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Aussie Pirates Consume More, Site Blocking or Not
This week Australia's Department of Communications and the Arts published its latest consumer survey on copyright infringement. The data reveal that while there are less Aussie pirates, they're...
View ArticleThe rise of cyberlockers—how online piracy is fighting back
Illegal downloading is on its way out. A new report released by polling firm YouGov has found that only 10% of people in the UK now use illegal downloads to access music, down from 18% in 2013. And...
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Google Boots Open Source Anti-Censorship Tool From Chrome Store
A browser extension that acted as an anti-censorship tool for 185,000 people has been kicked out of the Chrome store by Google. The open source Ahoy! tool facilitated access to more than 1,700 blocked...
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The Pirate Bay Turns 15 Years Old
Founded in 2003 by a group of hackers and activists, The Pirate Bay aimed to bring file-sharing to the masses. In the fifteen years that followed, the site transformed from a small community to...
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Bizarre DMCA Takedown Requests Censor EU ‘Censorship’ News
In a series of bizarre takedown requests, a DMCA takedown outfit is inadvertently going after a wide variety of legitimate sites. Some requests specifically target news about the EU upload filters, or...
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Demonoid’s Torrents and Owner Are Missing in Action
Over the past week, Demonoid's users have been unable to download anything from the torrent tracker. Instead of the usual stream of torrents, they see a "no torrents found" notice. While this appears...
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Kodi Addon Repo Operator Shuts Down Following Threats from BREIN
A Dutch-based developer and Kodi addon repository administrator has shut down his operation following threats from anti-piracy outfit BREIN. Due to the XvBMC-NL repo offering addons including Covenant...
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ISP Will Block BitTorrent Traffic on ‘Unlimited’ Mobile Plan
The Belarusian Internet provider Velcom has announced that mobile subscribers will no longer be able to use BitTorrent freely on its "unlimited" plan. No specific reason is provided, but it's likely...
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KickassTorrents Karaoke Pirate Handed Suspended Jail Sentence
A 63-year-old man from Lancashire, UK, has been handed an eight-month suspended sentence for karaoke track piracy. Steve Mather was raided by City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 08/13/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Deadpool 2' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Avengers: Infinity War'. 'Skyscraper ' completes the top three. This week we have two...
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Facebook Bans The Sale of All Kodi Boxes, Legal or Not
Facebook has expanded its ban on the sale of piracy-enabling streaming devices. According to the company's latest commerce policies, all streaming devices that use Kodi software are now outlawed,...
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SevenTorrents Shuts Down, Transfers Database to New Torrent Site
SevenTorrents, a torrent index that has serviced more than 40 million unique users over the past 10 years, has announced its retirement. While a site throwing in the towel is pretty common,...
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PUBG: NetEase Masks Its Copyright Infringement With Game Updates
PUBG has told a federal court in California that there are no grounds to dismiss its lawsuit against the Chinese developer NetEase. According to the company, the "Rules of Survival" and "Knives Out"...
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Top 10 Torrent Site iDope Goes Down With Domain Issues
One of the Internet's most popular torrent sites has disappeared offline. iDope took the number 10 spot in our annual list of most-visited torrent sites but has been missing in action for a number of...
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Europeans Take “Upload Filter” Protests to The Streets
Following massive protests, the EU copyright reform plans were sent back to the drawing board last month. This means that the proposal will be opened up for changes, also to the controversial "upload...
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TRON: Our BitTorrent Plan Might Take Two Decades
Ever since BitTorrent Inc. was acquired by the TRON foundation, people have been asking what the cryptocurrency outfit intends to do with the file-sharing giant. A new announcement by TRON founder...
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ISP Has No ‘Safe Harbor’ Defense in Piracy Case, Record Labels Argue
Texas-based Internet provider Grande Communications has no right to a safe harbor defense, several major record labels have informed the court. The companies are requesting a summary judgment, arguing...
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TheISOZone: Yet Another Retro Gaming Site Shuts Down
Following a lawsuit filed by Nintendo against a pair of retro-gaming sites last month, similar platforms in the same niche are backing away from the scene. Last week EmuParadise announced it will end...
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RIAA Paid Handsomely for BitTorrent Piracy Evidence
Anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp has profited handsomely from the music industry's efforts to hold ISPs accountable for pirating subscribers. According to a recent court filing, the company convinced the...
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Stolen Android Anti-Piracy Software Dumped on Github
A tool that can protect against Android software from piracy, tampering and cloning attacks has been taken down after being illegally posted on Github. The version of Nexguard exposed on the code...
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