A man who sold devices containing piracy-enabled custom builds of Kodi has been arrested in the UK. The 32-year-old company director from Norfolk was detained by police last week. Set-top Android devices loaded with Kodi and third-party addons have become … Continue reading →
Trader in UK first to be prosecuted for selling Fully Loaded Android Kodi boxes. A trader selling boxes which allow viewers to watch copyright material for free is set to be the first in the UK to face prosecution. The … Continue reading →
Seven people have been arrested in Spain for card sharing. The arrests, in early April 2016, were made in several Spanish cities: Madrid, Terrasa, Toledo, Córdoba and Cuevas Bajas in Málaga. The arrested people used card-sharing, where one of them … Continue reading →
According to reports, one of the biggest IPTV service suppliers has been shut down. The IPTV service supplier is based in the UK and was closed down “due to legal reasons”. Details of this are not readily available, but although … Continue reading →
What is IPTV? Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a method of delivering television content over the internet rather than through traditional satellite, cable, or terrestrial means. Unlike conventional broadcasting methods, IPTV allows for on-demand streaming and live TV services via … Continue reading →
The Italian Tax Police performed a raid in different Italian cities to fight a card-sharing network offering Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium packages, reports the AAPA. Quoting Italian news sources, the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance said that Sky Italia provided technical … Continue reading →
There are reports that some Internet Service Providers (ISP) are starting to issue Copyright Infringement Notices to Kodi Users The reports say that some Kodi users who use Kodi to stream content have received copyright infringement notifications from the contents … Continue reading →
A Swedish pirate TV service that was illegally distributing Pay TV content from Scandinavian broadcasters Viasat, Canal Digital has been raided. The 31-year old operator has had assets worth €6 million seized, the amount that the three pay-TV platforms are … Continue reading →
Officers from a UK-based Regional Organized Crime Unit (ROCU), the Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN) and the Federation Against Copyright Theft have carried out more raids in pursuit of ‘pirate’ Android TV boxes. More than a thousand devices were seized … Continue reading →
Trading standards officers and police are carrying out a crackdown across England, Wales and Northern Ireland against those who offer pirate and counterfeit products via Facebook. Interestingly, ‘pirate’ Android boxes have been targeted again, for streaming content illegally. Facebook accounts … Continue reading →
Amazon has removed the popular media center Kodi from the app store claiming it facilitates piracy. The software, formerly known as XBMC, doesn’t link to or host any infringing content, but third-party add-ons are giving the software a bad reputation. … Continue reading →
XMBC / KODI Android TV Box Sellers Raided By Police for copyright infringement Sellers of Android boxes loaded with software enabling the free viewing of movies, TV shows and live sports (like Sky TV) have been raided this week by … Continue reading →
The story of another conviction for a card sharer appeared today in the Daily Mail. A computer expert tampered with Sky TV boxes to sell pirated packages through eBay, costing the company almost £250,000. Aron Lees, of Urmston near Manchester, … Continue reading →
The Pirate Bay is suffering worldwide downtime today. The problem appears to be a little more widespread than usual as several other torrent related websites are down too, including EZTV, Torrage and the Istole tracker. tpb-logoThe Pirate Bay is down … Continue reading →
The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has arrested a man in the north-western city of Manchester on suspicion of running a series of illegal sports streaming websites. The arrest marks the third carried out by PIPCU in the … Continue reading →