Piracy Stories for 2020

YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Used To Upload 'Pirate' Movies and File DMCA Notices 53
Pirate Bay Founder Warns US Govt Against Mafia-Esque Copyright Lobby 32
RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub 62
Movie Industry: VPNs and Tor Pose a Threat to Legitimate Streaming Platforms 90
GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned 111
Two Leaders of Videogame Piracy Group Arrested 45
Piratebay.Org Sold For $50,000 At Auction, ThePiratebay.com Up Next 27
Scene Bust Triggered Historic Drop In 'Pirate' Releases 85
Thousands of Pirates Tricked Into Downloading Fake 'Tenet' Torrents 98
US Indictments and Raids of Piracy Group Members in 'The Scene' Throw Top-Tier Piracy World Into Chaos 70
Anti-Piracy Outfit Hires VPN Expert To Help Track Down The Pirate Bay 67
Most Dedicated VPN IP-Addresses Are Not Anonymous 27
Discord Removes Servers Dedicated To Pirating Porn 46
The Pirate Bay's IP Address Belongs To a VPN Provider, ISP Tells Court 88
Illegal Netflix, Amazon Streamers Cut Off After European Arrests 66
Chrome and Firefox Block Torrent Site YTS Over 'Phishing' 34
Court Fines YouTuber For Posting IPTV Piracy Tutorials 37
MPA and Amazon Ask GitHub To Suspend Kodi Add-On Developer's Account 48
Pirated 'DVD Screeners' Will be History After Next Year's Oscars 44
The Pirate Bay Blocked By MalwareBytes But Normal Service Will Be Resumed 16
Authors, Publishers Condemn the 'National Emergency Library' As 'Piracy' 147
Popcorn Time, the 'Netflix For Piracy,' Is Back Online 31
Copyright Lobby Calls Out Plex For Not Doing Enough To Stop Piracy 158
r/NoSleep, One of the Largest Subreddits On Reddit, Goes Dark In IP-Theft Protest 53
Don't Use the Word 'Did' Or a Dumb Anti-Piracy Company Will Delete You From Google 165
Twitch Has Become a Haven For Live Sports Piracy 36
Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing 'Havoc' 150

"Why can't we ever attempt to solve a problem in this country without having a 'War' on it?" -- Rich Thomson, talk.politics.misc