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- Sep 30, 2026
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LaLiga Wants Major VPNs on EU Piracy Watch List Over Affiliate Marketing * TorrentFreak (opens the original)
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Every few years, rightsholders get the opportunity to tell the European Commission which pirate sites and services deserve a spot on its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. These submissions traditionally focus on torrent sites, cyberlockers and pirate IPTV services. In recent editions, however, intermediaries such as hosting companies and Cloudflare have been added to the mix. LaLiga takes this expanding reach a step further. In its submission for the 2027 edition, the Spanish football league as
IFPI Wants Open Source YouTube Downloader yt-dlp on EU Piracy Watch List * TorrentFreak (opens the original)
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In October 2020, the RIAA used a DMCA notice to remove the popular YouTube download tool youtube-dl from GitHub. The RIAA argued that the software circumvented YouTube’s rolling cipher technology. A few weeks later, GitHub reinstated the repository and set up a $1 million defense fund for developers facing similar claims. The music industry had more success in Germany, where labels won a lawsuit against Uberspace, the hosting provider of youtube-dl’s official website. In November 2024, the Hambu
Unified U.S. Site Blocking Bill Targets ISPs and DNS Resolvers But Spares VPNs * TorrentFreak (opens the original)
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Last week, we reported that the American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA) puts virtual private networks on the list of intermediaries that could be ordered to block pirate sites. This wasn’t the only bill in the works. As expected, there’s now competition from a unified bill, officially introduced by Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren: the DEFEND IP Act. Both lawmakers had already been working on similar legislation and the DEFEND IP Act merges Lofgren’s Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FAD
Nintendo Wins $4.5 Million Judgment Against r/SwitchPirates Mod 'Archbox' * TorrentFreak (opens the original)
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Nintendo is doing everything in its power to prevent gamers from playing pirated games on its Switch console. This involves sending a steady stream of cease and desist letters and takedown notices. If those don’t work, the company is prepared to take action in court. In June 2024, it filed a lawsuit at a Washington federal court against Arizona resident James C. Williams, known online as ‘Archbox’. Nintendo accused him of operating several ‘pirate shops’ that offered large libraries of pirated S
Pirate Site Must Face Chinese Streaming Giant Tencent in U.S. Court, Judge Rules * TorrentFreak (opens the original)
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Pirate streaming sites that cater to a Chinese-speaking audience are typically not a priority for Hollywood’s anti-piracy forces. This also applies to Olevod. The site, which operates from a .com and .tv domain, has appeared in a batch of DMCA subpoenas obtained by ACE, as well as an Australian blocking order. However, it never showed up in the annual USTR lists of key foreign piracy threats. In recent years the site continued to serve a stable audience, specifically targeting Chinese-speaking p
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