A new UK report from the BeStreamWise anti-piracy campaign counts using a VPN to watch content that’s only available in other countries as illegal streaming. The definition sits alongside hacked Firesticks, torrents and social-media piracy in “The Price of Piracy,” which says illegal streaming costs UK broadcasters £1.35 billion a year. What Happened The report, […]
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Belgium’s anti-piracy unit issued five new decisions this week ordering EU domain registrars and a registry to identify the people behind pirate streaming sites. The intermediaries must hand over names, bank accounts, crypto wallets and a year of connection logs, and they are barred from telling their customers. It’s a shift from blocking domains to […]
Pirate streaming site Cineby is shutting down for good, and its sister sites are going with it. The closure lands right as a Canadian court order lets studios add IPTV services and free streaming brands to ISP blocklists without going back to a judge. Here’s what happened and what it means for cord-cutters. What Happened […]