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# You’ll Never Guess Which Country Hosts The Most Pirate Sites
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/youll-never-guess-which-country-hosts-the-most-pirate-sites/
- Published: 2014-10-24T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-24T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: The UK IP Crime Group has released it's annual IP Crime Report. While it showed significant progress was made in the war against online piracy, it also revealed the United. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/10/youll-never-guess-which-country-hosts-the-most-pirate-sites.html]
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Canada, Federation Against Copyright Theft, Hollywood, IIPA, TorrentFreak, TorrentFreak.com, United Kingdom, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![Url](https://a6.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0838f46970c-120wi "Url")](http://a6.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0838f46970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

The [UK](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.5,-0.116666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=51.5,-0.116666666667%20%28United%20Kingdom%29&t=h&ref=hypebot.com) IP Crime Group has released it's annual IP Crime Report. While it showed significant progress was made in the war against online piracy, **it also revealed the [United States](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&t=h&ref=hypebot.com) as the host of the most [pirate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy?ref=hypebot.com) sites across the internet.** This news comes as a bit of a surprise since earlier this year, the US-based [IIPA](http://www.iipa.com/?ref=hypebot.com) pointed fingers at [Canada](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.4,-75.6666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=45.4,-75.6666666667%20%28Canada%29&t=h&ref=hypebot.com) without reservation suggesting they were a 'magnet' for pirate sites.

The report gives a brief nod to [Hollywood](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.1,-118.333333333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=34.1,-118.333333333%20%28Hollywood%29&t=h&ref=hypebot.com)\-funded industry group [FACT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%5FAgainst%5FCopyright%5FTheft?ref=hypebot.com), commending them on their instrumental anti-piracy efforts over the past year. **FACT** remains at the forefront of the internet battle, **targeting alleged pirate sites as well as their hosting providers**.

“Analysis has shown that the three key countries in which content is hosted are the UK, the USA and Canada. However, Investigating servers located offshore can cause specific problems for FACT’s law enforcement partners,” the report notes.

The chart below, generated from this year's IP Crime Report, suggests that the US has plenty of it's own work to do before shaking a stick at Canada's 2% piece of the pie.

[![Ushostpirate](http://a0.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0838f20970c-450wi "Ushostpirate")](http://a0.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0838f20970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Source: [TorrentFreak.com](http://torrentfreak.com/united-states-hosts-most-pirate-sites-uk-crime-report-finds-141017/?ref=hypebot.com)