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.
Latest News
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 campaign
Egypt: Two StreamEast defendants sentenced to prison, fined; assets confiscated
US Patent & Trademark Office visual image search and AI trademark classification tools go live
Operation Red Card: Brazil’s part in ‘Operation Offsides’ during the FIFA World Cup tournaments
More than 1,000 domains streaming FIFA World Cup Finals illegally, seized by US law...
Ireland: Cease-and-desist warnings sent to 10 suspected resellers of illegal streaming services
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Download the toolkit to get ready
Telekom Srbija Group partners with MPA’s ACE to fight piracy in Southeast Europe
Italy: Tech companies were cited for DSA violations in 2025. Some complied with orders,...
France: Regulators modify piracy law. Automated site blocking notification is coming
Vietnam: ACE celebrates arrest of seven in HiAnime case, a long-standing anti-piracy target
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.
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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
