Sony Music Goes After Piracy Portal ‘Hikari-no-Akari’
Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) is one of those specialized pirate sites that has managed to build up a dedicated audience over the years. The music download portal, which links to externally hosted files, has been operating for well over a decade and currently draws more than a million monthly visits. In addition to the public-facing part of the site, HnA also has a private forum and Discord channel. These have been notoriously difficult to...
DoodStream’s Traffic Takes a Battering as Hollywood Lawsuit Takes Its Toll
In 2022, it was public knowledge that the MPA had its eye on video hosting and streaming service DoodStream. When the MPA’s top lawyer called the site out a year later, DoodStream’s operators may have underestimated how significant that was. What followed was a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed at the Delhi High Court in India, DoodStream’s home turf. DoodStream Ordered to Remove All Content Owned By The Plaintiffs The details of...
