It was recently announced that a major anti-piracy operation against Xtream Codes, an IPTV service management system, is underway in several European countries such as Italy, France, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands. Legal action against IPTV services and providers are a regular occurrence, but this news regarding Xtream Codes is particularly interesting. This is a claimed [...]

U.S. lawmakers are in the process of examining the current legal loophole that exists for copyrighted works obtained through online streaming. As of now, there is a legal difference between streaming and downloading.  Streaming is currently considered a public performance which is punishable as a misdemeanor whereas downloading is punishable as a felony. Its apparent [...]