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Nintendo Lawyers File Copyright Complaints Against Super Mario 64 PC Port
Last weekend a fan-made PC port of Nintendo 64 classic Super Mario 64 appeared online, wowing fans with its 4K resolution and ultra widescreen support. Somewhat inevitably, however, Nintendo's...
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Torrent Traffic Surpasses Netflix in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Canadian broadband management company Sandvine has published a new Internet traffic report, zooming in on changes that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic. This reveals some interesting...
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Most Pirate Bay Users Stay Away From the Site After ISP Blockades
New research from the Netherlands shows that the local Pirate Bay blockade is having an effect, with roughly 80% of survey respondents staying away from the site. This success rate is in part due to...
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Opentrackr Coordinates Millions of Torrent Downloads on an Old Dell Server
Open and public torrent trackers play a key role in the torrent ecosystem. While they don't host or link to any content, they coordinate the downloads of millions of torrents per day. This is also...
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Anti-Piracy Coalition ACE Takes Down Two More IPTV Providers
In yet further unnannounced action, global anti-piracy coalition ACE has shut down two more 'pirate' IPTV suppliers. The domains of DripTV and T.KO, which both offered illegal access to thousands of...
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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 05/11/20
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Justice League Dark: Apokolips War' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Extraction'....
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Court Fines YouTuber For Posting IPTV Piracy Tutorials
A popular YouTuber who specializes in unboxing videos, reviews and tips, has been fined by a court in Brazil for instructing people how to access TV content using pirate IPTV services. Bruno...
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ETTV & ETHD Stopped Uploading Torrents But a Comeback is Planned
Torrent release groups ETTV and ETHD generally upload a steady stream of movies and TV-shows to torrent sites, but that abruptly stopped little over a week ago. The outage is linked to troubles at...
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‘Come Over’ Lets You Stream Videos Together with Friends Through BitTorrent
Enjoying a video with friends can be a challenge in the midst of a pandemic. However, with the torrent-powered service "Come Over," anyone can turn a web browser into a streaming platform. Just...
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‘Viral’ Pirate Site Nites.tv is Back From the Dead Following ACE Seizure
After rocketing into the mainstream, highly-polished pirate streaming site Nites.tv went offline in April after its domain was taken over by the MPA and the Alliance For Creativity and...
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Movie & TV Giants Obtain Court Injunction to Shut Down Nitro TV
A coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon has obtained an injunction to shut down 'pirate' IPTV service Nitro TV. A court in California...
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Takedown Notices From Netflix are Skyrocketing, But Are They Legit?
Netflix has just sent over half a million takedown requests to Google in one week. This is up from an average of about 20,000 earlier this year. The notices mostly appear to target French pirate...
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Music, Publishing and Sports Industries Back Canada’s Pirate Site Blockades
Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has to decide whether the country's first pirate site blocking order can stay in place. It's a far-reaching decision that has gained the interest of a wide range of...
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MPA/ACE Wants Cloudflare to Identify Operators of Nites Pirate Streaming Site
Pirate streaming site Nites.tv went offline in April after its domain was taken over by the MPA and the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment. This week the site was resurrected under a new...
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Wrong Pirate Bay URL in BBC Video Report Triggers Malware Warnings
In a video report on piracy habits during the coronavirus pandemic published by the BBC this morning, The Pirate Bay is presented as an example of a site being utilized by pirates. However, the news...
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(Piracy) Pirate Release Group ‘TRUMP’ Promises the Best From the US, but...
The inner workings of scene release groups are shrouded in secrecy. While they are private by design, their names are well-known to millions of people. This includes TRUMP, a new group that has...
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DISH Sues Pirate IPTV Suppliers Who Sold Through Amazon and Walmart
Several companies and individuals involved in the manufacture and sale of pirate IPTV devices into the United States are being sued by DISH Network in a Texas court. In a lawsuit alleging direct and...
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Google Removes Pirate Movie Showcase from Search Results
Google no longer highlights movies from pirate sites such as YTS and Fmovies in its 'movie carousel.' The top search position, which is part of the search engine's featured snippets, still works...
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Do Justifications For Content Piracy Really Hold Up Under Scrutiny?
Anyone who pirates content has motivations for doing so from the basic "I can't afford it" through a rainbow of other explanations. Some call these reasons, others believe they're dressed-up...
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6 Ways to Download Torrents with your Web-Browser
Downloading torrents can be a daunting process for novices. Wouldn't it be much easier if I could just download a torrent directly from my web browser, they often ask? It's a valid question and one...
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