Welcome to Piracy Monitor
Digital media piracy, the unlicensed use or theft of copyrighted content, is the greatest enemy to creative professionals, consumers, rights-holders and their distribution partners the world over. And today, piracy doesn’t occur in a vacuum: it’s often a consequence of flawed or inadequate cybersecurity practices; and while AI can be a tool in the fight against piracy, AI can also enable content theft and stealth attacks on a massive scale.
Since 2019, Piracy Monitor has been an informative resource, helping persons and media stakeholders better understand the risks that reside at the intersection of copyright theft, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and personal agency; including use-cases, causes, examples, available countermeasures, solutions and research.
Latest News
Indonesia: App with 5 million registered users hosted over 60 TB of infringing content
Supreme Court reverses $1B Cox decision, underscoring need for piracy blocking in the US
OpenAI to shutter Sora video platform: Is it about copyright control, piracy or business realities?
Netherlands: Incorrect domain registration details lead BREIN to 24 site takedown
LaLiga engages Bitkernel for anti-piracy services
UK Parliament de-recommends copyright protection exception for AI, policy work ongoing
Nigeria: CEO of NetNaija service remanded to custody after arraignment, pending bail hearing
FBI Alert: Evading Residential Proxy Networks – Protecting your devices from becoming a tool...
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say OpenAI uses their content as clickbait
South Africa: MultiChoice touts two raids on pirates, sentences in 3 other cases
2026 industry survey: Operators split on value of anti-piracy, consumers dismissive of threats
Texas pirate must pay $18.75M statutory damages to Studio plaintiffs, transfer domains to ACE
Unless noted otherwise, all articles and site content are produced by and © Advanced Media Strategies LLC. Steve Hawley is Managing Director.
Piracy Monitor is an initiative of tvstrategies (Advanced Media Strategies LLC), and is active in four areas: Piracy Awareness, Market Intelligence, Industry Marketing and Consulting. Piracy Monitor also conducts online events devoted to piracy/anti-piracy and cybersecurity.















