.:: CartoonChaos | CC | Cartoons | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: CartoonChaos Tracker URL: http://www.cartoonchaos.org/ Tracker Genre: Cartoons Ratio Requirements: Ratio Based Signup: Invite Only Maintaining Ratio: Medium Bonus System: Available Banned Countries: NA IRC: irc.dejatoons.net(#CARTOONCHAOS #cartoonchaos.games #cartoonchaos.help #cartoonchaos.idle #cartoonchaos.announce) .:: Tracker Description ::. CC is the best cartoon tracker out there with lots of rare contents with different categories like anime movies, anime series, kids, mature cartoons, educational, shorts.. etc You will find good collection with good speeds. Currently Free Leech is automatic on torrents over 7 GB. When the server costs are met all torrents will be free leech until the end of that month. Members are expected to seed every torrent they download - including free leeches - to a minimum ratio of 1.0 or for a minimum of 168 hours The allowed content: Animated shows with NO LIVE-ACTION or STOP-MOTION! Those titles belong on our sister site Totally Kids. Documentaries about shows that would qualify under the rule above or about people who make them; e.g. a bio of Mel Blanc--Yes; of Ray Harryhausen--No. Shows that have only minor parts using live-action or stop-motion .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. RATING PRETIMES 6 / 10 SPEEDS 6 / 10 CONTENT 6 / 10 COMMUNITY 6 / 10 OVERALL 6 / 10

.:: BitPorn | BP | XXX | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: BitPorn Tracker URL: BitPorn.eu Tracker Genre: XXX Tracker Signup: Invite only Maintaining Ratio: Easy Bonus System: Yes Banned Countries: None Tracker IRC: None .:: BitPorn | BP | XXX | 2024 Review ::. Bitporn is a Hungarian XXX site. It used to be called Malacka. English language is not available, but chrome translate useable. It has a large selection on the given topic. There are even collections, siterips up there. Although the site is rate based, it's easy enough to get a good rate by downloading new torrents and seeding for 3 weeks. Plus there are some free torrents too. It has rarely freeleech. About once or twice a year around the holidays. The site frontend's minimalist, but I think it's just as well, because the pages load pretty fast. There is usually enough Seeder. So download speed is not a problem. There is no free registration. Currently you can only get in by invitation. The search could be better. For example if you search for 2 words then it's show the results with only first word and also results with only the second words too. But it is good that you can sort the torrents by size, because size matters to someone. No IRC or facebook. It have its own chat after logged in to the site, and it is rarely written on. You can buy credits to support the site aka Bonus system. Credits can be redeemed for invites, freeleech tokens or uploaded GBs. Support of the site is currently "down". .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. RATING PRETIMES 4 / 10 SPEEDS 5 / 10 CONTENT 5 / 10 COMMUNITY 5 / 10 OVERALL 5 / 10

.:: BitSpyder | BS | E-Learning | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name:: BitSpyder | BS Tracker URL:: https://bitspyder.net/ Tracker Genre:: E-Learning Tracker Type:: Ratio Based Tracker Signup:: Invite Only Bonus System:: N / A Seed Difficulty:: Easy Tracker IRC::Server: irc.p2p-network.net Port: 7000 (SSL) Channel: #bitspyder Banned Countries:: None .:: Tracker Description ::. BitSpyder is an old E-learning dedicated tracker since 2006.With database of about 58K users and 16k torrent contents of learning stuff like CBT/UDEMY/LINUX CBT/PACKT/LYNDA and many more . It is ration-based,all torrents have to be seeded for at least ratio 1:1 ,There is no specific time period or automated system for HnR but you will have to fix within 5 days. They have a dedicated forum for tech stuffs like developing, certification, group study, cracking, security, etc. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Top Torrents ::. .:: Donate ::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 6 / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 6 / 10 OVERALL 6.5 / 10

