Piracy
Subnautica 2 sells over 2 million copies after early access launch
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Subnautica 2 reached more than 2 million sales across PC and Xbox Series X/S within hours of its Early Access release on May 14. The game also hit a peak of 467,582 concurrent players on Steam on launch day. Lead designer Anthony Gallegos responded to pre-release piracy incidents in the official Discord server.
The United States has kept Brazil on its intellectual property watch list, as released by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR). The report highlights São Paulo's 25 de Março street as a major market for counterfeit goods. Physical and digital piracy remain central challenges in the country.
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The United States acknowledged Mexico's progress in fighting piracy and protecting intellectual property. In the 2026 Special 301 Report, Mexico moved from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. The shift results from substantial actions against digital piracy.
A pirate activist group has scraped and released metadata from Spotify's music library, with plans to distribute 86 million audio files. The breach, reported on December 21, 2025, involves 256 million rows of track data set for peer-to-peer sharing. Spotify is investigating the unauthorized access.
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Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero condemned via social media the attack by US forces on a Venezuelan oil tanker. The Venezuela-Cuba Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Movement also strongly rejected this act of aggression in the Caribbean Sea.