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| 20.09.2025 | Movie Piracy Facts and the Rise of кинокрадко: A TechBiz Special Report | Share
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It’s an age when web streaming sites are the largest entertainment brand, and online piracy would look like something from the past. There is now Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and NOW TV competing for B... |
| 02.05.2025 | Umami’s an old flavor but still a new concept for many cooks. Here’s what to know | This April 2025 image provided by Katie Workman shows dashi broth and soup mix. (Katie Workman via AP)
This April 2025 image provided by Katie Workman shows three packages of Japanese umami-rich stock powder. (Katie Workman via AP)
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| 18.08.2024 | Radiohead ‘Leaked’ Their Own Track in 2009, Now We’re Accused of Pirating It | If 2009 sounds like it happened half a lifetime ago, many 30 year-olds would likely agree.
At the time the UK government was taking advice from the entertainment industries on how to tackle surging piracy via the BitTorrent protocol.
Presen... |
| 09.06.2024 | Cheaper Prices Reduce Indirect Visits to Pirate Sites, Research Finds | Most people know all too well that downloading and sharing pirated content is against the law. Nonetheless, millions do so daily.
There’s no denying that piracy affects legal sales to some degree. That said, piracy is a complicated phenomen... |
| 12.02.2024 | The U.S. Tops the Manga Piracy Chart, While Iran Leads in Music Piracy | Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by millions of people worldwide.
New data released by UK-based piracy tracking company MUSO shows that pirate sit... |
| 21.01.2024 | ‘Canada is a Video Piracy Hotspot While Brazil Sees Piracy in Decline’ | Last week, new data published by piracy tracking firm MUSO and consulting firm Kearney showed that video piracy is growing globally.
With over 141 billion annual visits worldwide, there’s a massive audience outside of legal channels.
The fu... |
| 09.01.2024 | Video Piracy Visits Rose to 141 Billion in 2023, Report Shows | Despite the widespread availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites are visited hundreds of millions of times.
This presents a serious problem for major content producers, Hollywood studios included, ... |
| 27.10.2023 | Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked | In recent years, website blocking has become one of the most widely-used anti-piracy enforcement mechanisms in the world.
ISPs in several dozen countries prevent subscribers from accessing a variety of ‘pirate’ sites. While new blocks are a... |
| 09.10.2023 | Movie Piracy is Strongly Linked to Box Office Revenue | Over the past 18 years, we’ve seen our fair share of piracy studies and research, but a finding presented this week ‘obviously’ stands out.
Piracy research firm MUSO looked into the link between movie piracy volume and box office revenues.
... |
| 21.09.2023 | EU Study: Online Piracy Rebounds, but Not Due to COVID-19 | The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) regularly conducts studies to see how piracy rates evolve over time.
These studies also identify the various barriers and drivers behind this activity, which helps to shape future poli... |
| 28.03.2023 | «Прыжок на несколько поколений назад»: что происходит с российскими стримингами | С чего все началось
Первый удар пришелся на российские офлайн-кинотеатры, которые уже с марта 2022 года испытали обвал кассовых сборов и существенную потерю зрителей. Одна за другой из страны уходили голливудские киностудии: Disney, Sony, W... |
| 14.02.2023 | Digital Piracy Rate Increases Despite Clamp Down Efforts | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 14 February 2023, 01:02 pm
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Recent statistics show that film piracy has surged by more than a third in the last 12 months.
According to research company Muso, the illegal stream... |
| 11.10.2022 | Online Piracy Continues to Rise With the US Firmly in the Lead | Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by millions of people worldwide.
New data released by UK-based piracy tracking company MUSO shows that pirate sit... |
| 03.08.2022 | How Muso is mobilizing piracy data to support media companies | Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here.
Piracy has long been a hurdle for the entertainment industry. Leaks happen from time to time, resulting in viewer and r... |
| 21.11.2021 | Piracy Reporter Retracts Takedown Notices After Misconfiguration Targets Legitimate Sites | The UK piracy tracking firm MUSO has quite a balanced view on the piracy problem, framing it as an opportunity rather than a threat.
MUSO believes that by understanding what motivates pirates, copyright holders can gain great insights that ... |
| 06.11.2021 | TV Piracy Increased 30% This Year With Help From “Squid Game” | There is little doubt that, for many people, streaming services have become the standard for watching TV-shows.
