Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has indicted seven people behind HiAnime, the anime streaming site that pulled in more than 150 million monthly visits before it went dark in March. Prosecutors say the network earned $12.85 million in advertising revenue, and four of the defendants also face money-laundering charges. What Happened The indictment names Nguyễn Đình […]
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Chile’s telecom regulator says local internet providers have blocked 1,954 URLs tied to pirate IPTV and streaming services since June. The blocks follow a Warner Bros. court order, but Subtel is presenting them as a data protection measure rather than a copyright story. What Happened The 19th Civil Court of Santiago sided with Warner Bros. […]
An internet infrastructure coalition published a report on 22 October warning that court orders forcing VPN providers to block pirate sites push copyright enforcement into shared plumbing that businesses and remote workers rely on. The “VPNs at Risk” paper lands as French courts extend blocking duties to VPNs and two competing U.S. bills disagree on […]
The Motion Picture Association says two of the biggest pirate streaming operations, Cineby and AnimeFLV, went dark after its own enforcement push. The claim sits inside the MPA’s annual filing to the U.S. Trade Representative, and it ends months of silence about why a portal with more than a billion visits a year suddenly stopped […]
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 […]
Quad9, a Swiss non-profit that runs a free public DNS resolver, is refusing to enforce a French court order that targets pirate sports streams, and it says it may stop serving France altogether. Broadcaster beIN Sports has asked a Paris court to fine the resolver up to 580,000 euros a day over the domains it […]
LaLiga has asked the European Commission to add four major VPN providers to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. The Spanish football league says third-party affiliate guides that show fans how to bypass geo-blocks and court-ordered site blocks turn those providers into more than neutral intermediaries. The request is part of the public consultation for […]
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the part of Utah’s age-verification law that treated a VPN user as a Utah user. Judge David Barlow found the “actual location” rule likely violates the U.S. Constitution because no website can track a masked connection with certainty. What Happened On September 24, U.S. District Judge David Barlow granted […]
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would let courts order large VPN providers to block foreign piracy sites, a change that could affect how millions of Americans use a VPN. The American Copyright Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa on September 16, 2026, names VPNs alongside broadband providers and DNS resolvers […]