A pensioner from Sweden has revealed that he’s had difficulty sleeping ever since he was targeted by copyright trolls. The companies involved accuse the man of downloading and sharing hardcore pornography using BitTorrent, something he denies. However, unless he pays a substantial fine, the companies warn that worse lies in wait. The practice of copyright-trolling […]
Anti-piracy outfit Group-IB has released data on what it took to protect Game of Thrones from online pirates in Russia. Across the last four seasons alone, the firm executed 180,000 successful takedowns, more than 43,700 since Season 8 began. The response from pirates was interesting, from creating mirror sites to reinstate search traffic to converting […]
Spanish soccer league La Liga has been fined 250,000 euros by local data protection agency AEPD. The penalty comes after La Liga deployed a controversial feature in its Android app which activated device microphone and location services in an effort to identify establishments airing matches without a license. With millions of fans around the globe, […]
