Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed Naver Webtoon as its newest member. Naver Webtoon is part of Webtoon Entertainment, the global entertainment company. Naver Webtoon is the first and only webcomic and webnovel company to join ACE, and the first Korean-originated company to join ACE.  Naver Webtoon’s parent company, Webtoon Entertainment, […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo. Gamovideo operated as a video host, allowing users to upload, store, and share illegal content. Primarily serving as a video hosting platform for pirate streaming websites, Gamovideo facilitated illegal distribution and streaming, thereby posing a significant risk to all […]

Following a landmark case in Lebanon, the operator of a platform responsible for supplying illegal streams to pirate services around the world, has been convicted and sentenced to 11 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $90,000 (€83,000) in penalties and damages. Following a joint criminal complaint by the Premier League, Sky and […]

An individual has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee for stealing and selling pre-release DVDs, copies of which were re-distributed tens of millions of times on pirate sites and networks before any legitimate release date. These federal charges stem from an investigation and a referral from antipiracy coalition […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals in California and Pennsylvania, each accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services. The first lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, targets Zachary DeBarr of Murrieta, California, the alleged operator […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has announced Mexico-based media and telecommunications company Megacable as its newest member, strengthening ACE’s presence in Latin America as a defender of intellectual property rights. Megacable further expands ACE’s antipiracy footprint in Latin America, where digital piracy continues to affect local and global content creators. ACE […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down a notorious live sports piracy ring based in Vietnam and viewed extensively throughout the world. Combined, the operation’s illicit sites logged 812 million visits over the past 12 months, making it one of the largest sports piracy rings in the world, and the […]

Egyptian authorities have collaborated with antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to shut down a notorious sports piracy network that illegally streamed live football matches to audiences around the world. The action is the latest in a series of takedowns in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. In recent months, ACE […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) says it applauds the criminal court in Stuttgart, Germany for sentencing the four operators of a pirate IPTV service for copyright infringement and commercial gang fraud. ACE also commends the Esslingen police for its investigation. ACE had filed a claim to support the ongoing criminal prosecution […]

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down AnimeFlix, a piracy website dedicated to anime content. The operation, based near Helsinki, Finland, logged between 7 and 13 million monthly visits and had 2 million unique visitors per month. Nearly one-third of the site traffic originated from the US, followed by India […]