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TV Box Seller Emails Sky TV Bosses With ‘Pirate’ Offer, Gets Sued for $1m

August 5, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who emailed details of his Kodi-based pirate TV box offer to directors at Sky TV is now being sued by the company. Krish Reddy’s mailshot said his device offering free TV was “better […]

Could Pirate TV Box Users Be Prosecuted For Fraud?

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) recently suggested it could go after people who use ‘pirate’ set-top boxes at home. Such prosecutions are potentially tricky under UK copyright law so chances of success could be […]

FACT Threatens Users of ‘Pirate’ Kodi Add-Ons

June 28, 2017 World Justice News 0

UK anti-piracy group FACT is doing its best to scare anyone who goes near a pirate Kodi add-on. After sellers of pirate boxes and add-on developers, streaming users are now on notice as well. It’s […]

Court Grants Subpoenas to Unmask ‘TVAddons’ and ‘ZemTV’ Operators

June 21, 2017 World Justice News 0

A District Court in Texas has granted a series of subpoenas to Dish Network, aimed at identifying the people behind the TVAddons website and the ZemTV Kodi addon. This allows Dish to request detailed information […]

EU Court Rules Selling Piracy-Configured Media Players is Illegal

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Selling devices pre-configured to obtain copyright-infringing content is illegal, the European Court of Justice effectively ruled today. The decision, which evolved from a case involving anti-piracy group BREIN and a shop that sold piracy-configured media […]

IPTV Piracy Ring Shut Down – Eight Arrested

April 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Police in Spain have shut down a large IPTV piracy operation with help from Europol and Bulgarian authorities. The group was operating through two legitimate ISPs in Spain and Bulgaria, which were allegedly set up […]

Streaming Pirate Content Isn’t Illegal

March 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

Every day millions of people use PCs, tablets, phones and Kodi-style devices to stream pirated content, but is it illegal? According to Trading Standards, local UK authorities tasked with investigating commercial organizations, if users only […]

Five arrested in ‘fully loaded’ Kodi box raids

February 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. The sale of so-called “fully loaded Kodi boxes” has been called a “top […]

Kodi box seller enters not guilty plea in landmark case

January 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

The man at the center of a landmark case involving the supply of “fully-loaded” Kodi boxes pleaded not guilty Friday morning. Middlesbrough shopkeeper Brian Thompson admits selling modified set-top boxes but denies that they were […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]