.:: bitHumen | BH | General | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: bitHumen Tracker URL: www.bithumen.be, www.bithumen.net Tracker Genre: GENERAL Tracker Type: Ratioless Bonus System: Yes Tracker Signup: Invite only Banned countries: NONE Maintaining Ratio: Easy Social Media: Twitter/Blog/ IRC and Discord (invite only) .:: Tracker Description ::. BitHUmen is well-known and considered one of the best Hungarian general private trackers, It has +101k users and +102k torrents, content is very good even if you don't speak Hungarian, because you can also find many English subbed and dubbed movies/TV-shows. The site is ratioless, which means that there will be no problems for users worried about maintaining ratio. Members are expected to seed every torrent they download 24 hours, but there are no penalties for torrents deleted before 24 hours,If you do not visit the site for 1 year, you will be banned due to inactivity. Your account will be permanently deleted 2 years after the ban. A weekly leaderboard is created based on the upload for that week. The top 1000 with uploads gets 2 points and the top 10,000 user gets 1 point Likewise, each month, where users in the top20000 get 1 point, those in the top1000 get 2, those in the top100 get 3, those in the top10 get 4, and the top 5. The point you get does not depend on what your rank is. The weekly top list is reset weekly, the monthly is reset monthly,by these points you can buy different items from market .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Top 10 ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: Wiki ::. .:: User Classes::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 8 / 10 SPEEDS 8 / 10 CONTENT 8 / 10 COMMUNITY 8 / 10 OVERALL 8 / 10

.:: Bit-HDTV | BHDTV | HD | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: Bit-HDTV Tracker URL: https://www.bit-hdtv.com/ Tracker Genre: HD Ratio Requirements: Ratio Based Signup: Invite Only Maintaining Ratio: Easy Bonus System: Available Banned Countries: NA IRC: Server:irc.p2p-network.net Port:6667 Channel: #BiT-HDTV Channel key: XXXXXXX .:: Tracker Description ::. Bit-HDTV is one of the top HD dedicated trackers for +11 years With database of about 8K+ users and 320K+ torrents, it contains contents of Movies, TV, Audio in different Encodes (x264,x265), REMUX, BLURAY, WEBDL, 4K, HDTV, FLAC, etc.. It is ration-based, all torrents have to be seeded for at least 24 hours and you have to keep your ratio above 1.000 at all times If you have over 20GB downloaded you are required to have a ratio above 0.3, as a start There is a bonus system, which you can exchange points for GB upload, custom titles, invites, freeleech, warning remove, VIP, etc.. There are featured torrents which help users to build up their ration Yellow torrents = freeleech = 1x upload, 0x download Green torrents = freeleech = 2x upload, 0x download Grey torrents = not freeleech = 2x upload, 1x download Inactive accounts are disabled after 90 days for User class, after 180 days for Power User class, after 270 days for Elite User & Insane User class VPN/Seedbox are allowed (inform the staff !!) .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Top 10 ::. .:: Donate ::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 7 / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: bitGAMER | BG | Games | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: bitGAMER Tracker URL :bitgamer.ch Tracker Type: Ratio Based Tracker Signup: Invite only Seed Difficulty: Easy Bonus System: Available Banned Countries None Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/XHJe6y3 .:: Tracker Description ::. bitGAMER is an entry level gaming tracker for all sort of gamers.It has huge variety of collection of games like adult,arcade, atari, commodore 64, hyperspin, nintendo, sega, misc gaming content and for Windows, MAC, Android, iOS, XBOX, PS. You can find almost all recent and popular releases from CODEX, EMPRESS, RAZOR, FLT. Seeding may be difficult for some users due to the low numbers of leechers and seeders. Most of the large torrents are freeleech there. Buying invites with bonus points is very easy. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Top 10 ::. .:: Donate::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes::. .:: STATS ::. RATING PRETIMES 7 / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: Bemaniso.ws | General | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name : Bemaniso.ws Tracker URL : https://bemaniso.ws/ Tracker Genre : General Tracker Type : Ratio Based Tracker Signup : Invite Only Maintaining Ratio : Medium Bonus System : Yes Banned Countries : None Tracker IRC : irc.bemaniso.ws #bemaniso .:: Tracker Description ::. Bemaniso is a private torrent tracker that can be accessed by purchasing an invite. First of all, this is a tracker of a general orientation, that is, torrents with movies, music, videos, programs and applications are available for download, but, as the name implies, the main focus here is on Bemani / DDR games (Dance Dance Revolution games). All files come in several formats, so they can be installed on different devices. In addition to the fact that the tracker database is very rich and diverse, the users themselves do not let it become outdated by adding new files that can be downloaded from more than fourteen thousand torrents. This torrent resource perfectly combines game DDR content and numerous files from other equally interesting categories. They have "Save the World" feature, can be done once a day to receive 33 megabytes of upload credit. They have a database of around 9k+ users and 24k+ torrents. Required ratio: 0.40 , you will be given two weeks to raise your ratio back above the required ratio. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Top 10::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Donate ::. .:: Collages::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: Wiki::. .:: User Classes::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 7 / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: Aussierul.es | AR | Sports | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: AussieRul.es Tracker URL: https://aussierul.es/ Tracker Signup: Invite Only Tracker Type: Ratio Based Seed Difficulty: Easy .:: Tracker Description ::. - Private tracker dedicated to Australian Football League content - Search documentaries, films, international matches, state league games and AFL matches from as early as 1970's up until 2023. - Torrents are well seeded making ratio difficulty super easy. Ratio must be kept above 0.4 and torrents must be seeded for a few days or to a 1:1 share ratio. - Tracker stats show 13,894 registered members with 27,971 torrents. - Aussierul.es is a sister site of AcrossTheTasman, Tasmanit and T3nnis.tv. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Top 10 ::. .:: Donate::. .:: Guides ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 7 / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: AudioNews | AN | Music | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name: AudioNews (AN) Tracker URL : www.audionews.org Tracker Genre: Music / Misc Tracker Type : Ratio Based Bonus System: N/A Tracker Signup: Invite only ( Open SignUps Occassionally) Banned countries: NONE Maintaining Ratio: Medium IRC: N/A .:: Tracker Description ::. AudioNews is a torrent tracker designed for music producers rather than music listeners( almost last year GFXNEWS the sister site of Audionews merged with AN and IS NOW PART OF AUDIONEWS it's is focussed on graphics / video / etc. Apps, stock footage, etc stuff like that) If your ratio is less than 0.8 your account will be downgraded to a LIMITED ACCOUNT after the initial warning period has expired,all accounts are subject to deletion after 180 days of inactivity! Getting an invite requires being a member for 30 days or more, have uploaded 10GB or more, and have a ratio equals to or more than 0.8,they are issued automatically for maintaining good ratio get new torrents as soon as they are uploaded and seed them 24/7,you can also use donate option, by donating you get some seeded (uploaded) Gb, so you can increase your ratio If you are a music composer or you want to learn music, AudioNews will definitely help you. The site has plenty of programs and tutorials from beginners to advanced . .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Donate::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. RATING PRETIMES 8 / 10 SPEEDS 8 / 10 CONTENT 8 / 10 COMMUNITY 8 / 10 OVERALL 8 / 10

