Tag Archives: Canal+

MovieBox Passes 300 Million Downloads as Rightsholders Alert the EU

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MovieBox, a pirate streaming app, has now passed 300 million downloads on the Palm Store that comes preinstalled on millions of budget phones. In submissions for the European Commission’s 2027 Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List, the Motion Picture Association and French broadcaster Canal+ both name it as a large piracy operation. The app keeps growing […]

Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking as French Court Rejects Canal+ Penalties

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Cloudflare won’t pay daily fines in France for leaving pirate sports sites reachable through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver. A Paris court rejected a request from pay-TV provider Canal+ to penalize the company and accepted that Cloudflare only has to do what’s reasonable through its CDN. The ruling keeps one of the most popular public resolvers […]

Canal+ and LaLiga Sign Landmark Anti-Piracy Pact Across 50 Countries

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Canal+ and LaLiga signed an anti-piracy agreement on Sept. 11, 2026 that covers nearly 50 countries, joining their technology and investigators to shut down illegal football streams. The deal pairs one of Europe’s biggest broadcasters with Spain’s top football league, and it shows how hard rights holders are now pushing against the pirate services that […]