When Faultline was first covering the disruption of IP video in the early 2000s, there was barely any streaming to speak of. Twenty-three years later, the balance of streaming has flipped from disruptive to de facto, yet the media and entertainment ecosystem still hasn’t figured out how to effectively thwart content piracy at scale. At IBC 2025, FriendMTS dragged piracy back into the spotlight with a panel featuring beIN Media, Interpol, the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) and the Sports Rights Owners Coalition. For once, there were some hard facts instead of the usual vague hand-waving and NDAs, but the bigger picture was depressingly familiar – dangling the same slogans and same excuses. The industry continues to talk up “collaboration” and…