.:: Arab-Torrents | AT | General | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name:: Arab-Torrents Tracker URL:: http://arab-torrents.net/ Tracker Genre:: General Tracker Type:: Ratio Based Tracker Signup:: Invite Only Bonus System:: Yes Seed Difficulty:: Easy Tracker IRC:: irc.p2p-network.net | #yoursite Banned Countries:: None .:: Tracker Description ::. Arab-Torrents is one of the old and the best Trackers for Arabic media content since 2006. Content is related to categories like movies, tv, sports, music and more categories. Speeds and Pretime are good. Maintaining ratio is easy due to many freeleech torrents and they also have a bonus system through which users can purchase invited, upload credit and many more things. They have files only for VIP but the user classes are easy to climb over "See the FAQ in screenshots below" IMO Arabp2p tracker much better and much easier to join than this one. If you are a fan of Arabic content then its the right tracker for you. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Donate ::. .:: Subtitles::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ ::. .:: User Classes::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES -- / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: ArabScene | AS | General | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name : ArabScene (AS) Tracker URL : http://arabscene.me/ Tracker Genre : General Tracker Type : Ratio Tracker Signup : Invite Only Maintaining Ratio : Medium Bonus System : Yes Banned Countries : None Tracker IRC : irc.p2p-network.net (#Arab_Scene & #AS-invites & #AS _Support) .:: Tracker Description ::. ArabScene is general torrent tracker for Arabic media content. Tracker has Arabic interface only. Tracker has ( Movies, TV, Anime, documentaries, etc .. ). The staff is friendly, they run competitions that can bring the winners Bonus points, GBs. They have internal encoding team but also, everyone is welcome to upload. Maintaining ratio is simple and easy thanks to the freeleech, double upload torrents. If you can't make a ratio of 1:1, seeding the torrents for 72h is enough. They used to open signup on special occasions but not anymore also Invite System is OFF, you need to Donate to Get VIP Membership. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Top 10 ::. .:: Donate::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. RATING PRETIMES -- / 10 SPEEDS 7 / 10 CONTENT 7 / 10 COMMUNITY 7 / 10 OVERALL 7 / 10

