AVIA piracy news

Internet websites and mobile apps that provide access to content, goods or services infringing intellectual property rights (IPR) on a commercial scale often use the sale of advertising space as a key source of revenue.

In a series of DMCA takedown requests, "FIFA World Cup" is asking Google to remove various pirate site domain names from its search results.

Multi-year agreement provides 24/7 monitoring of major social platforms during live events, with rapid takedown of unauthorised streams.

The Premier League has requested a DMCA subpoena in an attempt to unmask the operators of 25 pirate sports streaming sites.

Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted more than 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air.

Sky has issued about 200 cease-and-desist letters to alleged users in the Republic of Ireland.

The culture minister ordered access to dozens of illegal content websites to be blocked immediately Monday as a new law designed to curb rampant online piracy of web-based comics and novels took effect.

Indonesia's Ministry of Law has closed 1,004 pirated content sites from January 2025 to May 11, 2026, in connection with copyright infringement.

The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) has reported substantial enforcement achievements for 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, highlighting intensified action against subsidy leakages, strengthened supply chain controls, and expanded digital enforcement efforts aimed at protecting consumers and stabilising living costs.

DNS4EU, an EU-funded initiative, is the latest intermediary to get caught up in the French anti-piracy crackdown.

Millennials who grew up in the heyday of file sharing are most likely to access music or video content illegally in the US today. But members of Gen Z are almost equally as likely to search out pirated content on the internet.

Belgium has added over 100 new domains to its ISP blocklist, but this expansion might not be as effective as it seems at first glance.

Consumers using pirate streaming services across Asia-Pacific are increasingly exposing themselves to cybersecurity threats, privacy breaches and financial fraud, according to a new study released by the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), an initiative of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA).

Harimanga, Manhwaclan and Kunmanga have gone dark and their alleged operators were arrested in Vietnam.

Although tides of ad revenue flow based on the ratings of certain tentpole TV events, a new crop of scammers now operate illicit sports livestreaming rings, and there’s almost nothing broadcasters can do about it.

Italy's Guardia di Finanza dismantled a piracy system it says it had never seen until now, carrying out more than 100 searches and seizures.

Lithuania’s media watchdog LRTK will present an overview of its strategic anti-piracy enforcement and an upcoming WIPO meeting in Geneva.

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), have announced a legal victory in their fight against content theft, following a court decision granting a blocking injunction against livetv.sx, the largest illegal sports piracy website in Germany.

For the first time in thirteen years, the U.S. government has placed a trading partner in its most serious category for intellectual property concerns.

The Ministry of Law (Kemenkum) has explicitly warned the public to stop the practice of piracy of sports broadcasts which are still rampant.

Justices at India's Delhi High Court disagree on the future of India's world-leading site-blocking regime.