Piracy Stories for 2023

Reckless DMCA Deindexing Pushes NASA's Artemis Towards Black Hole 83
'Doctor Who' Christmas Special Streams on Disney+ and the BBC 65
Italy's 'Piracy Shield' Anti-Piracy System Launches, Applies To All DNS and VPN Providers 39
EU Mulls Expansion of Geo-Blocking 'Bans' To Video Streaming Platforms 44
Several Piracy-Related Arrests Spark Fears of High-Level Crackdown In Nordic Region 37
File-Sharing Giant Uloz Bans File-Sharing Citing EU's Digital Services Act 12
Disney Pulls TV Channels From Vietnam, Govt 'Concerned' Piracy Will Run Riot 61
Brazil Regulator Claims '80% of Pirate TV Boxes' Were Blocked Last Week 16
Record Labels Shut Down FileWarez, Brazil's Oldest Pirate Forum 12
Private Torrent Tracker FileList to Shut Down After 16 Years 9
YouTuber Jailed For Large-Scale Cable Piracy Scheme 20
Textbook Publishers Sue Shadow Library LibGen For Copyright Infringement 30
Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company 34
Google Removes 'Pirate' URLs From Users' Privately Saved Links 58
Sports Leagues Ask US For 'Instantaneous' DMCA Takedowns and Website Blocking 63
Amazon Sues Online Stores Selling Pirated DVDs 71
File-Hosting Icon AnonFiles Throws In the Towel, Domain For Sale 28
Court Orders SportsBay To Pay Almost Half a Billion Dollars For Violating DMCA 38
Google Search Asked To Remove One Billion 'Pirate' Links In 9 Months 22
Z-Library Rolls Out Browser Extensions In Anticipation of Domain Name Troubles 15
Reddit Beats Film Industry, Won't Have To Identify Users Who Admitted Torrenting 55
Italian Pirate IPTV Customers Risk a 5,000 Euro Fine Starting August 8, 2023 45
Sci-Hub's Alexandra Elbakyan Receives EFF Award For Providing Access To Scientific Knowledge 14
Is AI Training on Libraries of Pirated Books? 96
70% of Russian Gamers Are Pirates Following Western Publisher Exodus 93
Denuvo Wants To Convince You Its DRM Isn't 'Evil' 77
Film Companies Demand Names of Reddit Users Who Discussed Piracy in 2011 67
'Piracy Is Coming Back' 187
French Govt Wants To Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly Into Web Browsers 82
Z-Library Releases Tor-Enabled Desktop Launcher To Improve 'Accessibility' 19
Korea Will Deploy 'Anti-Piracy AI' After Major Piracy Site Reincarnation 10
2 Men Who Helped Run Popular Pirating Website Megaupload Sentenced To Prison in New Zealand 60
TV Torrent Group CAKES Quits the Scene and Shuts Down 18
Music Pirates Are Not Terrorists, Record Labels Argue In Court 46
Popular Torrent Site RARBG Shuts Down 38
Men Behind UK's Largest Pirate Service Jailed For 30+ Years 52
European Commission Calls for Pirate Site Blocking Around the Globe 29
'More Than 600,000 Students and Teachers Use Z-Library' 21
Anti-Piracy Program Accused of Violating Citizens' Fundamental Rights In France 10
Anti-Piracy Outfit Wipes ACE's 'Watch Legally' Page From Google 13
DAZN Joins Anti-Piracy Coalition To Crack Down on Bootleg Sports Streams 40
US Seizes Z-Library Login Domain, But Secret URLs for Each User Remain Active 13
Film Studios Lose Bid To Unmask Reddit Users Who Wrote Comments on Piracy 39
Bulgaria Approves Draft Law That Turns Pirate Site Operators Into Criminals 24
Z-Library Plans To Let Users Share Physical Books Through 'Z-Points' 18
Music Labels Win Legal Battle Against Youtube-dl's Hosting Provider 45
China Shuts Down Major Manga Piracy Site Following Complaint From Japan 12
Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45 Million Visits Per Month Makes No Money 81
Online-Books Lawsuit Tests Limits of Libraries in Digital Age 63
Marvel Wants Reddit To Expose Mods Suspected of Ant-Man 3 Leak 35
YouTuber Sentenced To Over 5 Years and Ordered To Forfeit $30 Million in Large-Scale Cable Piracy Case 72
BitTorrent Seedbox Provider Handed Criminal Conviction Over Users' Piracy 25
You Can Watch Pluto TV in VLC, and the MPA Considers This Piracy 67
Amazon Removes Books From Kindle Unlimited After They Appear On Pirate Sites 74
Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users To Aid Piracy Lawsuit 41
Z-Library Returns, Offering 'Unique' Domain Name To All Users 51
Police Complaint Removes Pirate Bay Proxy Portal From GitHub 32
Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Movies, Music and Software of 'Unfriendly' Nations 198
Major Private Torrent Sites Have a Security Disaster to Fix Right Now 30