest example from Britain, but also other examples from Europe, show that piracy can be effectively detected but also condemned.