Software Pirates, Beware: New Microsoft Tool Goes After Repeated Offenders
As one of the companies that are hit by piracy the hardest, Microsoft has recently developed a new technology that can help automatically detect users who are repeatedly sharing pirated content online...
View ArticleAppeals Court Won’t Help Megaupload User to Get His Files Back
Quote The Appeals Court has denied a request from former Megaupload user Kyle Goodwin to intervene on his behalf. The sports videographer has been trying to get his files back for years and hoped to...
View ArticleNyaa is down....permanently.
(The saddest day of the saddest nIGHT) Quote Nyaa is down Nyaa’s website is down since May 1, 2017. The whois records of Nyaa.se, Nyaa.eu and other Nyaa domains state the domains are deactivated....
View ArticleKodi Addon Navi-X Bites The Dust After 10 Years
Quote One of the oldest and most popular Kodi addons is being shut down after a decade in action. Navi-X, which was the go-to addon for hundreds of thousands of people, will be discontinued due to...
View ArticleExtraTorrent Goes Down for More than 24 Hours
ExtraTorrent goes down for extended period of time One of the most popular torrent sites in the world, ExtraTorrent, has gone down some 24 hours ago and hasn't resurfaced since. It is unclear at...
View ArticleExtraTorrents is down... permanently.
ExtraTorrent Shuts Down For Good Popular torrent site ExtraTorrent has permanently shut down. The abrupt decision was announced a few minutes ago in a brief message posted on the site's homepage. This...
View ArticleFreshon (TVT) has closed... permanently.
Another one... Sysop announcement... Quote 2017-05-18 14:43:21 - Game over Dear users: We are shutting the website down due to the lack of interest.This is no longer a fun activity and the old...
View ArticleNow Anyone Can Embed a Pirate Movie in a Website
Vodlocker.to is offering an interesting service that not only provides streaming movies and TV shows in the browser but also allows them to be published anywhere on the web. After entering the movie's...
View ArticleExtratorrent Brought Back From The Dead By Fans, Now Running On A New Domain
It was merely a couple of days back when the shutdown of the torrent website Extratorrent.cc was announced. Now, a group of uploaders and Extratorrent admins claim to have revived the torrent site...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay Goes Down
Pirate Bay is down The Pirate Bay is having some issues and users cannot access the site from what appears to be anywhere in the world. Upon visiting The Pirate Bay official site users get...
View ArticleAlleged KickassTorrents Owner Released on Bail
KAT's alleged founder was released on bail The alleged owner of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin, has been released from prison on bail. According to TorrentFreak, the Ukrainian is going to await...
View ArticleNo, ExtraTorrent Has Not Been Resurrected
Just days after ExtraTorrent closed its doors, various sites popped up claiming to be the popular torrent site resurrected. Some even go as far as stating they're operated by former staffers, which...
View ArticleNapster’s founder is now patenting anti-piracy technology
Sean Parker, best known for founding Napster and getting in early on Facebook, has a strange new line of work. The entrepreneur has a startup that’s meant to let you watch new-release movies in the...
View ArticleTorrent Sites See Traffic Boost After ExtraTorrent Shutdown
Torrent Sites See Traffic Boost After ExtraTorrent Shutdown ExtraTorrent's unexpected shutdown last week came as a shock to its users, who suddenly had to find a new home. Most users flocked to...
View ArticleMysterious Group Lands Denuvo Anti-Piracy Body Blow
From nowhere, the previously unknown group 'SteamPunks' has delivered a crack for the popular game Dishonored 2 but with a potentially significant twist. Instead of taking the conventional route of...
View ArticleTeam DIMENSION Returns to The Piracy Scene
The popular TV Scene group DIMENSION reappeared this week, after a hiatus of nearly two months. The group is a household name among many pirates, who are welcoming the new releases. Although there's...
View ArticleShAaNiG Permanently Shuts Down
https://www.shaanig.org/ In the wake of successes by other commodity 'brand' groups such as aXXo and YIFY, popular release group ShAaNiG carved out an enthusiastic following among public BitTorrent...
View ArticleMore Pirated Ultra HD Blu-Ray Discs Leak Online, But Mystery Remains
There's quite a buzz among movie pirates who have an eye for high-quality video. After the first Ultra HD Blu-Ray disc leaked last month, two more releases have now followed. While some have rumored...
View ArticleGlobal Entertainment Giants Form Massive Anti-Piracy Coalition
Some of the world's largest entertainment groups have formed a huge coalition with a mission to reduce online piracy. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is comprised of 30 companies...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay Isn’t Affected By Adverse Court Rulings – Everyone Else Is
The Pirate Bay Isn’t Affected By Adverse Court Rulings – Everyone Else Is The Pirate Bay has provoked more copyright lawsuits and adverse legal rulings than any other Internet platform yet it...
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