4/5/2023 0 Comments Inquisititve tv repos and itpv![]() ![]() In a DMCA notice filed with Github early February, anti-piracy outfit Group-IB demanded the removal of a script that enable users to watch movies for free using the IDs allocated to movies and TV shows via Russia’s official Kinopoisk video database. Quite what happened in the following days is unclear but potentially after the infringements were addressed, the repo is now back online, providing access to almost 30,000 channels via its own search engine. Nagra claimed that some of the channels found in a particular playlist infringed the rights of various Discovery channels and as a result, the repo was completely disabled. In a late January DMCA notice filed at Github, conditional access systems developer Nagravision requested the takedown of IPTV-org, a very popular location for people looking for free IPTV playlists. “The analysis of the bank accounts of those investigated has revealed income derived from the illicit activity of 1.2 million euros between 20,” a police statement reads. ?Desconectados 12.000 clientes /lg8c6yPEwF ?Cae en #Madrid una organización criminal internacional que vendía decodificadores para disfrutar contenidos #audiovisuales ilegalmente According to the authorities, the group sold the devices on various web platforms and via their own forum, from where technical support was provided to customers. This morning, Spain’s national police and the country’s tax agency further announced the arrest of six people and the seizure of 24,430 TV devices in Madrid. ![]() Police Arrest Six, Seize 24,400 Pirate Boxes In common with other cases involving such services, the name of the platform has not yet been made available but according to local reports, the Policía Nacional has asked a court to issue an order that will compel local ISPs to block its domains to prevent further infringement. Two operations codenamed ‘Lígalo’ and ‘Tyche’ were assigned to the Technological Crime Group of the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade (Grupo de Delincuencia Tecnológica de la Brigada Provincial de Policía Judicial).Īfter an Estella court authorized warrants, two people were arrested and detained under suspicion of supplying illegal subscription access to otherwise premium TV channels. The region of Navarre was reported as a place of interest and the police investigation subsequently identified two suspects in the Merindad de Estella. Late Friday, Spanish authorities reported that following complaints made by professional football league La Liga, a Policía Nacional investigation was launched into the supply of set-top devices and subscriptions to an illegal IPTV service. Other IPTV-related domains seized by ACE/MPA in the last few days (in addition to the ones published at the weekend) include, and. All domains now redirect to the ACE anti-piracy portal so former customers of the service will be getting an unwelcome surprise. , sekoiptv.ml, sekoiptv.live and are now under the administration of the MPA in the United States, which tends to suggest that their operator/s may have reached some kind of shutdown settlement with ACE/MPA. However, it now appears to have reached the end of the road after ACE and the MPA took control of its domains. Promoted for Mag boxes, Smart TV, Enigma, VLC, Kodi, smartphone, tablets and other devices, more recently the service boasted more than 9,000 live channels and 20,000 videos in its VOD library. At the time it offered around 3,200 channels according to its own data, plus a VOD (video-on-demand) service offering movies and TV shows. Seko IPTV first made an appearance more than five years ago in May of 2016. Among them was Seko IPTV, a service that now, thanks to ACE, is no longer operational. In a 2020 submission to the United States Trade Representative, Spanish football league La Liga reported several illegal TV services for infringing its rights. Today we can report new action, not only by ACE but others in the sports and broadcasting ecosystem utilizing a range of anti-piracy tools. Yesterday we reported new activity by anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) which included seizures of IPTV domains. As illegal IPTV subscriptions maintain their popularity among those looking for a cheap live TV fix, rightsholders from all over the world are trying hard to counter the threat.īroadcasters and sports leagues are applying significant pressure but with VOD services now a part of many pirate IPTV packages, Hollywood studios such as Disney and distributor platforms including Netflix and Apple are playing a leading role. ![]()
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