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Piracy Portal 'Hikari-no-Akari' Shuts Down Following Legal PressureErnesto Van der Sar, 24 Jul 08:32 AM Founded in 2010, Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) posit

Piracy Portal 'Hikari-no-Akari' Shuts Down Following Legal Pressure Ernesto Van der Sar, 24 Jul 08:32 AM Founded in 2010, Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) positioned itself as the go-to site for fans of Japanese music. With anime booming across the globe, HnA's audience didn't stop at the border. And with over a million visits per month, rightsholders started to take notice. HnA Targeted in Subpoena Hoping to stop the infringing activities, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) and IFPI repeatedly reached out to HnA's operator, without result. Similar inquiries, sent to the cyberlocker where the pirated music was stored, didn't help either. Faced with the status quo, the music industry groups, though Sony Music Japan, went to a U.S. federal court. There, they obtained a DMCA subpoena, requiring Cloudflare to share all information they have on the customer associated with hikarinoakari.com. Additionally, the subpoena targeted the associated cyberlocker; hnadownloads.co. The latter domain received the bulk of its traffic from HnA and, according to music industry insiders, is operated...Read More Stealth Piracy App Evaded Apple Again? Just the Tip of the Evasion Iceberg Andy Maxwell, 23 Jul 09:09 PM The positions of Apple and Google are very clear when it comes to piracy app availability in their respective stores. Whether created for iOS or Android, they are not allowed. Period. With the theory neatly wrapped up, reality tends to take over and at that point, the bright lines become a little blurred. Right now there are apps on the App Store and Google Play which offer TV schedule/EPG-type functionality out of the box, exactly as advertised. However, a tap here and an adjustment there reveals new functionality mentioned nowhere in official product descriptions. Stealth Piracy A report late last week revealed that an iOS app called "Collect Cards: Store Box" which claimed to manage photos and videos, had hidden its true potential away for more than a year. This wolf in sheep's clothing was reportedly a full-blown pirate streaming app offering content from Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, even Apple TV+ according to the report. Such was the app's success, it made it the ...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