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02 blocks access to The Pirate Bay
02 blocks access to The Pirate Bay
O2 is the latest ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay. The move follows last month's UK High Court Order, and O2 is just the latest of the ...... 08 Jun 2012 - 9 comments
Pirate Bay founder requests clemency in eleventh hour
Pirate Bay founder requests clemency in eleventh hour
After being convicted in 2009 and losing appeals, the time has finally come for the founders of the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay ...... 11 May 2012 - 2 comments
'Game of Thrones' quickly becoming the most pirated show on the planet
'Game of Thrones' quickly becoming the most pirated show on the planet
The HBO blockbuster hit show "Game of Thrones" is well on its way to becoming the most pirated TV show in 2012. According to data from P2P ...... 11 May 2012
Court: British ISPs must block The Pirate Bay
Court: British ISPs must block The Pirate Bay
The High Court has ruled today that UK ISPs must block The Pirate Bay. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media most now ...... 30 Apr 2012 - 14 comments
Members of IMAGiNE release group get indicted
Members of IMAGiNE release group get indicted
Four members of the popular IMAGiNE scene release group are facing up to thirty years in prison for criminal copyright infringement. The ...... 27 Apr 2012 - 11 comments
The Pirate Bay stops distributing .torrent files
The Pirate Bay stops distributing .torrent files
The Pirate Bay has ceased distributing torrent files, a necessary move, they say, to "step forward in technology." Instead of torrent files, ...... 29 Feb 2012 - 30 comments
R.I.P. BTJunkie
R.I.P. BTJunkie
Following the take down of Megaupload, file-sharing site BTJunkie has decided to voluntarily shut down, as well. The torrent search engine, ...... 08 Feb 2012 - 12 comments
French Prez Sarkozy revealed as pirate?
French Prez Sarkozy revealed as pirate?
Last week we reported on the launch of Russian-based YouHaveDownloaded.com, which logs public torrent downloads. This week, it appears someone ...... 17 Dec 2011 - 11 comments
Louis CK selling his latest movie DRM-Free, for $5, asks people not to steal it
Louis CK selling his latest movie DRM-Free, for $5, asks people not to steal it
Popular comedian Louis CK has decided to release his latest film, DRM-free, and for just $5. When you pay, you can stream the movie twice ...... 11 Dec 2011 - 11 comments
Here are the 10 most downloaded movies of all-time
Here are the 10 most downloaded movies of all-time
TorrentFreak has posted a list of the 10 most pirated films of all-time, using weekly data they have compiled since 2006. What is clear from ...... 13 Oct 2011 - 7 comments
BitTorrent to launch premium µTorrent Plus
BitTorrent to launch premium µTorrent Plus
BitTorrent has said today that they will release a premium version of the popular µTorrent client, dubbed µTorrent Plus. The company did ...... 27 Jul 2011 - 8 comments
FileSoup torrent admins walk free after prosecution drops case
FileSoup torrent admins walk free after prosecution drops case
FileSoup admins ‘TheGeeker’ and ‘Snookered’ are now free, after the prosecution in their file-sharing case dropped the charges. The site ...... 26 Feb 2011 - 3 comments
Google begins censoring all torrent-related searches
Google begins censoring all torrent-related searches
Earlier this week, Google began censoring any search queries with references to torrents from its 'instant search' and 'autocomplete' features. ...... 30 Jan 2011 - 33 comments
Tiny group of pirates responsible for most of unauthorized file sharing
Tiny group of pirates responsible for most of unauthorized file sharing
Spanish researchers at the Carlos III University of Madrid have posted interesting results today in regards to filesharing. The researchers ...... 25 Jan 2011 - 17 comments
'Lost' was most pirated TV show of 2010
'Lost' was most pirated TV show of 2010
TorrentFreak has released their list of the most pirated TV shows for 2010, and the now-concluded mystery drama "Lost" topped the list. At ...... 03 Jan 2011 - 1 comment
Avatar is most pirated film of 2010
Avatar is most pirated film of 2010
Not surprisingly, the world's all-time highest grossing film was also the most pirated in 2010. According to figures from TorrentFreak, the ...... 21 Dec 2010 - 13 comments
BREIN takes down another 29 torrent, NZB sites
BREIN takes down another 29 torrent, NZB sites
BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy group, has taken down 29 torrent and NZB sites this week although only one, HD-UNiT3D has been named. Visitors ...... 16 Dec 2010 - 16 comments
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