.:: AppzUniverse | AU | Software / Apps | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name:: AppzUniverse | AU Tracker URL:: http://www.appzuniverse.org/ Tracker Genre:: Software / Apps Tracker Type:: Ratio Based Tracker Signup:: Invite Only Bonus System:: Yes Seed Difficulty:: Easy | Medium Tracker IRC:: None Banned Countries:: None .:: Tracker Description ::. AppzUniverse is a private torrent tracker for Software and applications.The site has over 28K+ users and 1K+ torrents, but the community is not very active, doesn`t have a good speed and the Bonus System / Donation are not available . Activity is getting worse by the time,files are being uploaded every few weeks with few number of peers. Any general tracker with sub-category of Apps is definitely better than it ,As in 2023, this tracker is almost dead. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Upload Page ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 2 / 10 SPEEDS 2 / 10 CONTENT 2 / 10 COMMUNITY 2 / 10 OVERALL 2 / 10

.::Anime No Sekai | ANSK | Anime | 2024 Review::. Tracker Name:: Anime No Sekai | ANSK Tracker URL:: https://www.ansktracker.net/ Tracker Genre:: Anime Tracker Type:: Ratio Based Tracker Signup:: Invite Only Bonus System:: Yes Seed Difficulty:: Easy Tracker IRC:: irc://irc.rizon.net/AnimeNSK | Port: 6669 Banned Countries:: None .:: Tracker Description ::. Anime No Sekai is a portuguese tracker for anime content. It focuses on encodes and some music since they don't have Full Blurays or manga or live actions, and most of torrents have seeders. They have a lot of content that is old and still has seeders, there is content with more than 17 years that is still active. It has no FAQ section but any questions you can ask in the forums. They also have many tutorials about IRC, subtitles, video editing and much more. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Packs ::. .:: Top 10::. .:: Donate ::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: Stats ::. RATING PRETIMES 6 / 10 SPEEDS 6 / 10 CONTENT 6 / 10 COMMUNITY 6 / 10 OVERALL 6 / 10

.:: 3DTorrents | 3DT | 3D / HD | 2024 Review ::. Tracker Name : 3DTorrents Tracker URL : http://www.3dtorrents.org/ Tracker Genre : 3D / HD Tracker Type : Ratio Based Tracker Signup : Invite Only Maintaining Ratio : Easy Bonus System : Yes Banned Countries : None Tracker IRC : None .:: Tracker Description ::. 3DTorrents (3DT) is a private tracker that wants to be heaven on earth for 3D movies. They have a good collection for New Movies, even some older Files in 3D have good amount of speeds. They have a unique invite system whenever you reach 3D monster rank you can finally use invites there with bps. The pretimes and the speed are ok, you can easily build a good buffer with the help of Bonus system... Overall decent one for 3D lovers to enjoy some movies. They also Have a Good Collections Of 4k UHD Bluray copy , Adult contents , 3D softwares. .:: Home Page ::. .:: Torrents ::. .:: Requests ::. .:: Bonus ::. .:: Donate::. .:: Forum ::. .:: Rules ::. .:: FAQ::. .:: User Classes ::. .:: Games::. RATING PRETIMES 6 / 10 SPEEDS 6 / 10 CONTENT 6 / 10 COMMUNITY 6 / 10 OVERALL 6 / 10

Apply here, pm me ratio proofs of two private trackers and I will announce the winners soon.

Happy Holidays and 5th Anniversary, ACM! Global Freeleech Mode Activated; For 10 Days!

