Framing the News: Anti-Piracy Press Release Turned a 2016 Raid Into a 2026 Story

In August, City of London Police and anti-piracy group FACT announced a six and a half year prison sentence for a 68-year-old pirate IPTV operator. Without dates or a service name in the release, some outlets reported it as a recent bust. Records obtained by TorrentFreak show the operation was raided in 2016, the operator pleaded guilty, and the service was called Ex Pat TV.

AI-Assisted Paper on Z-Library Cites a TorrentFreak Article That Doesn’t Exist

A fresh academic paper on Z-Library cites a TorrentFreak article that doesn’t exist, and several other sources in the paper are also unfindable. The authors…

yesterday, 08:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

DNS Resolver Quad9 Will Leave France After Court Orders Piracy Blocking Penalty

Quad9 is leaving France over pirate site blocking orders, which makes it the second DNS resolver to leave the country. Quad9 will stop serving French…

October 22, 2026, 17:51 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Technology

‘VPNs at Risk’: Tech Coalition Pushes Back on Piracy Blocking Duties for VPNs

A new report published by the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) warns that poorly targeted VPN regulation can weaken the security infrastructure everyone depends on. The…

October 22, 2026, 07:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna’s Archive and LibGen

Meta will have to name the people who greenlit its torrenting of pirated books. A federal magistrate judge has ordered the company to identify everyone…

October 20, 2026, 10:20 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Court Approves ‘voices38’ Subpoenas After Denuvo Drops Payment and Login Data Requests

Denuvo can subpoena Discord, Valve and Reddit to identify the anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’. After a California federal judge raised privacy concerns, the DRM company…

October 19, 2026, 09:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/19/2026

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' tops the…

October 19, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Chinese Court Jails Aiyifan Operator, U.S. Judge Won’t Transfer Pirate Site’s Domains

A Shanghai court confirmed the criminal conviction of Wang Jianyang, one of the operators of pirate streaming platform Aiyifan. In a parallel case, a Florida…

October 18, 2026, 11:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

VPNs and Cloudflare Escape beIN’s €10,000-a-Day Piracy Blocking Penalties

VPN providers and Cloudflare only have to make a reasonable effort to block pirate sports streams in France. That's the conclusion of two Paris court…

October 16, 2026, 07:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Framing the News: Anti-Piracy Press Release Turned a 2016 Raid Into a 2026 Story

AI-Assisted Paper on Z-Library Cites a TorrentFreak Article That Doesn’t Exist

DNS Resolver Quad9 Will Leave France After Court Orders Piracy Blocking Penalty

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Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna’s Archive and LibGen

Court Approves ‘voices38’ Subpoenas After Denuvo Drops Payment and Login Data Requests

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