Fresh data for 2024 reveals that while overall pirate site traffic dipped to 216 billion visits, the landscape is shifting dramatically. Publishing piracy is booming, largely driven by an insatiable global demand for manga. In stark contrast, both music and film piracy have tanked. Despite these changes, the United States remains the top traffic source for pirate sites.

A lawsuit filed by educational publishers in 2024 accuses Google of profiting from textbook piracy. At the heart of the complaint are claims that Google's ‘systemic and pervasive advertising’ of infringing copies promotes pirated copies sold by third parties. In its recent motion to dismiss, Google argued that the publishers' vicarious liability claim fails to meet the legal standard. In an opinion and order handed down this week, the judge agreed - but not on everything.

American Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare is pushing back against increasing calls to broaden pirate site blocking in the EU. The company notes that since similar efforts in Spain and Italy have resulted in extensive collateral damage, there's a need for more transparency and constructive collaboration on the anti-piracy front. Cloudflare also wants rightsholders to pay for their overblocking mistakes.

Is there an Android app that detects nearby WiFi and connects to networks whose password is known from a publicly registry of WiFi password?

TorrentGalaxy has been offline for two weeks, with no explanation. Site staff are being kept in the dark, some fear the site may not return.

Telegram has reportedly upped its anti-piracy game, removing Z-Library's backup communication channel and a popular download bot.

Legal discovery targets names of Altice users hit with copyright notices.

From my perspective, the traditional way to acquire content from torrents and a VPN.

Everyone is talking about Superbox, which actually sounds pretty cool. How does it work? What's the catch? Can I setup another device to use the same apps without buying the box? If it gets shut down can I fire it up through a VPN?

I'm guessing they host content from another country and sell the hardware at a big profit. But I'd love to know a little more. There are hosting costs somewhere... Is the profit model just to outrun those costs through hardware sales?

I'm currently using windows but my Prime streams stutter a lot and are all jittery. it's really annoying. So I'm wondering if getting a mac mini or something a bit more powerful than my PC would help.

Obviously there are DRM issues, those can be fixed on windows by turning off Hardware Acceleration in my browser. Is it easy to get around DRM on Mac?

Anyone have any experience or know where I can go to get help/talk about it with people?

Italy's 'Piracy Shield', despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites, has failed boost viewership for legal services like DAZN.

Official Piracy Shield data is limited, but today we're able to take a closer look to identify key trends from a controversial year.

In a landmark ruling, the Court of Milan has ordered Cloudflare to block pirate streaming services that offer Serie A football matches.

In two separate proceedings, Italian judges have acquitted 23 people who were prosecuted for purchasing a pirate IPTV subscription.

Canal+ has secured court orders compelling DNS providers Quad9 and Vercara to block access to pirate streaming sites.

Italy's Piracy Shield IPTV blocking system rendered tech news site DDaY unavailable with readers diverted to page branding it a pirate site.

Trouble continues for the popular torrent site TorrentGalaxy, including its popular upload bots.

A controversial order that required Cisco, Cloudflare, and Google to poison DNS was just the start. Broadcaster Canal+ soon returned for more.

BREIN has obtained a new blocking order in the Netherlands targeting TorrentGalaxy, one the world's most popular torrent sites.

Hey Guys! Did anyone managed to save and has somewhere on their drive the old division by zero pirate artwork? The one with the pirate with glasses holding a guitar? I think there was a pirate ship behind? I miss that one and want to show somebody. Thanks a lot in advance! Take care & God Bless!

Pretty much the title. I'd like to add it to the archives.

The Pirate Bay made its debut as a TV series on Swedish public television today. But finding a pirated copy is proving surprisingly difficult.

Countering criticism from rightsholders, Cloudflare is urging the EU Commission to exclude the company from its upcoming Piracy Watch List.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21285651

Anyone have any advice for a nooby pirate trying to find some textbooks at the decent price of free-fiddy?