RIAA: Telegram and Discord Are Notorious Hubs for Pre-Release Music Piracy
5 hours ago
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- The US Trade Representative (USTR) releases an annual 'Notorious Markets' review to highlight platforms enabling copyright infringement.
- The RIAA's 2025 submission identifies Telegram and Discord as key channels for pre-release music piracy.
- Stream-rippers like Y2mate and Savefrom, torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, and cyberlockers like Krakenfiles are listed as major piracy sources.
- Hosting companies PRQ, Frantech Solutions, and DDoS-Guard are criticized for supporting pirate sites.
- Domain registrars NameCheap and Tucows are flagged for privacy practices that complicate enforcement.
- The report includes a detailed list of notorious sites, categorizing them into stream-rippers, music download/streaming sites, BitTorrent indexing sites, and cyberlockers.