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Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels * TorrentFreak
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (962+ words) Home > Piracy Research > A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem, spotting more than 19,000 pirated titles linked in posts that were viewed more than 4 billion times. The researchers built an AI-powered tool that can spot…...
Court Rejects Fair Use Claim, Orders YouTube to Unmask Anime Recap Channels * TorrentFreak
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (977+ words) Home > Piracy > A California federal court has ordered YouTube to unmask three popular South Korean creators of anime recap channels. The creators filed a motion to quash the DMCA subpoena, requested by Japanese publisher KADOKAWA, but the court rejected the…...
Hollywood's UK "Omnibus" Pirate Site Blocking Order Surfaces Through Cloudflare * TorrentFreak
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1018+ words) Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > In May, the UK High Court granted several Hollywood studios a broad "omnibus" site blocking order, allowing them to block rotating networks of pirate sites, without the need to link them to known pirate brands. This…...
Paris Court Kicks Off New Football Season with Multi-Intermediary Piracy Blocking Orders * TorrentFreak
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (872+ words) Home > Piracy > Europe's football seasons kick off again this month, with the Champions League to follow in September. In preparation, Canal+ has secured fourteen site-blocking orders spanning ISPs, DNS resolvers, VPNs, and search engines. It's a broad, coordinated effort — and…...
EU Study: Block Live Sports Piracy in 30 Minutes, Across DNS Resolvers, VPNs and CDNs * TorrentFreak
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (776+ words) Home > Law and Politics > Three years ago the European Commission rejected calls for binding anti-piracy legislation, issuing a 'recommendation' instead. A new study commissioned by the European Parliament concludes that this soft approach has fallen short. It calls for a…...
Japanese Police Arrest NYAA 'First Uploader,' But Not by Watching the Swarm * TorrentFreak
1+ week, 1+ day ago (830+ words) Home > Piracy > For many years, NYAA has been heralded as one of the top sources for anime content, serving an audience of millions of users. The site was launched more than two decades ago and the brand is still going…...
YggTorrent Teases a Comeback in September, Weeks After Arrests * TorrentFreak
1+ week, 3+ day ago (471+ words) Home > Piracy > Torrent Sites > YggTorrent was France's largest torrent site until a hacker gutted it in March. In July, the police arrested twelve suspected operators. That was not the end of it, however. Following a purported takeover, YggTorrent's domains are…...
European Space Agency Website Exploited to Advertise Shady IPTV Services * TorrentFreak
1+ week, 5+ day ago (542+ words) Home > Piracy > The European Space Agency's Cosmos portal is dedicated to space exploration. While the organization scans stars and galaxies far away, its own infrastructure is quietly hosting hundreds of PDFs promoting shady IPTV services, ranking them in Google right…...
Vietnam Uses HiAnime Arrests As Defense Against U.S. Trade Sanctions * TorrentFreak
2+ week, 4+ day ago (837+ words) Home > Law and Politics > Facing potential U.S. trade sanctions over online piracy, Vietnam is using the recent shutdown and its criminal prosecution of the HiAnime piracy ring as a key line of defense. Notably, Vietnam's response was submitted on the same…...
France Approves Automated, Real-Time Blocking of Pirate Sports Streams * TorrentFreak
2+ week, 5+ day ago (805+ words) Home > Piracy > French lawmakers have officially adopted a new sports law that replaces manual domain checks with support for automated, real-time piracy blocking. The system allows for instant blockades during live sports broadcasts, with oversight checks from regulator ARCOM being…...