Orange Is the New Black hack proves Netflix beats piracy

Last weekend, Netflix found itself facing an unusual situation: someone (or some people) calling themselves TheDarkOverlord had grabbed a pirated copy of Orange Is the New Black Season 5 and was threatening to leak it online. The deal was simple: … Read More

Netflix cuts prices to compete with piracy

Netflix lowers its prices in countries where piracy is more common, it has revealed.

“Piracy remains a considerable long-term threat, mostly outside the U.S.,” founder and CEO Reed Hastings and Chief Financial Officer David Wells wrote to shareholders in their … Read More

You can now watch 90pc of popular TV shows online legally

You can now watch 90 per cent of popular films and TV shows online legally in the UK.

New research by KPMG shows that nine out of 10 most popular movies and TV shows are available on VOD platforms. The … Read More

UK ISPs, industry and government team up to tackle online piracy

UK ISPs, the government and industry bodies have teamed up to introduce a new campaign to tackle piracy.

The Creative Content UK initiative will begin with an awareness campaign designed to educate the public about legitimate online content services, … Read More

The FIFA 2014 World Cup final: The most pirated sporting event in history?

The FIFA 2014 World Cup final is likely to be the most pirated sporting event in history, according to one copyright enforcement company.

The tournament has always attracted a huge following, with almost 1 billion people viewing the 2010 finale, … Read More

Is Google guilty of encouraging piracy?

The Walking Dead’s producer Gale Ann Hurd has called for Google to do more in tackling piracy.

Speaking to the Guardian, she said that the industry is now “poised on the precipice” thanks to the prevalence of illegal streaming … Read More

The Game of Thrones generation? Half of young people think online content should be free

Almost half of young people in the UK think that online content should be free, a new poll from YouGov reveals, as file sharing becomes a social norm for those raised in the Game of Thrones generation.

The survey found … Read More

Orange Is the New Black Season 2 14 times more popular than Season 1 (among pirates)

Orange Is the New Black Season 2 is 14 times more popular than Season 1, according to new stats from tracking firm Excipio.

55,668 people watched episodes of the second season of the show within 48 hours of its premiere … Read More

9 in 10 most visited piracy sites contain malware

90 per cent of the most visited piracy sites in the UK contain malware, according to new research.

The statistics are hardly shocking news, but the study carried out by Incopro for FindAnyFilm.com (a handy site that lists all the … Read More

The Hobbit tops most pirated movies in 2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the most pirated movie in 2013, according to TorrentFreak.

The first part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy racked up over 8 million downloads on the BitTorrent network last year, ahead of Django Unchained and Fast & … Read More