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Dozens of packages stuffed with shiny football jerseys have piled up in a Mexico City warehouse, each with a sticker reading "seized merchandise" -- pirated products for the 2026 World Cup.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Anthropic recently agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train its models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

On Friday, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance accusing it of supplying Seedance with a "pirated library" of the studio's copyrighted characters, including those from Marvel and Star Wars.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Imagine losing internet access because someone in your household downloaded pirated music.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

On board the ship, the speakers are playing an electronic track pirated from an unreleased Frankie Dena album.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu