Three men who sold illegal streaming devices to rebroadcast football from more than 20 pay-TV companies have been sentenced to a total of 17 years in jail for defrauding Premier […]
Long prison sentences for UK torrent pirates
In the UK, four local residents who ran the torrent tracker thefoundry.name were sentenced to prison sentences from two to 4.5 years.
Australian man arrested for selling one million Netflix, Spotify, Hulu passwords
Police in Australia have arrested a 21-year-old Sydney man who allegedly made AU $300,000 (EUR187,000) selling passwords of services including Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, PSN, and Origin.
Bein Media: AFC surrenders to illegal Saudi pressure
The Bein Media Group has protested against the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which will live-stream matches featuring Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Asian Champions League for free into Saudi […]
BeIn Media Group urges US to take action against Saudi Arabia
BeIn Media Group is leading a group of major US sports leagues, studios and international broadcasters mading detailed public submissions to US Trade Representative as theft of world sport and […]
Survey: one in four Malaysian consumers uses pirated TV box
In a recent study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian consumers, it was revealed that 25% of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream […]
BeIn Sports drops F1 coverage due to rampant piracy
BeIn Sports has said it is not renewing its Formula 1 contract for the Middle East and North Africa rights due to rampant piracy.
German Sky pay-TV pirates receive suspended sentences
In a court case regarding the illegal streaming of pay-TV channels from Sky Deutschland over the internet, three of the four defendants have been sentenced to between eight months and […]
Sky pirate seller fined over £5,000
A man who sold adapted Amazon Fire TV sticks and set-top boxes to view Sky programming without paying, has been fined.
Piracy: ACE reaches settlement with Dragon Box
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has reached a settlement with the operators of Dragon Box, a so-called ‘fully-loaded Kodi’ box.