We wish you happy holidays Dear users. Another year has passed, with many new records (freeleech and nice memories) We would like to thank everyone who helped us with this, seeded with lots of new torrents, etc., etc. We would like to remind everyone that the limit of 40,000 users on the site will soon be reached and unfortunately we have to close the free registration. A few days ago, we started deleting inactive users with e instead for our new users. Next year (2024), the site will be updated with several innovations (php, mysql, etc., etc.), it may happen that the site will not be available for 1-2 hours. a year ago... Number of torrents: 37210 currently: 47000+ Users: 35610 currently: 39800+ Due to the holidays, from December 22nd to January 2nd at 20:00 we will be holding freeleechet & doubleseed mode. We have allocated 3 slots to everyone, which you decide what you want to use to activate (freeleech & doubletorrent). The given torrent is put into freeleech or doubleseed mode for the person. Furthermore, we distributed 3 invitations to everyone ATTENTION DOUBLE REGISTRATION (I WILL INVITE MYSELF AGAIN) IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED = all profiles created by the person will be banned. We wish every kufirc user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

iAnon Christmas Freeleech 2023 Happy Holidays and Goodbye to 2023 https://ptpimg.me/0g56hu.gif Thanks to the work and the support of everyone in the iAnon family, we continue to thrive with over 9000 torrents uploaded and a growing community of new members joining everyday. To celebrate this joyful holiday season, there will be a sitewide freeleech from now December 21st 18.00 UTC through January 4th 18.00 UTC to express our gratitude to the most important part of IAN, you the members ...and yes, there is also some snow. May this small gift add a smile and a touch of magic to our days. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you all enjoy this time and have a safe and healthy new year. Warm regards, -The Staff at iAnon

Hello again! The Banner Competition has now ended and the voting is open. The vote will only run until tomorrow night, as the tech guys need time to put the winners in place before Christmas starts, so please hurry to the forum to vote. For those who are unfamiliar with the forums, the competition thread can be found in the very bottom section "Fun and Games". For me there is one clear winner, but unfortunately I can't say which (I have to remain impartial) - It will be interesting to see how many of you agree with me!

Happy holidays Dear users, We wish you to spend the holidays comfortably and cheerfully with your family and loved ones, and that the coming year will be full of personal and business successes! We wish you fun and creative winter holidays, so that you can rest and enter the new year 2024 fresh! We thank you for your participation and maintaining this small community of ours, and we invite you to socialize through 2024! \\ THR Staff.

Merry Christmas Folks and the site is alive and well and not going anywhere anytime soon...unless we all die from old age at the same time.

