High Court approves Premier League crackdown on Kodi streaming piracy Football fans who watch live matches for free via popular Kodi set-top boxes face a crackdown after the High Court approved a Premier League effort to shut down unlicensed streams … Continue reading →
Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. The sale of so-called “fully loaded Kodi boxes” has been called a “top priority” by the Federation Against … Continue reading →
Selling media players with pirate add-ons violates EU law, according to a recommendation from Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona. He issued the advice in a landmark case over the legality of pre-loaded XBMC/Kodi devices, which are widely sold across Europe. Whether … Continue reading →
The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit is continuing its crackdown against sellers of piracy-enabled Android TV devices. In the latest raid, a 38-year-old man was arrested in London, and seized more than 500 alleged ‘pirate’ Android devices. PIPCU say … Continue reading →
An international network illegally distributing TV signals via satellite has been caught and shut down in an operation involving police in Brazil and Portugal. The Judicial Police and the Brazilian authorities say they have dismantled the international criminal organisation that … Continue reading →
Is watching UK TV in Spain legal? A question that has confused expats living in Spain for several years. And the answer is yes and no. It all depends which UK TV channels, and how you watch them. Is watching … Continue reading →
The UK Government has announced a new proposal to increase the maximum jail term for online piracy from two to ten years. According to the authorities longer prison sentences are needed to deter large-scale and commercial copyright infringement on the … 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 →
Sky Deutschland card sharing pirates convicted Three criminal cases have issued fines and suspended prison sentences to operators of card sharing servers in Germany. Card sharing allows illegal access to pay-TV services. These cases related to cardshareing for the Sky … Continue reading →
Premier League in anti-piracy drive The English Premier League has signed a new partnership with media protection company Irdeto in the latest move by the top division of English football to protect its intellectual property. Irdeto will work with the … Continue reading →
The Danish police in Mid and West Zealand Police searched 15 homes in search of evidence of a card-sharing ring. The search was carried out on Wednesday, August 13, with the assistance of the National Danish Police Tech Crime Section … Continue reading →
A man from Reading has been convicted of a number of copyright offences in relation to the illegal streaming of football matches. Gary Goodger, aged 24, from Ratby Close, Lower Earley, was found guilty at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, … Continue reading →
Police in Denmark has closed down the cardsharing.dk website, for the first time confiscating the domain itself. The website has long been a thorn in the side of local pay-TV operators Canal Digital and Viasat. The site had offered ‘pirate’ … Continue reading →