Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/10/2025
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Anora' tops the chart, followed by 'Captain America: Brave New World'. 'The Gorge' completes the top three.
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Pirate Streaming Site Malware Campaign Infected One Million Devices
In December 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a malware campaign stemming from pirate streaming sites. Using iframe malvertising redirector URLs to generate revenue, and redirects up to five layers deep, malware payloads hosted on GitHub, Discord and Dropbox, acted as a dropper for additional payloads hosted elsewhere. Microsoft says the goal was to steal information and it believes almost a million devices were infected.
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https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-streaming-site-malware-campaign-infected-one-million-devices-250310/
Employee Charged in ‘Spider-Man’ Pre-Release Blu-ray Theft Linked to Mass Piracy
A former employee of a disc manufacturing company in Memphis has been indicted on charges of stealing and selling pre-release DVDs and Blu-rays of popular films, including "Spider-Man: No Way Home." The indictment links the sales to widespread availability of the movie on pirate sites. The defendant faces charges of criminal copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods, with potential penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment.
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Ad-Funded Piracy’s ‘Biggest Open Secret’ Revealed By Researcher
New research on ad-funded piracy centers on manga site Tu Manga Online (TMO). After switching to a new domain 'zonatmo.com' around September last year, it took just 90 days to transform a new start into half a billion visits per month. According to the research, the site's revenue generating scheme is an open secret. Yet, for unknown reasons, nobody tries to stop it.
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Nintendo Defeats Filehoster ‘1Fichier’ at French Supreme Court
Nintendo celebrated victory over French file-hosting service 1fichier.com this week. The French Supreme Court denied the filehoster's appeal and upheld a piracy liability ruling in favor of the gaming company. The ruling confirms that hosting platforms can be held liable if they fail to remove pirated content when asked.
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RootedCON: Pirate IPTV Blocking Appeal Accepted as Crisis Continues
As Spain's pirate site-blocking crisis persists for the fourth consecutive week, LaLiga's decision to block Cloudflare continues to affect innocent internet users and websites. Cloudflare took legal action last week hoping to stop LaLiga in its tracks. In a parallel process, cybersecurity group RootedCON has asked a court to strike out LaLiga's blocking authority. Meanwhile, RootedCON says moves are underway to undermine the authority of their lawyer.
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Nintendo Easily Kills 4,238 Switch Emu Repos on Yuzu Lawsuit Anniversary
A single DMCA anti-circumvention notice, sent by Nintendo on the one-year anniversary of its 2024 lawsuit against Yuzu, showed just how much things can change in a year. Targeting nine repos linked to Switch emulator Ryujinx, the domino effect led to the removal of 4,238 repos. Elsewhere, the distilled components of Yuzu's demise can be found in recent takedown notices
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Hollywood Studios Sue Pirate IPTV Services in U.S. Court
Members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) filed two separate copyright infringement lawsuits yesterday, targeting the alleged operators of IPTV services including 'Outer Limits IPTV', 'Shrugs' and 'Zing'. Amazon, Netflix and several major Hollywood studios demand an end to the infringing activity and an award for damages, which could run to millions of dollars.
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BBC, Premier League & Sky Seek Tougher UK Regs to Deter Google Search Piracy
The BBC, Premier League, and Sky have submitted a joint response to the UK investigation into Google's search dominance, calling for tougher anti-piracy measures. The rightsholders argue that Google's current efforts to combat piracy are insufficient to prevent piracy. They propose a "Know Your Customer" (KYC) requirement for advertisers and a transparent repeat infringer policy to address the issue.
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Google Must Testify as LaLiga Demands Criminal Liability For ‘Piracy Profits’
A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges. LaLiga criticized the companies for failing to disable copies of NewPlay already installed on users' devices. Google and Huawei must now testify as 'profit-making participants' in an alleged piracy scheme.
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/03/2025
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Gorge' tops the chart, followed by 'A Complete Unknown'. 'Companion' completes the top three.
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Cloudflare Blocked 400+ Sports Piracy Domains in France Last Year
In response to several court orders, Cloudflare geoblocked more than 400 sports streaming piracy domain names on its pass-through service in France last year. Notably. Cloudflare says that, despite requests, it has not blocked any websites through the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver. That last comment is relevant to the renewed site blocking push in the United States.
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Amazon’s Evil Pirate Fire Stick Survives 18 Months of Free Viral Advertising
Aggressive pricing led to Amazon's Fire TV Stick being installed in millions of homes. By tearing down a key barrier to entry, Amazon hoped to profit from subsequent sales of premium content. Two decades earlier, Jeff Bezos stressed the importance of strong branding to fend off copycats. In 2023, that theory would be put to the test when one of Amazon's strongest brands was dumped in mud, then dragged through it for the next 18 months.
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MPA Awards U.S. Lawmakers for Their Anti-Piracy Efforts
Before the Oscars are handed out early March, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has announced its own annual awards. Wicked director Jon Chu is a proud recipient, but the bulk of the accolades go to lawmakers and the U.S. Government's IPR Center, who helped to combat online piracy. Perhaps not coincidentally, those lawmakers could help to push a pirate site blocking bill over the line.
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https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-awards-u-s-lawmakers-for-their-anti-piracy-efforts-250301/
U.S. Government Seizes Dozens of Pirate Sports Streaming .Dev Domains
A sustained campaign by U.S. authorities has led to the seizure of a growing number of pirate sports streaming domains. The IPR Center is now listed as the owner of dozens of .DEV domains, which were signed over as part of the seizure operation. Previously, close to a hundred .APP domains linked to piracy suffered the same fate.
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Second U.S. Pirate Site-Blocking Bill Incoming: MPA, Google, Verizon Met to Discuss
A renewed attempt to introduce site blocking in the U.S. emerged in late January when U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act. The FADPA bill received the MPA's full support, and it now transpires that similar legislation is being prepared by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R). A recent meeting to discuss the 'American Copyright Protection Act' was attended by Disney, Paramount, and Amazon, plus Google, YouTube, and Verizon.
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Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library Download Bot and Backup Communication Channel
After facing years of critique from rightsholders, Telegram has reportedly upped its anti-piracy game. That is further evidenced by the recent removal of Z-Library's backup Telegram channel, as well as a popular Z-Library download bot with tens of thousands of users. Both are now "unavailable due to copyright infringement."
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Pirate Sites Eye Profit as Russian Bill Imposes Moral Values on Streaming Services
Already reeling from the economic fallout of the Ukraine war, sanctions, and rampant inflation, Russia's legal streaming services now face a new threat: increased state restrictions. Draft law aims to make the availability of distribution certificates dependent on meeting state perceptions of traditional moral values, for both new and existing content libraries. In the illegal market, unregulated pirate sites face no such restrictions.
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VPN Providers Consider Exiting France Over ‘Dangerous’ Blocking Demands
In France, rightsholders have taken legal action to compel large VPN providers to support their pirate site blocking program. The aim is to reinforce existing blocking measures, but VPN providers see this as a dangerous move, leading to potential security issues and overblocking. As a result, some are considering leaving France altogether if push comes to shove.
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 02/24/2025
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Gorge' tops the chart, followed by 'Mufasa: The Lion King'. 'Companion' completes the top three.
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