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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 07/30/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Escape Plan 2: Hades'. 'Sanju' completes the top three. This week...
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Tron Wants to Give BitTorrent Users Financial Incentives to Seed
Following its acquisition of BitTorrent Inc., the TRON foundation says it is considering changes to BitTorrent that have the potential to improve the ecosystem. TRON founder Justin Sun says that his...
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Nintendo Brings Killer Switch Anti-Piracy Protection to 3DS
Back in June it was revealed that Nintendo had deployed a Switch anti-piracy system that has the ability to detect people playing pirate games online before banning their consoles forever. According...
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Mastercard and Visa Under Pressure for ‘Enabling’ IPTV Piracy
The Irdeto anti-piracy team has revealed new data which show how pirate IPTV services rely on reputable payment processors to earn money. Payment services such as Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal are...
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Vizio launches streaming service powered by Pluto TV
WatchFree is available on nearly all Vizio SmartCast TVs WatchFree is available on nearly all Vizio SmartCast TVs Why it matters: Vizio's streaming TV service is yet another way the TV maker can...
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Record Labels File ‘Billion Dollar’ Piracy Lawsuit Against ISP COX
A group of major record labels including Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros, has filed a piracy liability lawsuit against Internet provider Cox Communications. In common with a previous case filed by...
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Reformed Music Pirates Increasingly Choose Legal Streaming Services
More than six out of ten former music pirates in the UK say that they've abandoned their use of questionable sources in favor of legal streaming providers. That's according to a new survey carried out...
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After Five Years of Blocking Sites, Russia’s No Closer to Beating Piracy
Five years ago this week, Russia embarked on a site-blocking regime that was designed to drastically slow the piracy phenomenon. Currently, more than 5,000 sites remain blocked on copyright grounds,...
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U.S. Wraps Up Criminal Prosecution of Pirate App Store Operators
In an international enforcement operation several years ago, the FBI took down three pirate Android app 'stores'. The action resulted in the arrest and indictment of several operators, all based in...
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‘Depraved’ City Builder on Steam Features ‘Pirate Hat’ DRM
Video games have deployed a number of techniques over the years to deter pirates, with some more entertaining than others. Evil Bite, the small developer team behind the 'Depraved' city builder game,...
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Sci-Hub Proves That Piracy Can be Dangerously Useful
Despite two lost legal battles in the US, domain name seizures, and millions of dollars in damage claims, Sci-Hub continues to offer unauthorized access to academic papers. The site's founder says...
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BitTorrent / TRON Partnership Raises Important Questions For File-Sharers
BitTorrent has been acquired by the founder of the TRON cryptocurrency, with the latter considering the possibility of introducing currency incentives for people who seed. The big question now is...
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‘Impostors’ Manipulate Google With Fake Takedown Request
Scammers, masquerading as legitimate copyright holders such as Netflix and Disney, are using Google DMCA takedown tools to manipulate search results. Some webmasters complain that hundreds of links...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 08/06/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Avengers: Infinity War' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'. 'Rampage' completes the top three. This...
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Major Labels Sue More YouTube Ripper Sites
Major labels including Universal, Warner Bros, Sony, and others have teamed up to sue two more YouTube-ripping sites. FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com are reportedly operated out of Russia, but according to...
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BBC Wants Microsoft to Expose ‘Doctor Who’ Leaker
New court documents suggest that the BBC has yet to find the source of the leaked 'Doctor Who' footage that previously appeared online. The British company is hoping that Microsoft can help. At a...
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Snapchat Source Code Leaked Then Taken Down From Github
Snap Inc., the owner of Snapchat, has taken action after its source code was illegally leaked online. The code, which was uploaded to Github by a user who claims to be in Pakistan, was removed from...
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Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Wants $62,818 Compensation
A Utah man, who was previously accused of pirating a movie through BitTorrent, wants the filmmakers responsible to pay his legal fees. The lawsuit in question was filed last year by the makers of the...
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Vodafone Blocks Libgen Following Elsevier, Springer & Macmillan Injunction
An ISP in Germany says it is required to block access to Libgen, a huge online repository of free books and academic articles. Vodafone says that publishing giants Elsevier, Springer, and Macmillan...
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P2P Piracy Is Alive and Growing, Research Suggests
A research report published by anti-piracy firm Irdeto counters the notion that P2P piracy is becoming less relevant. The company shows that P2P sites, mostly BitTorrent-related, remain more popular...
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