As part of its quest to reduce piracy, the MPAA continues to spend money on its lobbying activities, hoping to sway lawmakers in its direction. While the lobbying talks take place... More
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MPAA Lobbies Congress on Streaming Piracy Boxes (TorrentFreak)
Russia Eyes Improved Anti-Piracy Measures … But Not for Hollywood Movies (Hollywood Reporter)
Russia's culture ministry has prepared a proposal aimed at fighting online movie piracy, but it will only concern local movies, leaving out Hollywood fare. Under the proposal, pub... More
Online TV, Movie Piracy Losses to Soar to $52 Billion (Ooyala Videomind)
A new report from Digital TV Research posits that revenue losses due to piracy are expected to double between 2016 and 2022 to the tune of $51.6 billion, a significant chest of gol... More
Hollywood Screener Piracy Aided by 70,000 Mailed Award Discs (TorrentFreak)
At the end of the year movie industry insiders traditionally receive their screener copies, which they use to vote on the Oscars and other awards. As is tradition, quite a few of ... More
Tech Companies Have Spoken Out Against Using Kodi as a Piracy Scapegoat (Gizmodo)
These days Kodi, and Kodi Box are almost synonymous with streaming-based piracy - given how widespread the use of so-called Kodi boxes are. But Kodi isn't designed for piracy in mi... More
‘Walking Dead’ Season 8 Premiere: Piracy Downloads Drop 42% From Last Year (Variety)
The latest season of “The Walking Dead” has stumbled, zombie-like, to a rocky start — among both TV viewers and internet pirates. Global piracy of Sunday’s premiere of “... More
Netflix is Fine With Password Sharing, But it’s Going After Piracy Now (BGR)
Netflix makes some of the most popular TV shows out there, having more hits on its hands than most traditional networks. That’s why I’m perfectly fine with the price. You get t... More
Amazon, Netflix, Studios Sue Over TickBox Streaming Device (Ars Technica)
Movie studios, Netflix, and Amazon have banded together to file a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit against a streaming media player called TickBox TV. The complaint (PDF), fi... More
RIAA Submits List of ‘Notorious’ Sites, Calls Out Russian Counterfeiters (Billboard)
The RIAA has submitted its annual roundup of music piracy offenders to the United States Trade Representative in order to include in this year's Notorious Markets List. In a lette... More
Court Holds U.S. Retailer Accountable for Promoting Piracy by Selling IPTV Streaming Devices with Unauthorized Channels (CDSA)
A bankruptcy court in Florida has ruled that Amit Bhalla, a retailer of IPTV streaming devices with unauthorized channels, cannot use a bankruptcy case to shield himself from monet... More