Piracy - online

Access to 47 illegal Premier League streaming sites given the boot in Singapore

Two of the domains that will be blocked are variants of Spanish streaming site RojaDirecta, one of the most popular illegal streaming aggregators globally.

South Korea passes law to combat scalping, piracy

Fans of K-pop boy band BTS book tickets for the band's first South Korea concerts in years as part of their world tour, at a PC cafe in Seoul on Jan 22, 2026.

Japan court orders Cloudflare to pay $4.2m over manga piracy

Piracy sites have long tormented publishers of manga epics such as One Piece.

Meta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say

The case is one of several alleging that copyrighted works by authors, artists and others were used to develop AI products without permission.

Japan to use AI to tackle online manga and anime piracy

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 6, 2024 shows a child visiting the card game section during the "Dragon Ball Daimatsuri" event, to mark the 40th anniversary of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, at the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo. "Dragon Ball" fans on November 20, 2024 celebrated 40 years of the globally beloved Japanese manga, anime and video game franchise, just months after the unexpected death of creator Akira Toriyama. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Italy takes down international TV piracy network with 22 million users

The network allegedly had an estimated illegal turnover of over €250 million (S$350 million) a month, hurting the revenue of pay TV companies to the tune of €10 billion, police said.

Major Korean webtoon, web novel pirate site shut down

Authorities have confiscated 120 million won (S$116,917) in illegal proceeds the operator earned through digital advertising, officials said.

Nintendo sues company for piracy on ‘colossal scale’

Nintendo has sued Tropic Haze, which owns and runs Yuzu, a popular video game emulator.

Users of illegal streaming websites, Android TV boxes face higher risk of malware, scams: Study

Android TV boxes that offer apps to provide illegal access to a variety of films and TV series have also been found to host malware.

India orders digital platforms to remove unauthorised films in anti-piracy drive

The government previously said India’s film and entertainment industry loses 200 billion rupees (S$3.26 billion) to piracy each year.

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