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1. “You Wouldn’t Steal…” Research Shows Why Many Anti-Piracy Messages Fail

   By Karlston, July 31, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 1,392 views
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   • Comment by xkryptonx
   • August 1, 2022

2. $0.50 Per Month Pirate IPTV Packages Hit By beIN Emergency Injunction

   By Karlston, September 7, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,572 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 7, 2022

3. $16m Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Magically Returns $32m Thanks to Bankruptcy

   By Karlston, February 8, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,158 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 8, 2023

4. $32.5m Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Must Be Dismissed Due to ‘Encrypted Traffic’

   By Karlston, August 8, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,158 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 8, 2022

5. $5.7m Win Against Pirate IPTV Seller Might Be Just a Consolation Prize

   By Karlston, July 20, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,151 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 20, 2022

6. €300m Per Year Rightsholder ‘Private Copying’ Payouts Face Scrutiny

   By Karlston, November 22, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,261 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 22, 2023

7. €3bn Pirate IPTV Network Serving 22m Users “Dismantled” in Massive Operation

   By Karlston, November 28, 2024   

   • iptv piracy
   • italy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,474 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 28, 2024

8. €5.3m Pirate IPTV Network ‘Dismantled’ By Spanish Police is Still Streaming

   By Karlston, June 2, 2024   

   • spain
   • pirate iptv
   • 0 comments
   • 1,405 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 2, 2024

9. €8.5m Copyright Infringement Verdict Against Vimeo Stands on Appeal

   By Karlston, August 16, 2022   

   • vimeo
   • 0 comments
   • 1,125 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2022

10. €850K IPTV Piracy Haul Ends in 4+ Years in Prison & 6,000 Users Facing Fines

    By Karlston, June 25, 2025   

    • iptv piracy
    • 0 comments
    • 764 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 25, 2025

11. 1.3m Pirate IPTV Users ‘Blacked Out’ During Euro 2024, Italian Police Claim

    By Karlston, June 24, 2024   

    • iptv piracy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,328 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 24, 2024

12. 100s of Pirate Sites Go Dark as .TV Domains Placed on ServerHold

    By Karlston, February 21, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,355 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 21, 2024

13. 127 Russian Cinemas Resort to Piracy, Movie Boss Says: “I Don’t Blame Them”

    By Karlston, July 23, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,267 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 23, 2022

14. 1337x.to is Unreachable After Domain Name Expired (Updated)

    By Karlston, April 7, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,821 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 7, 2022

15. 1337x’s Search is Broken, Can’t Find Recent Torrents

    By Karlston, April 25, 2023   

    • 1337x
    • search
    • 0 comments
    • 1,445 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 25, 2023

16. 16-Year-Old Pirate Site Prosecution Resurrected Despite Four Acquittals

    By Karlston, March 20, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,323 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2024

17. 17-Year-old Student Exposes Germany’s ‘Secret’ Pirate Site Blocklist

    By Karlston, August 23, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 1,335 views
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    • Comment by Arachnoid
    • August 23, 2024

18. 1Fichier Held Liable After Failing to Remove Pirated Nintendo Games

    By Karlston, April 18, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,232 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2023

19. 2.5 Billion Visits: ACE Targets 9anime Among Several Pirate Anime Sites

    By Karlston, May 27, 2023   

    • anime
    • piracy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,635 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 27, 2023

20. 2.6M Piracy Reports Against French Users Resulted in 234 Financial Penalties

    By Karlston, June 18, 2024   

    • piracy
    • france
    • 0 comments
    • 1,171 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 18, 2024

21. 20 Pirate IPTV Arrests, €1.6m Seized; Held For 7 Months, Suspects Confess

    By Karlston, October 25, 2023   

    • pirate iptv
    • 0 comments
    • 1,473 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 25, 2023

22. 2023 in Review: RARBG, Zoro, Z-Library, Flawless, IPTV and AI

    By Karlston, December 31, 2023
    • 2 comments
    • 2,380 views
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    • Comment by neofita
    • February 19, 2024

23. 2025: Two Decades of Piracy Reporting: TorrentFreak’s Retrospective

    By Karlston, December 31, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 487 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 31, 2025

24. 25 Private Torrent Trackers Went Offline After BREIN Tracked Down ‘Scripter’

    By Karlston, January 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,445 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 5, 2023

25. 3,682 Pirate Sites Blocked to Protect Creators; More Importantly, Did it Work?

    By Karlston, January 15, 2025   

    • piracy
    • site blocking
    • 0 comments
    • 1,086 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 15, 2025