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TorrentFreak: File-sharing and hosting giant Uloz has announced a radical change to its business model. The Czech site has been under fire for some time and was recently branded a ‘notorious market’ by the MPA. However, Uloz says that an imminent ban o… Continue reading File-Sharing Giant Uloz Bans File-Sharing Citing EU’s Digital Services Act
An anonymous reader writes: A newspaper run by the Communist Party of Vietnam is reporting the “disappearance” of a number of popular channels from pay TV packages. Citing National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild as examples, the paper notes they’re owned … Continue reading Disney Pulls TV Channels From Vietnam, Govt ‘Concerned’ Piracy Will Run Riot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel claims that during an operation last week, it successfully blocked around 80% of pirate ‘TV boxes’ in the country. Estimates from early 2023 suggest that seven mi… Continue reading Brazil Regulator Claims ‘80% of Pirate TV Boxes’ Were Blocked Last Week
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: As far as we know, Brazil-based file-sharing forum FileWarez.com first appeared in August 2004, its domain name having been registered the previous month. The default language was naturally Portugu… Continue reading Record Labels Shut Down FileWarez, Brazil’s Oldest Pirate Forum
One of the world’s largest private BitTorrent trackers, Filelist, has announced it will shut down soon. The site has been in operation for sixteen years and enjoys millions of monthly visits, mostly from Romania. Site admin EboLLa has chosen to devote … Continue reading Private Torrent Tracker FileList to Shut Down After 16 Years
Plex informed some users this week that it will no longer allow users to run servers at a hosting provider where lots of TOS violations occur. TorrentFreak: In an email to customers who run Plex servers at the large German hosting company Hetzner, Plex… Continue reading Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Sports leagues are urging the US to require “instantaneous” takedowns of pirated livestreams and new requirements for Internet service providers to block pirate websites. The Digital Millennium Cop… Continue reading Sports Leagues Ask US For ‘Instantaneous’ DMCA Takedowns and Website Blocking
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against a group of online stores that sell pirated DVDs of key titles such as “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and “The Peripheral.” TorrentFreak reports: In a complaint filed at a California federal court, Amazon … Continue reading Amazon Sues Online Stores Selling Pirated DVDs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Founded in 2011, AnonFiles.com became known as a popular hosting service that allowed users to share files up to 20GB without download restrictions. As the name suggests, registering an account was… Continue reading File-Hosting Icon AnonFiles Throws In the Towel, Domain For Sale
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In the summer of 2021, DISH Network and Sling filed a copyright lawsuit against four unlicensed sports streaming sites, among them the popular SportsBay.org. After the plaintiffs named two alleged … Continue reading Court Orders SportsBay To Pay Almost Half a Billion Dollars For Violating DMCA