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World Intellectual Property Day 2020 was April 26. While the world is grappling with COVID-19, homebound Americans are spending extra time enjoying movies, TV shows and music offered by commercial streaming services. Yet many Americans don’t stop to think that the almost unimaginable abundance of creative content they are consuming would not be available...

Torrenting and illegal streaming sites have seen a huge increase in traffic as people look for something to do while they're stuck inside.

Between Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, it seemed like streaming giants might have finally won. Gen Z is proving that piracy will never die.

• More than a third of IPTV subscribers are using Amazon’s Fire TV, while another third uses MAG Boxes.
• Piracy rates around the world have increased by about 3% on average, as people want to access content that is out of reach.
• In the vast majority of cases, people engage in pirating activities to access regional, sports, and news content.

A study...

When IPTV management system Xtream-Codes was taken down as part of an EU anti-piracy operation last week, chaos ensured. With a large proportion of the illicit market estimated to use the software, large numbers of services went dark. According to data provided to TorrentFreak by networking equipment company Sandvine, illicit traffic nosedived by 50%.