BREIN review 2019

BREIN carried out the following numbers of enforcement actions in 2019. All actions concern music, films and series, books, other writings, images and games, save stated otherwise.

• 596 investigations completed, 243 ongoing

• 564 illegal sites/services (downloading or streaming) taken down

• 1 site (The Pirate Bay) and 258 TPB proxies/mirrors dynamically blocked at IP and DNS; 333 proxies ceased their service

• 23 illegal dealers in IPTV/VOD subscriptions stopped

• 12 Facebook groups removed

• 1,184,614 search results removed and, upon request, 1,854 cyberlocker files and 1,107 YouTube files

• 1,818 online offer ads removed

For details and highlights, please see the complete review