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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

‘SocksEscort’ proxy service exploited home routers and IoT devices worldwide, downed by Europol and partners

Vietnam: Pirate Xoi Lac TV offered sporting events, online gambling; 30 individuals involved

US Trade Rep releases 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy

Multi-national operation dismantles Leakbase, a hub specializing in trade of databases used by malware attackers

Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform downed by Europol and a network of partners

Netherlands: 15 Illegal IPTV Web sites offline after BREIN report

US Trade Representative 2026 ‘Special 301’ report: 87 comments received

Sweden: Defendant thought to be associated with illegal IPTV King service is acquitted, appeal pending

Wixen accuses Meta of cutting royalties in anticipation of AI, sues Meta in license dispute

China court sentences operator of ZzzFun manga piracy site to one year prison, fines

ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI video generator is a ‘high-speed piracy engine;’ echoing MiniMax suit

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

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

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

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