2023. Christmas word search - Comment in the forum! Dear Users! With Christmas approaching, we would like to treat you to a word search game. Brief description of the game: Find the given words, then perform the calculation based on the formula at the bottom of the worksheet. The puzzle is available HERE . The solution can be submitted HERE . The submission deadline: 27.12.2023. 17:00 The reward for correct solvers is 5000 points and a ( https://i.kek.sh/FzEXLpt7b7k.png) badge. Important information: • The solution is a number that must be submitted in numerical form without spaces or any other punctuation marks. • Rewards will be distributed within 72 hours after the end of the game. • You only have one chance to submit the solution, so pay attention to whether you entered the solution correctly! • Publishing the solution may result in disqualification.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is unable to get a tight grip on live streaming piracy. The company sends out thousands of takedown notices to protect its live broadcasts but nearly a quarter of these remain unaddressed after an hour. UFC calls on online service providers to step up their game, which includes 'instantaneous' takedowns and putting a stop to repeat infringers. The UFC has promoted mixed martial arts fights for three decades. Today, however, the company is also fighting a battle of its own against online piracy. Unauthorized views of UFC events have taken off in recent years. The organization is trying to put a stop to these pirated livestreams, but that’s proving to be a drawn-out battle. Last week, General Counsel Riché McKnight shared UFC’s concerns with lawmakers during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing. While site-blocking discussions dominated the hearing, UFC’s comments are worth highlighting separately. “Watch UFC Free” McKnight’s testimony describes the piracy problem as widespread and costly. Pirated livestreams can get millions of views and these free alternatives result in lower subscriptions revenues. The problem isn’t limited to people who record or stream UFC events on their phones. It regularly involves organized crime groups that tap into source signals and rebroadcasts them to profit from the advertising views they generate. “Watch UFC Free” watch ufc free These people also brazenly advertise on social media platforms to attract viewers to their pirate websites, with slogans on social media sites such as “Watch UFC Free,” McKnight notes. “[T]hey will then post those livestreams and recorded videos to those sites, and those videos will often collect hundreds of thousands or millions of views before they are taken down.” “Expeditious” According to UFC, several legislative hurdles prevent the company from being more efficient on the takedown front. They include the relatively ‘slow’ response time to DMCA takedown notices. Under U.S. copyright law, online services are required to “expeditiously” respond to takedown notices if they want to keep their safe harbor protections. However, the law doesn’t define what the term expeditious entails. “[Online services] often will claim to us that they are removing content expeditiously even when they allow a livestream to stay up for the entirety of a UFC event or remove recorded content days later,” Knight explains. It can sometimes take hours or days before online services take action. This is a problem, since the value of UFC recordings and live streams diminishes quickly after the event is over. The UFC calculated that for each event, it sends an average of 1,173 takedown requests for pirated livestreams and an additional 2,246 takedown requests for recorded content. 26% of the pirated livestreams remained online an hour after the takedown was sent. For recorded UFC content, 74% was still up after an hour. Instant Takedowns UFC suggests updating the legislative language to clarify the term “expeditious” as that leaves a lot of room for interpretation. “This issue can be easily remedied by adding a statutory definition to clarify what ‘expeditiously’ means for the purposes of determining whether OSPs are eligible for a safe harbor from liability based on the infringing conduct of their users. “Specifically, we believe the law should be clear that, for live events specifically, ‘expeditiously’ means ‘instantaneously’ or ‘near instantaneously’,” McKnight adds. Replacing it with ‘near instantaneously’ still doesn’t set a specific time limit, of course. But it does suggest that taking more than a day to process a livestreaming takedown notice is too long. Repeat Infringers UFC’s General Counsel points out that more clarifications are welcome. The DMCA currently requires online services to terminate accounts of “repeat infringers” in “appropriate circumstances”. Neither of these terms are specified. McKnight doesn’t offer a concrete definition but stresses that online services can take stricter actions against people who repeatedly post infringing content. That includes those who register new accounts. “This could involve more stringent account verification measures, which some OSPs have already successfully implemented to reduce the prevalence of spam accounts,” he notes. “Future legislation could make clear that it is not enough to simply terminate a specific account and then turn a blind eye when the same user creates one or more additional accounts.” Site Blocking The aforementioned suggestions all rely on the assumption that online services are complying with U.S. law, but that’s not a given. The most notorious streaming platforms are designed to ignore copyright concerns. For that group, site blocking would be a solution. UFC supports the calls from other rightsholders who believe that U.S. law should be updated to allow courts to issue “no fault” injunctions. These would make it possible to compel ISPs to block pirate sites, without making them liable. “Under this sort of ‘site-blocking’ framework, copyright owners like UFC could address the harm caused by these websites—enabling U.S.-based users to easily view pirated content—without the existing hurdles to effective enforcement actions against such sites,” McKnight concludes. These suggestions are all noted by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Combined with input from other stakeholders, it will then decide whether legislative changes are needed.

