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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

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DMTN IPTV is sued for $21M after ignoring hundreds of infringement and takedown notices

According to the Complaint filed in US District Court in New York, the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy, Inc. (IBCAP), an anti-piracy organization assisting...

Spain: NordVPN and ProtonVPN are designated as piracy intermediaries, a win for rights-holders

The Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba notified the Spanish football league LALIGA and one of its distributors, Telefónica Audiovisual Digital (TAD), that the...

Vietnam: New Copyright Decree now in effect. Piracy is part of it

The Vietnamese government issued Decree No. 341/2025/ND-CP, which went into effect on February 15, 2026.  The Decree details what constitute infringing acts, the forms...

AI: Anthropic Claude 4.6 focuses on security. For what, and what about anti-piracy?

In February 2026, Anthropic released the Opus 4.6 model for its Claude generative AI platform, which Anthropic promotes as having a "Security-First" architecture.  But...

US-Argentina trade agreement specifies intellectual property, anti-piracy protections

On February 5, 2026, the US and Argentina announced a trade agreement that will require Argentina to ensure protection of intellectual property flowing physically...

Spain: 2 years jail plus fine for ‘The Green Engineer,’ who used Telegram to...

It was a deal that was hard to pass up.  An individual known as "The Green Engineer" (El Inginiero Verde) was charging just €80...

London Police unit orchestrates Manchester takedown of illegal IPTV service after tip-off by Sky

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police teamed with industry partners in a law enforcement action against an illegal...

While 8.5% of ads were deemed ‘invalid,’ European anti-fraud initiatives saved €3.45 billion in...

Broad adoption of anti-fraud standards by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an ad-safety advocacy organization, helped European advertisers reduce fraud by 69%, compared to...

Collaboration among Bulgarian law enforcement, US DoJ, Europol take down three infringing torrent sites

Three seized domains that allegedly were engaged in the illegal distribution of copyrighted works, zamunda.net, arenabg.com and zelka.org, are in the custody of the United States...

Singapore: Fourth retailer imprisoned for selling illicit streaming devices at Sim Lim Square

Another Sim Lim Square retailer has been sentenced for selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) that provided unlawful access to copyrighted content. Lin Da, 36, Director...

Italy: AGCOM Commissioner defends her ‘No’ vote after AGCOM fined Cloudflare €14M

In 2024, Italy's communications regulator deployed its Piracy Shield ticketing and ISP notification platform in 2024, to mixed reviews.  In early January 2026, AGCOM...

Italy: Major anti-piracy action culminates year-long operation, just days before the Olympics

Led by the District Prosecutor's Office of Catania (Italy) and Italy's Postal and Cybercrime Police, with multi-national coordination across Europe, North America and Asia,...

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