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Piracy

January 2023

  • copy of Japanese manga Dragon ball Z

    Demand 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 media

October 2021

  • Rick and Morty, LOKI, WONDER WOMAN , HOUSE OF CARDS, BLACK WIDOW, GODZILLA VS. KONG

    Streaming was supposed to stop piracy. Now it is easier than ever

    With new streamers constantly launching and lockdowns changing watching patterns, film and TV piracy is mounting a comeback. Can anything be done?

April 2020

  • Only Fools and Horses

    UK 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 TV

February 2020

  • Skull and crossbones on computer key

    Subscribers to multiple streaming services more likely to also be online pirates: survey

    Lobby group says those paying for three or more streaming services are the most likely to illegally download content

October 2018

  • Google logo

    Australia to target Google and Yahoo under internet piracy crackdown

    Search engines would be forced to remove or demote results for piracy websites under new laws

October 2017

  • Brian Thompson made about £40,000 selling set-top boxes, known as Kodi boxes, used to watch sports and films for free.

    Trader who sold TV Kodi boxes enabling free streaming of paid content avoids jail

    Brian Thompson, 55, from Middlesbrough, receives suspended sentence after selling illegally pre-configured set-top boxes to stream sports and films

August 2017

  • shadow of hand over keyboard

    Court orders Telstra and other internet service providers to block piracy sites

    Telstra, Optus, TPG and Vocus given 15 days to take ‘reasonable steps’ to disable access to 42 websites that breach copyright laws, such as Pirate Bay

February 2017

  • An internet user.

    Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites

    Illegally streamed live football matches, pirated music and other creative materials to be hidden under new plan to crackdown on pirating

January 2017

  • DEADPOOL film still TM and © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.  Not for sale or duplication.

    Deadpool most pirated film of 2016 ahead of Batman v Superman

    Superhero movies dominate list of illegal downloads as box-office takings for Warcraft and Independence Day: Resurgence are dented

December 2016

  • Headpset on laptop computer<br>Headpset on a laptop computer.

    Judge orders internet providers to block illegal downloading websites

    ISPs must ‘take reasonable steps to disable access’ to Pirate Bay, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt and streaming service SolarMovie

August 2016

  • 2009, AVATAR<br>ZOE SALDANA Character(s): Neytiri Film 'AVATAR' (2009) Directed By JAMES CAMERON 10 December 2009 SSV86032 Allstar/20TH CENTURY FOX (USA/UK 2009) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of 20TH CENTURY FOX and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To 20TH CENTURY FOX is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    US turns to Interpol for help in latest movie piracy crackdown

    Greek woman added to list of Interpol’s most-wanted criminals as she faces charges of uploading Hollywood films to NinjaVideo, a relatively small site

May 2016

  • Digital devices

    Internet Australia backs calls to end geoblocking as video-on-demand use increases

    Local providers forced to secure more rights if circumventing geoblocking was legal, peak body claims

April 2016

  • Television show Game of Thrones has been widely pirated in Australia.

    Lift geoblocking as 'frustration' drives illegal downloads, Productivity Commission finds

    Productivity Commission says online infringement mostly driven by ‘sheer frustration’ at poor access

February 2016

  • Lego Movie

    Film companies and Foxtel move to block access to piracy websites

  • Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club.

    Dallas Buyers Club piracy case finally dropped after two-year legal battle

January 2016

  • Quentin Tarantino at the Australian premiere of The Hateful Eight on 13 January in Sydney.

    Quentin Tarantino says Chinese fans can watch his movies illegally

    Director’s green light to pirates follows local censors’ move to ‘castrate’ version of 2012’s Django Unchained released in cinemas
  • Dilwale

    Bollywood star catches man watching illegal copy of her film Dilwale next to her on plane

    Kriti Sanon condemned piracy and tweeted pictures to her followers after asking man to stop viewing bootleg copy of her new film on a flight to Delhi
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight.

    Pirates apologise for leak of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight

    Hive-CM8 says the illegal release has created ‘a new type of media hype’ and argues that the controversy will help push sales at the box office

December 2015

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar most pirated movie of 2015 with 46m illegal downloads

  • Leonardo DiCaprio<br>This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox shows, Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film, "The Revenant." (Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

    The Revenant and The Hateful Eight leaked – and awards season is to blame

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