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UK 'Crackdown' on Pirate IPTV Streaming Leads to Three Arrests & 40 WarningsErnesto Van der Sar, 23 Jul 11:52 AM Offering pirate streaming services

UK 'Crackdown' on Pirate IPTV Streaming Leads to Three Arrests & 40 Warnings Ernesto Van der Sar, 23 Jul 11:52 AM Offering pirate streaming services is a serious offense in the UK, where several people have received multi-year prison sentences in recent history. These sentences haven't deterred others from following in their footsteps. Illegal access to paid sports and TV content remains readily available, with vendors and operators profiting from these unauthorized subscriptions. There has been no shortage of news reports covering IPTV piracy enforcement actions in the UK. These interventions range from remote warnings to house visits, and arrests are no rarity either. Today, anti-piracy group FACT announced that it has successfully completed yet another sweep. In collaboration with rightsholders, including Sky, the group helped police to identity various 'sellers' of so-called pirate streaming devices. The targets reportedly offered 'fully loaded' smart TV devices or Firesticks, which can be used in combination with pirate IPTV subscriptions. FACT and the 40 IPTV Operators FACT mentions th...Read More Pirated Movies Flood YouTube, Millions of Views on Compromised Channels Andy Maxwell, 22 Jul 07:54 PM It's Tuesday, April 24, 2007, and other than Beyoncé & Shakira singing Beautiful Liar on the radio, nothing much is happening. For someone called haroldlky, whose real identity is currently unknown, at least part of that day was spent opening a channel on YouTube, a video site that was yet to celebrate its second birthday. On that day more than 17 years ago, the fledgling YouTuber uploaded three videos that appear to have an engineering theme. The total running time for the trio, a modest 42 seconds. Whether 'haroldlky' was content with less than 400 views in total over the next 17 years, or whether he even visited YouTube ever again, is completely unknown. If he visited today, he might be a little surprised. After suddenly bursting back to life two weeks ago, three new videos were uploaded to his channel. All of these uploads were movies (Eragon, The King, and The Green Knight) dubbed in Hindi, and have since been viewed 376,000 times. No Isolated Incident After receiving a tip ...Read More Are you looking for a VPN service? TorrentFreak sponsor NordVPN has some excellent offers. ©2024 TorrentFreak | Office 21338 PO Box 4336 Manchester, North West M61 0BW United Kingdom Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company