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Spain's LaLiga blocks US government's VPN-enabled Freedom.gov in piracy crackdown

TechRadar 24 Feb 2026
Freedom.gov goes dark in Spain as football league nukes Cloudflare IPs. Here's all we know ... .
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Report Indicates that Piracy Accounts for Nearly a Third of the Italian Book Market (IPA - International Publishers Association Inc)

Public Technologies 24 Feb 2026
... suggesting that piracy is costing the Italian publishing industry approximately €722 million in lost sales and approximately 4,500 jobs, rising to 11,500 when [...].
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Coast Guard reports piracy incident involving Bahraini boat near Northern maritime border

Bahrain News Agency 22 Feb 2026
Manama, Feb. 22 (BNA) ... It stated that immediately upon receiving a report through the Main Operations Room, procedures were promptly initiated and coordination undertaken with the relevant authorities.
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Captain Folorunsho Highlights Anti-piracy Success, Fleet Expansion, and Strategic Role of Nigerian Navy in National Security

This Day 20 Feb 2026
Captain Folorunsho also highlighted the Navy’s success in tackling piracy. “In 2022, with the help of the Falcon Eye system and deliberate investments by the Nigerian state, we were able to defeat piracy in Nigerian waters. .
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Iranian and Russian Navies Carry Out Anti-Piracy Drills, Without China

The Maritime Executive 19 Feb 2026
The Russian Navy, the regular Iranian Navy (Nedsa) and the IRGC Navy (Nedsa) have completed a morning’s anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Oman.The ....
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Russia threatens to deploy navy to protect vessels from ‘Western piracy’

Press TV 18 Feb 2026
Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to President Vladimir Putin and head of Russia’s Maritime Board, said in an interview on Tuesday that the navy must be prepared to counter what he described as “Western piracy.” ... www.presstv.co.uk ....
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Netflix Slams ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 as a ‘High-Speed Piracy Engine,’ Threatens ‘Immediate Litigation’

The Wrap 18 Feb 2026
Netflix warned ByteDance Tuesday that they would undertake “immediate litigation” over the company’s AI video generator Seedance 2.0, which they blasted as a “high-speed piracy engine.”.
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After 90 days in jail, iBomma Ravi walks out free

The Siasat Daily 18 Feb 2026
After spending nearly 90 days in jail, Immadi Ravi, the main accused behind the iBomma piracy racket, walked out free from the Chanchalguda Jail on Wednesday evening, February 18.
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Read Netflix's legal letter to ByteDance over a viral AI video tool it calls a ...

Business Insider 18 Feb 2026
The streaming giant sent a cease-and-desist letter to the China-based TikTok parent on Tuesday night, calling its new generative AI model Seedance 2.0 "a high-speed piracy engine.".
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Telangana High Court grants conditional bail to iBomma Ravi

The Siasat Daily 17 Feb 2026
Immadi Ravi, the main accused behind the iBomma piracy racket, has been granted a conditional bail by the Telangana High Court ... Ravi created the iBomma piracy website in 2019, using his background in web hosting and development.
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Warning Shots Off Yemen Underscore Ongoing Gulf of Aden Security Risks

gCaptain 17 Feb 2026
Initial analysis from Martin Kelly, Head of Advisory at EOS Risk Group, suggested the location made Houthi involvement unlikely and fell outside typical Somali piracy areas, noting the region is frequented by armed fishermen and smugglers.
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