ACE SHUTS DOWN PIRATE VIDEO HOSTING PLATFORM GAMOVIDEO
31. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.

ILLEGAL CONTENT FROM PREHRAJ.TO AND DATOID WILL DISAPPEAR THANKS TO AN AGREEMENT WITH AKTV
20. 3. 2025

AKTV has entered into a new settlement agreement with the services Přehraj.to and Datoid to prevent the illegal sharing of its members protected works.

ACE TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST IPTV PIRATES
11. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services.

NO DISCERNIBLE IMPACT FROM EC RECOMMENDATION ON COMBATTING PIRACY OF LIVE EVENTS FOUND IN LATEST REPORT
10. 3. 2025

A report by Grant Thornton demonstrates the very limited impact of the EU Commission’s Recommendation on combating piracy of sports and other live events.

10. 3. 2025

In a major crackdown on digital piracy, German authorities have arrested three individuals suspected of running a large-scale illegal streaming operation.

DISCOVERY, TV4, AND VIAPLAY FILE TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPERATORS
5. 3. 2025

Nordic broadcasters Discovery, TV4, and Viaplay have begun legal action against several operators as part of a crackdown on illegal operators.

LALIGA BLOCKS ILLEGAL RELAYS
19. 2. 2025

LALIGA has successfully blocked illegal broadcasts from two platforms that were relaying coverage of top-flight Spanish football.

FRAUDSTERS FAKE BEING LAWYERS TO ACCUSE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, WARNS THE CZECH BAR ASSOCIATION
21. 1. 2025

The Czech Bar Association (CBA) has issued another warning against people who pose as lawyers or act on behalf of law firms.

JAIL FOR MIDLANDS ILLEGAL STREAMING OPERATOR
17. 1. 2025

A man from Birmingham who ran a sophisticated illegal streaming operation has been jailed for two years and nine months.

UNAUTHORIZED SPORTS STREAMING SITES CLOSED AFTER CRACKDOWN
30. 12. 2024

The sports streaming sites, Methstreams and Crackstreams, have been suspended, presumably for copyright infringement.

ACE SHUTS DOWN ONE OF THE LARGEST LIVE SPORTS PIRACY RINGS IN THE WORLD
20. 12. 2024

ACE has announced the shutdown of a live sports piracy ring based in Vietnam and viewed extensively throughout the world.

FACT AND POLICE TARGET SUPPLIERS OF PIRATE FIRESTICKS
3. 12. 2024

In a two-week enforcement operation, FACT and police targeted 30 suppliers of illegal IPTV services.

CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL STREAMING NETWORK WITH 22 MILLION USERS WORLDWIDE
27. 11. 2024

Authorities have struck a blow at illegal streaming networks, by shutting down one of the world’s largest illegal service. Eurojust and Europol supported the operation.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SUPPLYING ILLEGAL STREAMING SERVICE
16. 10. 2024

A man in Wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of selling an illegal streaming service.

COUPLE SENTENCED FOR STREAMING PIRACY
11. 10. 2024

A man and woman sentenced for offences connected to the supply of illegal subscriptions for streaming services involving more than £700,000. 

EDISK AGREES WITH NOVA AND PRIMA, THE FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE PIRATES CONTINUES
11. 9. 2024

Following a recent settlement agreement with the operators of the Fastshare.cloud storage service, the Association of Commercial Television has managed to reach an agreement with the operators of eDisk and Sledujteto.

ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN FOR IRELAND
22. 8. 2024

Copyright protection body FACT and Crimestoppers have teamed up to launch a new antipiracy campaign across Ireland.

MEGAUPLOAD SERVER BOSS TO BE EXTRADITED TO THE U.S. BY NEW ZEALAND FOR PROSECUTION
20. 8. 2024

New Zealand is to extradite internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, to the United States for prosecution.

ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE ACE SETTLES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASES WITH IPTV OPERATORS
17. 8. 2024

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has announced settlements with three US-based illegal IPTV operators.

ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE ACE SHUTS DOWN ILLEGAL ANIME STREAMING WEBSITE
16. 8. 2024

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down ANIMEFLIX, a notorious piracy website dedicated to anime content.

PRISON FOR ILLEGAL STREAMING BROTHERS
13. 8. 2024

Two brothers who ran an illegal streaming operation that offered subscriptions to Sky have been jailed.

1 IN 5 SLOVAKS ADMIT TO ONLINE PIRACY
8. 8. 2024

47% of people in Slovakia use at least one paid platform to watch movies, series or music, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Association of Television Broadcasters of Slovakia (ATVS).

SPAIN: 1,000+ BARS CONVICTED OF FOOTBALL PIRACY
24. 7. 2024

La Liga, the Spanish sports association, reports that it has obtained more than a thousand convictions against hotels, bars and restaurants that have engaged in football piracy.

ARRESTS IN ILLEGAL STREAMING CRACKDOWN
23. 7. 2024

In one of the largest operations to date, UK intellectual property protection body FACT and partners, including Sky, have taken action across the UK to combat illegal streaming and the use of unlawfully modified Firestick devices.