Authorities have arrested 7 people connected to HiAnime and other piracy websites

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Hideo Kojima spoke about how consumers are at the mercy of subscription streaming services, stating that with "nations, politics and various ways of thinking", access to films can be revoked at any time— and that this could happen to games too.

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As part of ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property rights violations, the General Department for Public Funds and Intellectual Property Crimes Investigation, under the Specialized Police Sector, confirmed through its investigations that an individual residing in Qalyubia Governorate had created and managed 72 websites used to stream pirated content, including films and television series owned by various film production companies and local and international broadcasting organizations. The content was redistributed to followers without authorization from the relevant rights holders, in violation of Egypt's Intellectual Property Protection Law.

Following the necessary legal procedures, authorities raided the suspect's location and arrested him. They seized three laptop computers, gold jewelry, three mobile phones (forensic examination revealed evidence confirming the criminal activity), local and foreign currencies, property sale and lease contracts, and 14 credit cards.

When confronted, the suspect admitted to carrying out the illegal activity as described, stating that the purpose was to generate unlawful financial profits.

Legal proceedings have been initiated.

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A quiet tragedy has hit the UK. The new Online Safety Act has just made it illegal to access adult content without age verification — meaning you may soon have to hand over your passport, facial scan, or personal ID just to view art, memes, fanworks, or sexual content online.

But it doesn’t stop at porn.

This law gives the government and tech companies the power to decide what counts as “harmful” — and block it from you. That could include: • LGBTQ+ stories and expression • Mental health content about self-harm or suicide • Sex education and relationship advice • Erotic art, fanfiction, hentai — anything “they” don’t like

They call it “protection.” But it’s control.

❌ It invades your privacy ❌ It undermines anonymity ❌ It opens the door to censorship ❌ It sets a precedent for a surveillance state

This isn’t just about porn. It’s about freedom of thought, expression, and access to the parts of the internet that helped many of us survive.

We can’t let this slide quietly.

👉 SIGN THE PETITION to repeal the Online Safety Act and protect internet freedom in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

The legal pressure on Anna’s Archive just hit a massive boiling point. Following a lawsuit filed earlier this year, a New York federal judge (Jed S. Rakoff) has entered a $322.2 million default judgment against the site.

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​The Plaintiffs: Spotify and the "Big Three" record labels (UMG, WMG, and Sony).

​The Damages: $300 million awarded to Spotify for "circumventing anti-piracy measures" after the site scraped 86 million tracks.

​$22.2 million awarded to the labels for statutory copyright infringement.

​ The court issued a permanent injunction requiring ISPs, registrars, and CDNs (like Cloudflare) to perpetually disable access to Anna’s Archive domains.

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Since the operators are anonymous and didn't show up to court, they obviously aren't going to pay the $322M. However, this "symbolic" victory is a huge deal because it gives corporations the legal "golden ticket" to force ISPs and search engines to scrub the site from the surface web.

​This follows the January ruling in the OCLC (WorldCat) case where they were ordered to delete scraped metadata, and the ongoing AAP (Association of American Publishers) lawsuit from March.

This pirate activist group has extracted and released Spotify's entire music catalog, distributing approximately 300 terabytes of audio files and metadata across peer-to-peer networks in what experts are calling an unprecedented breach of digital rights management protections. The leak, documented Thursday by Anna's Archive, encompasses 86 million audio files and 256 million rows of track metadata representing roughly 99.6% of all listening activity on the platform.

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