This is no surprise, since subscription-based streaming services are among the best and most convenient alternatives to piracy a... |
| 28.03.2021 | The Oscars Will Boost Piracy, Especially Without Legal Options | The Oscars is the most watched award show of the year, closely followed by hundreds of millions of movie fans around the world.
The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on February 28, but due to the Covid pan... |
| 06.03.2021 | Movie Pirates Don’t Mind Waiting For HD Quality Releases | The movie industry is changing rapidly. Release windows are shrinking which means that films become available in digital format sooner.
In some cases, theatrical and digital premieres take place on the same day. This is good news for consum... |
| 24.01.2021 | 130 Billion Pirate Site Visits in 2020: It’s Marketing Treasure | Many copyright holders portray pirates as thieves that must be hampered or stopped at any cost.
However, these same people are consumers too. In fact, research repeatedly shows that they are the most passionate fans.
UK-based piracy monitor... |
| 01.01.2021 | Pirate Site Search Traffic Tanked Following Google Updates | When the file-sharing boom started twenty years ago, most ‘sharing’ took place in dedicated applications such as Napster and Limewire.
This software was embraced by millions of people, mostly through word-of-mouth advertising and news repor... |
| 15.08.2020 | Piracy Giants KissAnime and KissManga Shut Down | KissAnime.ru and KissManga.com are two of the largest sites in the anime and manga niches.
Both have an audience of millions of people. According to piracy tracking company Muso.com, KissAnime is the most visited pirate site in the world, b... |
| 29.06.2020 | Global Pirate Site Traffic Drops to New Low After COVID-19 Peak | When the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread across the globe this year, there were noticeable changes in Internet traffic patterns.
Internet usage went up overall, with YouTube being the big winner. However, pirate sites noticed a signific... |
| 27.04.2020 | Covid-19 Measures Boosted Visits to Film Piracy Sites by Over 50%, New Data Show | The coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented changes in how people live their lives.
These changes are visible in all parts of society as well as all corners of the Internet. This includes pirate sites.
One of the earliest effects we r... |
| 08.04.2020 | Piracy and File-Sharing Traffic Surges Amidst Covid-19 Crisis | The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world.
In every continent, local governments have imposed restrictive measures, urging people to stay inside as much as possible.
As a r... |
| 01.04.2020 | Movie piracy in China has surged because of the coronavirus outbreak and experts say it could forecast a global trend | Warner Bros.
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Average daily visits to film piracy sites in China grew by 89% from January 18 to January 26, the day after the Chinese New Year, which is typically the region's busiest moviegoin... |
| 27.03.2020 | Anti-Piracy Campaign Against YouTube-Rippers Has Very Little Effect | Nowadays, most popular music is legally accessible on YouTube. While everyone is allowed to play it, downloading tracks without permission is strictly forbidden.
YouTube itself also prohibits downloading or ripping unless the uploader speci... |
| 01.03.2020 | U.S. Remains the Top Traffic Source For Pirate Sites | Over the past decade, online piracy has presented itself as a massive problem for the U.S. and its entertainment industries.
It has become a global issue that’s hard to contain, but Hollywood and the major record labels are doing what they ... |
| 27.09.2019 | How Smart Protection uses machine learning to thwart online piracy | Despite efforts to curb online piracy, some estimates suggest that pirate websites secured around 190 billion visits in 2018, affecting industries spanning TV, movies, music, publishing, and software. According to a recent report by the U.S... |
| 27.09.2019 | How Smart Protection uses machine learning to thwart online piracy | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Despite efforts to curb online piracy, some estimates suggest that pirate websites secured around 190 billion visits in 2018, affecting... |
| 05.09.2019 | ‘Pirate’ Site Manga Rock Starts Shutdown, Will Go Legal | Manga comics and novels are huge. Not just in Japan but all over the world.
People used to read them on paper, but digital is the standard today. While that makes these comics more accessible, they’re also easier to pirate.
For years there ... |
| 06.08.2019 | Game of Thrones Visibly Boosted Global Piracy Traffic | Since the release of the first episode back in 2011, Game of Thrones has conquered the hearts of many people.
Unfortunately for HBO, not all of these fans have enjoyed the series through legal channels.
For several years in a row, Game of T... |
| 10.07.2019 | Sports Streaming Piracy Is Worth Millions to Sponsors | The Premier League has been battling streaming piracy for a long time.
In recent years, the prestigious football league successfully obtained court orders to block sites and streams, for example. In addition, it’s been involved in several p... |
| 28.06.2019 | Video Piracy Rates Drop Sharply, But For How Long? | For many people, on-demand streaming services have become the standard for watching movies and TV-shows.
