US copyright groups push for internet site blocking to combat piracy
Experts say piracy has "matured" into a sophisticated criminal enterprise
Tech giants urge EU to review Italy's anti-piracy measures amid overblocking concerns
In one incident, Google Drive was mistakenly blocked for three hours
Study finds cracking protections in 712 vintage games took 628 years
Research highlights challenges of circumventing obsolete game security
Switch modder arrested in Japan as Nintendo admits emulation is technically legal
This is the first arrest for selling a modded Nintendo Switch, setting a new precedent
Hacking group claims to have cracked Microsoft's software licensing security on a massive scale
Is Microsoft's entire licensing business in trouble?
Nintendo seeks to subpoena Reddit for details on piracy group members
Mario's wrath against r/SwitchPirates subreddit
In brief: Is there a more litigious company in the gaming world than Nintendo? Probably not. The Mario maker is once again going after those invovled with game piracy, including moderators and certain members of a popular subreddit. Nintendo is seeking to subpoena business records from Reddit (and other companies) to identify members.
Massive IPTV piracy network with 22 million users shut down by Europol and Italian police
The pan-European cybergang was making €250 million/month by reselling popular streaming platforms
Nearly half of young Norwegians are fine with piracy to save money, survey shows
High costs cited as the main reason for piracy acceptance
Study finds 20% revenue drop when Denuvo DRM is cracked soon after game launch
No revenue is lost if Denuvo survives 12 weeks
A hot potato: PC gamers often label digital rights management systems like Denuvo as "consumer unfriendly" because they can lead to performance issues, punishing those who legitimately purchase the games. But a new study shows that for all its downsides, Denuvo actually does help shield game revenues from the scourge of piracy, at least initially.
Nintendo sues two Switch hardware and software modders
"Modded Hardware" store and "Archbox" targeted for distributing modding chips and pirated games
Unactivated copies of Windows 11 will soon limit Edge customization, too
A recently spotted change to Edge Canary builds has been confirmed
The MPA plans to collaborate with Congress on piracy website-blocking legislation
The MPA CEO called pirates "real-life mobsters" who engage in child pornography
A hot potato: Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association isn't a fan of pirates. He says many of those who operate piracy websites are "real-life mobsters" who engage in child pornography, drug trafficking, and other crimes. He has also announced that the MPA plans to work with Congress to introduce legislation that blocks pirate websites in the United States.
BitTorrent dethroned as the main source of internet's upstream traffic
File sharing protocol is now being superseded by streaming and cloud storage
Anti-piracy warnings have the opposite effect on men, new study says
Meanwhile, educational warnings had no effect on either genders
The tides have turned: there's been a post-pandemic piracy revival
But don't blame Covid
Spanish soccer league wants Google to remove IPTV pirate apps from users' phones
If it "can be done for child pornography," they should do it for IP piracy, too...
System admin and wife plead guilty to "massive" pirated software licensing scam
Couple faces 20 years and forfeiture of $4 million in cash and property
Rockstar sold pirated copies of its games on Steam, triggering anti-piracy measures
A new third-party mod fixes Manhunt's glitches caused by Rockstar's DRM
The UFC, NBA, and NFL ask the government for "instantaneous" DMCA takedowns of illegal streams
The leagues say processing current DMCA takedown requests takes too long
New single-frame watermark technology can detect piracy from just a screenshot
A cloud-based approach to the content watermarking issue
A single company asked Google to delist almost one billion "pirate" web pages in less than a year
A takedown spree against a streaming site abusing PornHub content
Italy's new anti-piracy law could bring swift justice to IPTV streamers and users
Government authority has been bestowed with effective enforcing powers against "live" pirate events
Almost 70% of Russian gamers are pirating in the wake of sanctions
Russia's piracy problem has worsened
The Pirate Bay restores new user registrations, with a twist
The torrent indexing service is expecting a flood of new applications
Netflix and Amazon send DMCA takedown requests for legal websites
Two perfectly legal URLs hidden in a sea of pirated content