A major operation across Italy has targeted a pirate IPTV network said to have generated profits of several million euros per month. Police conducted searches in numerous cities, targeting 21 suspects said to form part of a transnational criminal group. While anti-piracy groups are welcoming this significant action, details absent from official reports raise some important questions. polizia-postalePirate IPTV services are a major cause for concern among broadcasters globally. In Italy, illegal streaming has grown in relevance to become part of a nationwide conversation. Fueled by a national passion for top-tier football matches, viewable only by those who can afford a subscription, pirate IPTV services and other illegal streaming platforms found fertile ground in Italy. New law passed during the summer, which increased penalties for piracy while supporting a new automated blocking system, sent the clearest possible message. Regardless of cost, fans will find money for legal subscriptions, but only when illicit access no longer exists. Police Announce Major Action Against IPTV Operation Law enforcement agencies shared information with the press on Tuesday revealing a “vast operation” against audiovisual piracy in Italy. State Police, on the orders of the Anti-Mafia Directorate at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Catania, executed nationwide search and seizure actions against members of a “transnational criminal organization.” Investigations directed by the Prosecutor’s Office in Catania, and initiated by the Catania Cyber Security Operations Center in coordination with the Postal Police of Rome, are said to have confirmed the existence of a criminal organization involved in the illicit supply of premium TV and on-demand video. By offering illegal access to content owned by Sky, Mediaset, Amazon Prime, and Netflix, Postal Police say the group generated profits (not turnover) of several million euros per month. The operation revealed yesterday targeted 21 suspected members of the organization active in Catania, Messina, Siracusa, Cosenza, Alessandria, Napoli, Salerno, Reggio Emilia, Pisa, Lucca, and Livorno e Bari. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses these individuals of various offenses, including transnational criminal association, damage/corruption of information (anyone who destroys, deteriorates, erases, alters or suppresses data or computer programs), unauthorized access to an IT system, and computer fraud. IPTV Piracy Pyramid Police say the organization was found to be organized in a ‘hierarchical manner’ with members fulfilling “distinct and very precise” roles. Promotors of the service were stationed throughout Italy and abroad. “In order to evade investigations, the suspects made use of encrypted messaging applications, fictitious identities and false documents; the latter were also used for the registration of telephone accounts, credit cards, television subscriptions and server rental,” an announcement from the Postal Police reads. “The presence on various social platforms of channels, groups, accounts, forums, blogs and profiles, were found to advertise the sale, on the national territory, of streams, panels and monthly subscriptions for the illegal viewing of audiovisual content which can also be used through numerous illegal ‘live streaming’ sites.” Broadcasters, Anti-Piracy Groups, Welcome the Action Broadcaster Sky Italia congratulated Italy’s Postal Police on a “new and important” anti-piracy operation. “The police have our full support in their law enforcement activity, which over the years has become increasingly valuable to guarantee legality, to protect all those who legitimately use their favorite content,” said CEO Andrea Duilio. “Countering this criminal phenomenon is a commitment that involves us all and now, thanks to the new anti-piracy law, we can do it even more effectively.” Federico Bagnoli Rossi, President of anti-piracy group FAPAV, also welcomed a “very important” operation, describing it as a “hard blow towards those criminal mentalities that manage illegal IPTV and illicit live streaming platforms, whose revenues finance criminal acts of various types.” What Wasn’t Announced For reasons that aren’t immediately clear, press releases issued by various police forces made no mention of any arrests Tuesday. The only thing reported in respect of the 21 people allegedly targeted is that they’re currently under investigation. For comparison, a Postal Police statement following an unrelated operation clearly reported 28 arrests in that matter. Among the information that was made available to the public, police noted that the group used false documents to rent servers. Other than that, however, there are no reports of servers or any other devices being seized. While it’s possible that for operational reasons details are being withheld, based on the available information it seems more likely that the 21 ‘under investigation’ are subscription sellers and/or resellers, rather than those actually running a pirate IPTV service. “Inhibiting the Flow of Illegal Streams” Claims that the authorities were reportedly able to block or “inhibit the flow” of illegal streams are further detailed in a La Sicilia report. The publication says that officers of the Postal Police were able to “seize 13 control panels” servicing “over 50 thousand users”. This appears to be a reference to reseller panels and would explain how police were able to disconnect subscribers serviced through those interfaces. Finally, it’s worth highlighting how the group’s earnings are being reported. La Sicilia reports that given the vast audience serviced by the platform, this “guaranteed ‘six-figure’ earnings to the managers of the illegal online piracy network.” In a statement issued by the Postal Police, it’s alleged that the group generated profits (not turnover) of “several million euros per month.” However, a separate statement published on the website of the State Police (Polizia di Stato) claims an even bigger amount. According to that report, the group generated monthly profits of tens of millions of euros.