In many countries, the idea of ‘on-demand’ video was popularized by piracy. This was often the only way for people to watch what they w... |
| 13.06.2019 | Fragmented Streaming Landscape Keeps Piracy Relevant, Research Suggests | There is little doubt that, for many people, streaming services have become the standard for watching movies and TV-shows.
This is no surprise, since subscription-based streaming services are among the best and most convenient alternatives ... |
| 06.06.2019 | ’12 Million Watched a Pirate Stream of Joshua vs. Ruiz on YouTube’ | The fight between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr last weekend was highly anticipated by boxing fans.
Events like this draw an audience of millions. Unfortunately for the rightsholders, not all fans go through legal channels.
Before the fig... |
| 24.04.2019 | Piracy Tracking Firm MUSO Secures Additional £3.5m in Funding | Anti-piracy firms often portray copyright infringers as thieves that must be stopped or eradicated.
However, the people at UK firm MUSO have a different take on the piracy problem. The company offers its clients classic takedown tools but p... |
| 24.04.2019 | This British-born startup aims to decrease piracy and create more paying customers | Piracy is an ever-increasing threat. MUSO was started to solve the market challenges posed by unlicensed and piracy consumption that exploits IP rights online be it TV, film, software, music or publishing. The company has been witnessing ex... |
| 23.04.2019 | Muso Raises £3.5m in Series A Funding | Muso, a London, UK-based piracy tracking company, raised £3.5m in funding.
The round was led by Harwell Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to expand sales and marketing and increase its presence in the digital media, gaming and l... |
| 23.04.2019 | London-based startup MUSO raises €4 million to address digital piracy | London-based MUSO‘s technology removes unlicensed digital content while providing data and insights from piracy audiences. Founded in 2009, the startup has raised €4 million in an extension to its €2.9 million 2017 Series A round from Harwe... |
| 23.04.2019 | UK-based piracy tracking startup MUSO secures £3.5 million from Harwell Capital | MUSO, a London-based piracy data startup, has landed £3.5 million in funding from Harwell Capital. The company said that it plans to use the capital injection to “increase its foothold in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors... |
| 17.04.2019 | ‘Game of Thrones Season Premiere Pirated 54 million Times in a Day’ | Last Sunday, the long-awaited final season of the hit series Game of Thrones aired in dozens of countries worldwide.
The show has broken several piracy records over the years and thus far this week, there has been another piracy bonanza.
As... |
| 05.04.2019 | Anti-Piracy Outfit MUSO Comes Out Against The Use Of DRM | When it comes to the record of anti-piracy outfit MUSO, based in the UK, you get a mixed-bag. On the one hand, the organization was caught patting itself on the back for the number of takedowns of infringing content it had achieved, when th... |
| 03.04.2019 | That TV Show You Illegally Downloaded May Contain A Nasty Surprise For Your Windows PC | If you’re a fan of shows like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Arrow, but resort to alternative methods of watching them, be on guard. A new report from internet security company Kaspersky reveals some disturbing findings about that ep... |
| 02.04.2019 | Anti-Piracy Firm MUSO Argues Against DRM, In Favor of Takedowns | According to a December 2018 report, the video games industry was set to generate around $135 billion last year.
It’s undoubtedly a huge market, and a growing one too. The 2018 forecasts outperform 2017’s figures by almost 11%.
Of the three... |
| 23.03.2019 | The U.S. Remains Top Traffic Source For Pirate Sites, Research Shows | U.S music and movie industry companies have exported their pirate site blocking scheme to countries all over the globe.
These efforts have been quite successful and decreased the number of visits to pirate sites, according to the MPAA.
On H... |
| 04.12.2018 | ‘YouTube Was The Top Source for Pirated ‘Fury vs Wilder’ Streams’ | A few days ago, the undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder took on Tyson Fury.
Millions of people saw the fight end in a controversial split draw, something neither side had hoped for.
In common with many of these events, plenty... |
| 18.09.2018 | Music Group Celebrates Millions of ‘Pointless’ Piracy Takedown Notices | The Association of Independent Music (AIM) represents the interests of more than 800 independent music companies in the UK.
With online copyright infringement as one of the major threats, the organization also offers assistance on the anti-... |
| 05.08.2018 | ‘Impostors’ Manipulate Google With Fake Takedown Request | Over the past few years, we’ve featured our fair share of bizarre DMCA takedown articles.
