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Sports Rights Holders Demand That EU Acts on Event Piracy

TV & Film Piracy / October 6, 2022

A letter signed by 108 signatories that include the largest broadcasters, sports organizations and associations for live performers demands that the European Union (EU) takes a stronger stance against what has become rampant piracy of live events. According to a 2021 report, broadcasters and organizers lose 28 billion Euro (US $27.8 billion) annually. Other signatories […]

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Voltage Pictures Sues Comcast for Users’ Movie Piracy

Los Angeles-based Voltage Pictures, in addition to their affiliates and film copyright owners, has filed a lawsuit against Comcast in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s U.S. District Court for movie piracy. Previously, Voltage has invited controversy by targeting individual users for copyright violations, but they’re now going after the country’s largest broadband provider. Copyright owners

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Pirate IPTV Hit with $90M Fine, Appeals, Gets Fined Again

TV & Film Piracy / June 14, 2022

In 2018, SetTV, the now defunct pirate IPTV site, was ordered by a court to pay $90 million to DISH Network. An injunction issued at the same time shut down the service and prevented the company from offering anything like it in the future. However, they did not comply and were sued again in 2022.

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Movie Piracy Explodes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

TV & Film Piracy / August 24, 2021

(NTD News – August 24, 2021 – Leo Li reports) (9:40 in) As the COVID-19 Delta variant takes hold worldwide, illegal movie downloads are also on the rampage. Hesitant to return to theaters, people are copying movies at home as the film industry stands by with little that they can do. Millions of would-be movie

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Illegal Streaming Site Popcorn Time Set to Make a Comeback

TV & Film Piracy / May 7, 2021

Advertised as the ‘Netflix for pirates,’ the Popcorn Time illegal streaming service may be trying to make a comeback, after being shut down in 2015. This is bound to be a massive headache for paid streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ as well as for movie studios. The movie piracy platform has struggled since its

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