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Chile's PDI seized over 37,000 pirated books on March 26 from three shops in Santiago's Galería Comercial San Diego, valued at an estimated $1.4 billion pesos. The raid followed a complaint from publishers affiliated with the Corporación del Libro y la Lectura. Two people were arrested for infringing intellectual property law.
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Following Anna’s Archive’s December 2025 announcement of scraping 86 million Spotify music files, Spotify and major labels are seeking a $322 million default judgment in New York federal court. The site ignored proceedings, prompting demands for statutory damages under DMCA and copyright law, plus a permanent injunction to block access. Anna’s Archive has temporarily pulled the Spotify torrents amid pressure.
The Japanese government aims to implement an AI system that automatically detects websites displaying manga without permission as early as fiscal 2026. The system, trained on image and text data from publishers, has been in trial operation since fiscal 2024 for domestically hosted pirate sites.
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The Spanish frigate Victoria, part of the European Atalanta operation, has freed a Maltese tanker with 24 crew members seized by Somali pirates. The incident took place 700 nautical miles from Mogadishu, with no personal injuries reported. The pirates fled following a show of force by the Spanish Navy.