Most of these boil down to mistakes by automated bots or plain incompetence. More recently, however, we’ve started to notice an influx of more coordin... |
| 21.07.2018 | ‘Piracy Audiences Are Untapped Pools of Wealth’ | Anti-piracy firms often portray copyright infringers as thieves that must be stopped or eradicated.
However, the people at UK firm MUSO have a different take on the piracy problem. With funding from the local Government, they’re offering cl... |
| 06.06.2018 | Pirates Are Valuable Customers, Not The Enemy | Online piracy is often portrayed as a simple problem. People download or stream something that’s not theirs because they don’t want to pay.
While this may apply in some cases, the reality is much more complex. In fact, over the years resear... |
| 21.03.2018 | Online Piracy Is More Popular Than Ever, Research Suggests | Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites are visited hundreds of millions of times.
Piracy tracking outfit MUSO has documented the piracy landscape with data from tens of thous... |
| 05.09.2017 | ‘Game of Thrones Season 7 Pirated Over a Billion Times’ | The seventh season of Game of Thrones has brought tears and joy to HBO this summer.
It was the most-viewed season thus far, with record-breaking TV ratings. But on the other hand, HBO and Game of Thrones were plagued by hacks, leaks, and pi... |
| 21.07.2017 | ‘Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere Pirated 90 Million Times’ | Last Sunday, the long-awaited seventh season of the hit series Game of Thrones aired in dozens of countries worldwide.
The show has broken several piracy records over the years and, thus far, there has been plenty of interest in the latest ... |
| 27.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 27 | CORPORATE INNOVATION TOUR
The following is from the latest print edition of Fortune, where I write a regular column about technology and startups called “Boom with a View.”
Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraH... |
| 27.06.2017 | MUSO raises £2.5 million to tackle online music piracy | MUSO, which creates tools for online content protection, has raised £2.5 million in a Series A round led by Harwell Capital to invest in its infrastructure and sales and marketing teams.
MUSO’s Retune platform track visits to sites hosting ... |
| 27.06.2017 | Muso Raises £2.5m in Series A Funding | Muso, a London, UK-based content protection and data insights company, raised £2.5m in Series A funding.
Harwell Capital made the investment.
The company will use the funding to expand its sales and marketing capabilities, as well as bolste... |
| 08.05.2017 | Blockchain Technology – The Film Industry Use Case | Introduction
The blockbuster success (pun intended) of Bitcoin, the world’s most popular digital currency that is just eight years old, has generated worldwide interest in Blockchain, the technology or protocol behind Bitcoin. Blockchain te... |
| 14.04.2017 | Online Piracy Moves Away From The Desktop | While there haven’t been any breakthroughs in file-sharing technology in recent years, the piracy ecosystem is constantly evolving.
Torrent sites have traditionally been very popular, but more recently direct download and streaming sites ha... |
| 02.04.2017 | Torrents Are Particularly Popular in Europe, Research Shows | Nowadays, online pirates have many options to download movies, TV-shows or other infringing content.
Streaming sites have become more popular in recent years; there are dedicated set-top boxes, direct download portals, or good old torrent s... |
| 01.08.2016 | Europe Has The Highest Online Piracy Rates, By Far | Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites are visited hundreds of millions of times.
Piracy tracking outfit MUSO has documented the piracy landscape with data from 14,000 of the... |
| 27.07.2016 | Streaming Sites Dominate Movie and TV-Show Piracy | A decade ago online video streaming was still a relatively new phenomenon. YouTube had just celebrated its first anniversary and Netflix hadn’t even rolled out its streaming service.
The piracy landscape also looked quite different at the t... |
| 30.04.2016 | Hulu Tracks Pirates to Decide What to Buy | When major movie and TV companies discuss piracy they often mention the massive losses incurred as a result of unauthorized downloads and streams.
However, this unofficial market also offers a valuable pool of publicly available data on the... |
| 26.04.2016 | Pirates Switch From Torrents to Streaming and Download Sites | While there haven’t been any breakthroughs in file-sharing technology in recent years, the piracy ecosystem is constantly evolving.
Torrent sites have traditionally been very popular, but according to a new report published by piracy tracki... |
| 06.02.2016 | Anti-Piracy Company Explores New Ways to Convert Pirates | This week anti-piracy outfit MUSO announced the launch of a new component to its portfolio of content protection solutions. Titled ‘Retune’ the package aims to enable rights holders to directly market and sell their content to piracy-engage... |
| 24.10.2015 | Ouch! Piracy Tracking Outfit Fails Embarrassingly (Update) | The anti-piracy business is booming, with thousands of companies making a decent living by helping rightsholders to protect their work.
