Welcome to Piracy Monitor
Since 2019, Piracy Monitor has helped individuals, organizations and media stakeholders better understand the risks that live at the intersection of media theft, copyright infringement, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and personal agency; including causes, examples, use-cases, technical solutions and countermeasures, best-practices, lawsuits, regulation, and research. Concerned? We’ll work with you.
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Latest News
Philippines Intellectual Property Office: Fighting piracy while governing AI
Vietnam: Three individuals charged with streaming stolen Japanese content, equipment seized
Ad software SDKs auto-feed location data to systems; some are accurate to 10 feet
US finalizes framework for testing AI platforms’ ability to run cyber attacks, breach IPR safeguards
Argentina: 9,325 illegal links to FIFA World Cup 2026 competition blocked during first 72...
Japan: Prison, fines for five individuals infringing copyright by publishing movie storylines
Analysis: First publicly documented fully autonomous attack by an AI model. OpenAI strikes...
Japan: Individual arrested for uploading TV dramas to torrent site, acting as ‘first seeder’
Inevitable: Pirated version of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey went viral, as did a malware...
UK: Welsh pub licensee found guilty of unlicensed use of Sky Sports football...
Egypt: Two StreamEast defendants sentenced to prison, fined; assets confiscated
Canada: Evolving piracy threats prompt Federal Court to strengthen site blocking rules
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.
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About Piracy
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.
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What you can do
