Premier League games 'screened illegally via Saudi satellite firm'
UK body representing top 20 clubs says it has compelling evidence of year-long piracy operationA Saudi government-owned satellite firm is linked to the illegal screening of Premier League football...
View ArticleMore than one third of music consumers still pirate music
Despite rise of legal streaming, a substantial number of listeners still rip music from sites such as YouTube for offline listening More than one-third of global music listeners are still pirating...
View ArticleAustralia to target Google and Yahoo under internet piracy crackdown
Search engines would be forced to remove or demote results for piracy websites under new lawsThe federal government will target search engines as it expands a crackdown on internet piracy, making it...
View ArticleHave you ever read a pirated book or been affected by piracy? Share your stories
We’d like to hear from people who have downloaded books illegally and those affected by book piracyAccording to the Intellectual Property Office’s latest study of online copyright infringement, 17% of...
View ArticleVillage Roadshow donates millions to major parties while lobbying on piracy
Contributions appear to peak during major copyright and piracy law debatesMedia giant Village Roadshow has donated a staggering $6.7m to Australia’s major political parties while successfully lobbying...
View ArticleInternet Archive's ebook loans face UK copyright challenge
The Society of Authors has called on the website’s Open Library to stop making scanned books ‘unlawfully’ available to British readers The Society of Authors (SoA) is threatening legal action against...
View Article'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?
As publishers struggle with ‘whack-a-mole’ websites, experts, authors and Guardian readers who illegally download books, assess the damageAbena, who is 18, recently read Children of Blood and Bone by...
View ArticlePhilip Pullman leads call for UK government action on ebook piracy
Pullman calls piracy ‘an offence against moral justice’ as authors including Kazuo Ishiguro and Margaret Drabble issue warning to business secretary Greg Clark Philip Pullman has described ebook piracy...
View ArticleWorld's football bodies urge Saudi Arabia to stop pirate TV service
Fifa, Uefa and Premier League ask Saudi government to clamp down on beoutQ The world’s biggest football authorities, including those who run the Premier League, World Cup and Champions League, have...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia criticised over pirate TV service 'that airs Premier League'
EU says country has failed to halt BeoutQ, which reportedly also airs La Liga and Serie ASaudi Arabia has been named in a European commission report for its failure to crack down on a homegrown pirate...
View ArticleSubscribers to multiple streaming services more likely to also be online...
Lobby group says those paying for three or more streaming services are the most likely to illegally download contentThe more subscription film and TV services Australians have signed up to, the more...
View ArticleUK traffic to film and TV piracy sites up nearly 60% in lockdown
Figures mirror rise in legal streaming, while comedy and family shows thrive on TVCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStay-at-home Britain appears to be becoming a nation of...
View ArticleDishoom asks cookbook pirates to donate to charity appeal
After a bootleg of its recipe book was sent to ‘everyone and their nice auntie’, restaurant chain appeals to readers to buy copies or donate to Hospitality ActionThe UK restaurant chain Dishoom has...
View Article‘Embarrassing’: Russia scrambles to copy banned social media platforms
Rossgram, a substitute for Instagram, mocked as Russian PM announces policy of ignoring copyrightRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe creators of Rossgram call it Russia’s answer to Instagram. Its...
View ArticleBooker prize winner urges people not to circulate pirated copies of his novel
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka spent seven years writing The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which won the prestigious award on Monday, and asks readers to honour the work put into itBooker...
View ArticleRisky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study
EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone – while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countriesRisky and criminal online behaviour is in danger of becoming normalised...
View ArticleDemand for Japanese manga bucks Australia’s downward piracy trend
With songs and movies readily available on streaming services, illegal downloads have moved to less-available mediaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesA growing demand for pirated...
View ArticleOne in four Australians sharing their streaming video account, survey finds
Exclusive: Finding comes as Netflix prepares to crack down on users sharing login details outside their householdFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon...
View Article‘I was the Spotify of the 1980s!’ The Italian pirate mixtape empire that...
Started from an illegal market stall, Mixed By Erry became Italy’s third biggest record label – until police cracked down. A new film asks whether the founders were heroes or criminalsIn 90s Italy, the...
View ArticleMusic piracy in Italy was a major criminal activity – it should not be...
Let’s not be taken in by fanciful tales that seek to justify or even glorify music piracy, says Enzo MazzaMusic piracy should not be romanticised (‘I was the Spotify of the 1980s!’ The Italian pirate...
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