In July 2022, Canada-based IPTV provider SmoothStreams was shut down by a coalition of companies including Bell Media, Rogers, and the Hollywood-based studios of MPA-Canada. After two defendants failed to comply with the strict terms of a search and seizure order, both faced contempt proceedings. The first has just concluded with a judge ordering the defendant to immediately pay the plaintiffs over US$71,100, before the main copyright case has even started. smoothstreamsIn July 2022, popular IPTV service provider SmoothStreams suddenly went offline in somewhat unusual circumstances. In the weeks that followed, evidence emerged that the Canada-based service had been targeted after Bell Media, Rogers Media, Disney, Paramount, Columbia, and Warner Bros. filed a copyright infringement complaint at Canada’s Federal Court. On July 14, 2022, after obtaining an injunction and an Anton Piller order, which authorized the plaintiffs to search and seize evidence from premises linked to the defendants, dozens of receivers, encoders, and rows of servers were seized from three locations. Other aspects of the Anton Piller order, which granted the plaintiffs extraordinary powers and threatened serious consequences for any non-compliant defendant, faced considerable resistance. SmoothStreams before being dismantledsmoothstreams-server2 Among other things, the alleged operators of SmoothStreams, Marshall Macciacchera and Antonio Macciacchera (son and father respectively), were required to disclose specific technical and financial information about the service’s operations. Marshall failed to fully comply with the order; Antonio simply refused to read it. From the beginning, Antonio denied any involvement in the SmoothStreams operation, a position he maintains today. Contempt of Court While both defendants faced contempt of court proceedings, Antonio’s case progressed more quickly than his co-defendant’s. An order issued by Associate Judge Benoit Duchesne on July 21, 2022, concerned ten charges pertaining to alleged breaches of the Anton Piller order issued by Justice Rochester on June 28, 2022. Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton subsequently found that Antonio was in contempt of four of the ten charges in that order. The final six all faced issues. In respect of five charges, Chief Justice Crampton found that while the plaintiffs had previously tendered evidence in the proceeding before Justice Rochester, no evidence was presented in this particular hearing to connect Antonio to any of the technical and financial information listed in Judge Duchesne’s order. The final charge also failed after no evidence was produced to show that Antonio concealed anything described in Justice Rochester’s interim order. While logic suggests that four charges must be better than ten, contempt of court can be expensive, especially since this proceeding relates to an amount to be awarded to the plaintiffs, with the Court to impose additional penalties later. Bell, Rogers, and Hollywood Studios Demand Big Money As detailed in an order handed down by Chief Justice Crampton on Friday, the plaintiffs demanded an immediate payment of CAD$121,124.74 (US$90,440), comprised of $100,038.55 (US$74,695) in legal fees (100% of those incurred), HST (sales tax) of CAD$8,670 (US$6,473), and disbursements of CAD$12,416.19 (US$9,270). Antonio’s legal team proposed a much lower amount of CAD$10,000 (US$7,466) in total, arguing that the amount was appropriate in light of the six failed charges and any subsequent amount to be imposed by the Court. In his order, Chief Justice Crampton notes that Antonio continues to insist he had no role in SmoothStreams. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs and the Court still had to “come to grips with a complex record” and an allegedly illegal business Justice Lafrenière previously described as “highly sophisticated” and “lucrative.” While agreeing that the plaintiffs’ failure to present evidence amounted to a “misstep” weighing in favor of a reduced award, a pro rata 60% reduction would not be appropriate since persistent refusals to cooperate “completely frustrated” the execution of the order. “Flagrantly Disobeyed” and “Defied the Court” smoothstreams-server“[B]y steadfastly refusing to permit the Independent Supervising Solicitor (ISS) […] to enter his home and execute the Rochester Interim Order, Antonio flagrantly disobeyed that Order and defied the Court. “He also completely frustrated an important purpose of that Order, which was to prevent the circumvention of the Court’s processes by pre-empting the destruction or removal of evidence, or the shifting of funds beyond the Court’s reach,” Chief Justice Crampton’s order reads. “In these circumstances, he ought not to be able to indirectly and fully benefit from the fact that his blatant defiance of the Rochester Interim Order entirely prevented [the ISS] from establishing the nexus between Antonio and the six charges.” After weighing the factors for and against, including that Antonio “deliberately deprived the plaintiffs of the element of surprise,” the Judge found that a 25% reduction would be appropriate.