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ACE Shuts US-Based Pirate IPTV Services, Poor Security Costs $2m

August 18, 2024 World Justice News 0

Larissa Knapp, the MPA’s new Chief Content Protection Officer, and the team at ACE have announced the shutdown of several US-based pirate IPTV services. The FBI veteran revealed the closure of AnytimeTV plus other pirate […]

U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Prioritize Anti-Piracy Enforcement

August 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

The IIPA, which represents the MPA, RIAA, and other entertainment industry groups, believes that Canada could and should do more to tackle online piracy. The association argues that anti-piracy efforts, in the broadest sense, should […]

Five Men Behind Huge Pirate Streaming Site Want Their Convictions Overturned

July 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

Five men found guilty of operating one of the largest pirate streaming services in the U.S. have filed requests for their convictions to be overturned. Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter […]

LaLiga Demands €450 After ISPs Log Subscribers’ Visits to Pirate Servers

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

This February, Spanish football league LaLiga obtained a court order that supposedly allowed it to pursue mere viewers of pirate IPTV. A local court soon clarified that viewers would not be targeted. However, letters from […]

Five IPTV Operators Guilty of Movie & TV Piracy, Leader Faces 48 Years in Prison

June 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

Five men accused of operating one of the largest pirate IPTV services in the United States, have been convicted by a Las Vegas federal jury. Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter […]

Appeals Court Hears RIAA and Yout in ‘High Stakes’ Stream-ripper Case

February 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

Do online services that allow users to download content from YouTube break the law? This question is at the center of a legal battle between Yout.com and the RIAA. Last year, the district court dismissed […]

Prison for ‘Mr. X’: Headteacher By Day, Pirate IPTV Maverick By Night

February 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

A UK man described as a leading reseller for pirate IPTV service Flawless TV, has been sentenced to a year in prison at Birmingham Crown Court. Documents in the Flawless case referred to a mysterious […]

ACE Has Prepared a Huge List of Pirate Sites it Wants to Shut Down in 2024

December 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

At a time when hundreds of millions of people in North America, Latin America, Europe, and beyond had little but Christmas on their minds, MPA & ACE were deciding which platforms to target in 2024. […]

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for ‘billions’

December 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

US news organisation the New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner OpenAI over claims its copyright was infringed to train the system. The lawsuit, which also names Microsoft as a defendant, says the firms should be held […]

Premier League Targets Dozens of Illegal Streaming Sites in U.S. Court

December 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

It’s relatively rare for the English Premier League to venture into the United States in search of pirates, but a new court filing makes up for lost time. An application filed at a California court […]

Human Rights

France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]