Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna’s Archive and LibGen

Meta will have to name the people who greenlit its torrenting of pirated books. A federal magistrate judge has ordered the company to identify everyone who approved sourcing books from LibGen and Anna’s Archive. This goes beyond the employees who ran the downloads and includes whoever decided whether to seed the books to others.

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Denuvo can subpoena Discord, Valve and Reddit to identify the anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’. After a California federal judge raised privacy concerns, the DRM company…

October 19, 2026, 09:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/19/2026

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' tops the…

October 19, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Chinese Court Jails Aiyifan Operator, U.S. Judge Won’t Transfer Pirate Site’s Domains

A Shanghai court confirmed the criminal conviction of Wang Jianyang, one of the operators of pirate streaming platform Aiyifan. In a parallel case, a Florida…

October 18, 2026, 11:41 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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VPNs and Cloudflare Escape beIN’s €10,000-a-Day Piracy Blocking Penalties

VPN providers and Cloudflare only have to make a reasonable effort to block pirate sports streams in France. That's the conclusion of two Paris court…

October 16, 2026, 07:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

RIAA Flags Anna’s Archive and AI Voice Cloner to U.S. Government

The RIAA has submitted its latest overview of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government. It lists familiar names such as The Pirate Bay and Rapidgator,…

October 15, 2026, 08:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Publishers Seek $19.5m From Pirate Library WeLib, Recycle Anna’s Archive Claims

A group of major publishers has asked a New York federal court to issue a $19.5 million default judgment against pirate library WeLib. The site…

October 14, 2026, 13:05 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

MPA Takes Credit for Shutting Down Piracy Giants AnimeFLV and Cineby

When pirate streaming giant Cineby shut down at the end of August, its operators blamed the loss of their main video providers. Now, the MPA…

October 13, 2026, 08:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Game Industry Asks U.S. to Flag Denuvo Cracker ‘voices38’ as Notorious Piracy Threat

The Entertainment Software Association has asked the U.S. Government to label the Denuvo cracker ‘voices38’ as a notorious piracy market. The game industry group argues…

October 12, 2026, 09:06 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna’s Archive and LibGen

Court Approves ‘voices38’ Subpoenas After Denuvo Drops Payment and Login Data Requests

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/19/2026

Chinese Court Jails Aiyifan Operator, U.S. Judge Won’t Transfer Pirate Site’s Domains

VPNs and Cloudflare Escape beIN’s €10,000-a-Day Piracy Blocking Penalties

RIAA Flags Anna’s Archive and AI Voice Cloner to U.S. Government

Publishers Seek $19.5m From Pirate Library WeLib, Recycle Anna’s Archive Claims

MPA Takes Credit for Shutting Down Piracy Giants AnimeFLV and Cineby

Game Industry Asks U.S. to Flag Denuvo Cracker ‘voices38’ as Notorious Piracy Threat

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