Streameast Shut Down in Piracy Raid: Authorities Seize Domains, Equipment

Streameast, a "notorious piracy network" that carried illegal streams of live games from the NFL, NBA, MLB and more, has been shut down, according to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE).

Variety

Minimalist Mastro Framework Offers Modern Take on MPAs

https://humansare.social/post/27

Minimalist Mastro Framework Offers Modern Take on MPAs

Cool interview of @mb21@hachyderm.io about his Mastro framework. Lots to like about this. Also a while back I wrote up a quick bit about the r…

"An appeals court on Friday blocked studios and record labels from using expedited subpoenas to identify internet users suspected of illegally sharing songs, movies and TV shows.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that copyright holders cannot use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to subpoena internet providers that merely act as conduits for infringing material.

The Motion Picture Association and the Recording Industry Association of America had warned that blocking such subpoenas will hamper efforts to fight digital piracy.
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The 9th Circuit had not previously addressed the issue, but its ruling aligns with decisions from the D.C. Circuit in 2003 and the 8th Circuit in 2005. Since those decisions, copyright holders have largely opted to file lawsuits against John Does before seeking subpoenas to identify the defendants, rather than using the expedited DMCA process.

“This decision doesn’t prevent copyright holders from identifying online infringers,” said Victoria Noble, a staff attorney at EFF. “It simply forecloses one mechanism for doing so that is particularly susceptible to abuse.”"

https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/court-blocks-subpoenas-identify-piracy-1236490675/

#USA #MPA #RIAA #Copyright #Surveillance #Privacy #DMCA #RentSeeking #Subpoenas #Filesharing

Court Blocks Studios From Using Fast Subpoenas to Identify Piracy

The 9th Circuit ruled that copyright holders cannot obtain expedited subpoenas to identify internet users suspected of piracy.

Variety

Say hello to #picoSPA. (used to be named #SPAish, but that name was uuuh).

https://picossg.dev/tools/picospa/

PicoSPA is a progressive enhancement toolkit, made of a few small functionalities to make a site more interactive and modern without the need to use a full #SPA framework. It is not a framework, it is a set of tools to enhance your #MPA.

Seems like I am building a `pico`-series :)
https://picossg.dev the #SSG and now the #SPA tool PicoSPA.

#useThePlatform #minimal #web

What is PicoSPA?

New Cloudflare Pirate Site Blocking May Already Involve Thousands of Domains * TorrentFreak

New information indicates that Cloudflare blocking of pirate sites in the UK may affect one thousand domains; double that can't be ruled out.