Friday, May 10, 2024

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Premier League Targets SportsHub, GiveMeRedditStream & FreeStreamsLive
Andy Maxwell, 10 May 11:51 AM

The big debate over the effectiveness of site-blocking measures will form part of the discussion in the United States this year as Hollywood promotes piracy blocking on home turf.

Elsewhere in the world, Europe in particular, proponents of site-blocking claim it's effective at preventing access to pirate sites, at the same time as traffic to pirate sites continues to rise.

In the UK, where pirates have been soaked in negative messaging and in some cases, banged over the head with piracy horror stories for more than a year, the underlying anti-piracy campaign seems to be producing predictable results.

Millions Flock to Pirate Football Streams

Pirate streaming domains sportshub.fan and sportshub.stream direct users to different parts of the same site; a Reddit-labeled subdomain of sportshub.stream with the title Reddit Soccer Streams, and the main page of sportshub.stream, helpfully labeled Buffstreams or something else, where applicable.

In February, sportshub.fan was receiving aro...Read More

Gaming Companies Want Cloudflare to Unmask Pirate Site Operator
Ernesto Van der Sar, 09 May 08:11 PM

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) protects the rights of several of the largest game companies in the world.

With promiment members, including EA, Disney Interactive, Epic Games, Nintendo, Take-Two, Ubisoft, and others, it is a force to be reckoned with.

In addition to sending millions of takedown requests on behalf of its members, ESA also attempts to target pirate sites directly. In some cases, that requires outside support.

Last fall, the association reported an overview of several key threats to the US Trade Representative. Among others, ESA flagged nsw2u.com, Game3rb.com, 1fichier.com, megaup.net, 1337x.to, and solidtorrents.to as "notorious" websites that host or link to pirated games.

TPD-Games

This overview is not exhaustive; there are plenty of other problematic piracy sites and services. In a subpoena request filed at federal court in the District of Columbia, ESA recently targeted tpd-games.org.

TPD-Games.org

Tpd-games.org is predominantly targeted at a Bra...Read More

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