London-based MUSO is one of these outfits. The company has been around for a long time and has evolved i... |
| 31.10.2013 | UK Government Funds Anti-Piracy Outfit With Taxpayer Money | London-based MUSO has been around for a few years already and has evolved into one of the most active senders of DMCA requests to Google.
Earlier this month MUSO broke the one million URL barrier in respect of their DMCA takedown requests, ... |
| 12.09.2013 | Browser Plugin Reports Torrent Links to Anti-Piracy Company | It’s well known that many anti-piracy companies rely on their own web crawlers and even Google to find infringing links and files. Once detected they go about their business of sending DMCA notices to search engines, torrent and file-hostin... |
| - | TV Piracy Increased 30% This Year With Help From “Squid Game” | There is little doubt that, for many people, streaming services have become the standard for watching TV-shows.
This is no surprise, since subscription-based streaming services are among the best and most convenient alternatives to piracy a... |
| - | Pirate Site Visits Dip to 216 Billion a Year, But Manga Piracy is Booming | Despite the widespread availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day, pirate sites are visited hundreds of millions of times.
Website visits are only part of the full piracy picture, as IPTV streaming is popular to... |
| - | Pirate Site Traffic Surges With Help From Manga Boom | Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by millions of people worldwide.
New data released by the UK-based piracy tracking company MUSO shows that pirate... |
| - | Lithuanian Regulator Clashes With Data Firm Over “Misleading” Piracy Stats | Late last year, the European Union Intellectual Property Office released its latest copyright infringement monitor report.
The research is part of a recurring series that has tracked European piracy rates since 2017. Among other things, the... |
| - | Украина — на 7 месте по уровню посещения пиратских сайтов | Украина — на 7 месте по уровню посещения пиратских сайтов
16 апреля, 2019, 15:30
Михаил Сапитон
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Аналитическая компания Muso представила отчет, посвященный посещаемости пиратских сайтов, пишет Comma.com.ua. Компания занимается борьбой с... |
| - | TV Piracy is Growing Rapidly in the UK, Data Show | There is little doubt that, for many people, on-demand streaming services have become the standard for watching TV-shows.
The convenience of watching TV series at the viewer’s pace is common nowadays. It was quite different 15 years ago whe... |
| - | Онлайн-школа и пиратский контент: что сделать, чтобы ваш курс не украли | Данные британской аналитической компании Muso свидетельствуют, что Россия входит в топ-3 в мире по потреблению пиратского контента, уступая США и обгоняя Индию. Цифровые воры обслуживают огромную аудиторию потребителей, находя любые способы... |
| - | Антон Мартинов, видавництво «Наш формат»: про електронні книжки, піратів та конкуренцію на ринку | Антон Мартинов, видавництво «Наш формат»: про електронні книжки, піратів та конкуренцію на ринку
21 Мая, 2018, 12:00
Михаил Сапитон
11020
Українське видавництво «Наш формат» спеціалізується на нон-фікшені та художній літературі, має книжков... |
| - | Piracy Reporter Retracts Takedown Notices After Misconfiguration Targets Legitimate Sites | The UK piracy tracking firm MUSO has quite a balanced view on the piracy problem, framing it as an opportunity rather than a threat.
MUSO believes that by understanding what motivates pirates, copyright holders can gain great insights that ... |
| - | Netflix Piracy Thrives as Subscribers Rethink Their Streaming Subscriptions | As the first major legal subscription streaming service on the Internet, Netflix paved the way for a streaming revolution.
The company began competing with piracy from the get-go, branding itself as a superior alternative. In the early year... |
| - | Одна из богатейших стран мира попала в рейтинг наиболее пиратских. Украина в нем на 4 месте | Одна из богатейших стран мира попала в рейтинг наиболее пиратских. Украина в нем на 4 месте
05 Мая, 2017, 17:00
Павел Красномовец
13701
1
Пиратство с развитием стриминговых сервисов, которые предоставляют удобный доступ к контенту, постепен... |
| - | Portugal Remains a Piracy Hotspot Despite Blocking Thousands of Sites | Portugal now has a decade of experience with pirate site blocking measures, which were made possible through a voluntary agreement
In 2015, the country’s blocking scheme was formalized through a deal between several parties, including the G... |
