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NZBgeek Has Been Hacked Leaving Private User Data Exposed
Popular Usenet indexer NZBGeek has been hacked. The site's database was copied exposing the personal details of all users. The hackers also managed to install a keylogger, opening the door to further...
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Beast IPTV Shut Down By Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment
Beast IPTV, a popular pirate IPTV service that has faced numerous issues over the past few weeks, has shut down and will not be returning. In a pair of statements, one of which goes into more detail...
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Pirate Site Operators Facing Six Years Prison, Six Million Euros in Damages
In 2015, authorities in Spain launched an investigation into pirate site Descargasmix.com and around 15 associated domains. At the time the sites were considered to be the most important platforms...
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Undercover Cops Arrest Sellers of ‘Pirate’ Amazon Firesticks At Florida Flea...
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference a few days ago to announce the results of an undercover operation stat started months ago. Detectives busted four sellers of 'pirate' Amazon...
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Sci-Hub & Libgen Face ISP Blocking in India After Publishers File High Court...
A legal campaign by academic and scientific publishers to prevent Internet users from accessing Sci-Hub and Libgen has expanded to India. In a complaint filed at the High Court in Delhi, Elsevier,...
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Pirating Cyberpunk 2077: CD Projekt Sends Waves of DMCA Notices
Cyberpunk 2077, one of the most anticipated games ever, is being pirated at a rate rarely seen in the gaming world. Already a smash hit through legitimate channels, the game is being shared by an...
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BREIN’s Upcoming Anti-Piracy Campaign Is Unusually Honest and Focused
Anti-piracy campaigns come in all shapes and sizes and completely understandably, none are popular with pirates. However, if we pragmatically accept that they're never going away, then we should...
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Could Trump’s Twitter Account Be ‘DMCA-Banned’? Not Long To Find Out
President Trump has received many copyright complaints on Twitter, a tally that has just increased due to yet another DMCA takedown notice. However, a policy decision by Twitter means he's been able...
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Japan’s Brand New Anti-Piracy Law Goes Live: Here’s How it Will Work
A few hours ago and after years of preparation, amendments to Japan's copyright law came into effect, aiming to criminalize those who download unlicensed manga, magazines, and academic texts from the...
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Pirate Site Search Traffic Tanked Following Google Updates
Pirate sites lost quite a bit of traffic in 2020. A detailed analysis of the yearly trend shows that visitors from search engines dropped by roughly a third. Interestingly, it appears that Google's...
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Pirate IPTV Won’t Be Stopped in 2021 But User Fatigue Could Be Crucial
As authorities around the world struggle contain one of the largest piracy threats of the last decade, it's unlikely that pirate IPTV services will die out anytime soon. The big question, however, is...
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Record Labels Defeat False DMCA Takedown Claims in Court
A federal court in Florida has dismissed a complaint from ISP Bright House Networks, which accused several major record labels of targeting subscribers with false and deceptive piracy notices. The...
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Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2021
As another year kicks off, we take a look at the most popular torrent sites are at the start of 2021. Continuing a long-standing top 10 tradition, we see that The Pirate Bay is the favorite among...
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Pirated Screeners of Promising Young Woman, Nomadland & Minari Leak Online
Three big movies, all of which are being touted as Oscar contenders for Best Picture, have leaked online to torrent and streaming sites. Promising Young Woman, Nomadland & Minari were released in...
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Nintendo Wants $15 Million in Damages from Pirate ROM Site
Nintendo has requested a $15 million summary judgment against the owner and operator of RomUniverse. The gaming company accuses the man, a Los Angeles resident, of profiting from mass-scale copyright...
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(Opinion) Police Have a ‘Secret Weapon’ to Stop Fans Streaming Pirate TV For...
Police, anti-piracy groups, and sports companies are fighting a battle, not only to prevent pirate IPTV services from operating but also to stop fans from becoming illegal streaming customers....
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Nintendo Mass DMCA Takedown Removes Hundreds of Fangames from Game Jolt
Hundreds of non-commercial Nintendo fangames have been removed from the popular game publishing community Game Jolt after the platform complied with several DMCA takedown requests. Many of the...
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Company Demands $10K to Retract Facebook Copyright Claim on 20-sec Chinchilla...
Comedian "Ozzy Man Reviews" kicked off the new year with an entertaining video compilation of relaxing animals. However, because he included an unlicenced 20-second clip of a chilling chinchilla,...
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Rights Alliance Declares Victory in Its War On Danish Pirate Sites
Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance has declared victory on local private torrent trackers. Following a series of enforcement actions, arrests, and legal pressure, all popular pirate sites with...
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Pirate IPTV Community Raises The Alarm Over Hacks and Extortion
IPTV providers and sellers are again being hacked by an unknown individual demanding ransoms payable in bitcoin. However, it now appears that paying off the hacker doesn't always settle the matter....
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