A new report from the Digital Citizens Alliance and IP House claims pirate streaming networks now operate like organized crime rings tied to drugs, weapons, and even the mafia. The 42-page report, titled “Organized. Piracy. Crime.,” argues that today’s pirate IPTV operations meet the formal definitions of organized crime set by Interpol, Europol, and the […]

The U.S. government just labeled Vietnam its top piracy threat for the first time in thirteen years. The designation comes from the Office of the United States Trade Representative in its 2026 Special 301 Report. Vietnam now sits in the rarely used “Priority Foreign Country” tier, a label no nation has worn in over a

The Motion Picture Association just used World IP Day to make its loudest public case yet for U.S. site-blocking legislation, with live sports piracy as the wedge. In a recent article, MPA Global General Counsel Karyn Temple argues that more than 55 countries already have judicial site-blocking regimes, and the U.S. is overdue for one