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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 10/29/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Incredibles 2' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me'. 'Alpha' completes the top three. This week we have four...
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Pornhub Deploys Mirror Site to Bypass Indian Porn Ban, While VPN Searches Spike
The Indian Government has reinstated its ban on porn, instructing local ISPs to block 827 adult-themes websites. The list of blocked sites is similar to one that was issued in 2015, minus some...
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The New Mayor of Prague is a ‘Pirate’
The Pirate Party movement has booked quite a few successes already and this week it can add yet another. The 37-year-old Pirate Party member Zdeněk Hřib is the newly appointed mayor of the Czech...
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SKY Celebrates Court Victory Against Piracy-Configured Kodi Box Seller
SKY TV in New Zealand is celebrating a big win against the supplier of Kodi-powered Android devices that were pre-configured to receive 'pirate' streams. The High Court ruled that the promotion and...
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Google Pushes ‘Pirate’ IPTV Ads on Site That’s Scared to Promote Piracy
The operator of a popular YouTube channel that reports on Kodi-addon and piracy news has found himself in a rather ironic position. Fearful of pressure being applied by the MPAA, FACT and other...
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Canada Introduces Bill to Ban Piracy Settlement Notices
A new bill introduced by the Canadian Government proposes to ban the inclusion of settlement demands in the piracy notices ISPs are required to forward to subscribers. This practice is seen as an...
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You Can’t Mention Pirate Bay & Demonoid in Red Dead Redemption 2
Multiplayer games like Red Dead Redemption 2 bring out the best in gamers all around the world. They also bring out the worst. That appears to be why developer Rockstar has implemented a word filter...
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Hollywood Urges FTC to Help Combat Online Piracy
The MPAA hopes that the Federal Trade Commission will offer a helping hand to curb the ongoing threat of online piracy. The commission could bring unfair and deceptive trade practices actions against...
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The Pirate Bay Remains Mysteriously Inaccessible to Many
Over the past few weeks, many people have been under the impression that The Pirate Bay is down. It's not. Instead, the site is simply inaccessible on some networks around the world. The Pirate Bay is...
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Landmark Anti-Piracy Database Agreement Signed in Moscow
Russia's most powerful tech companies including Yandex, Mail.ru Group, and Rambler have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation designed to rid their platforms of infringing content. Signed today in Moscow...
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Software Company ‘Fines’ Pirates After Monitoring Their Computers
Individuals and companies using 'cracked' copies of graphics software are receiving worrying emails demanding large cash settlements. Information reviewed by TorrentFreak reveals that UK-based company...
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Swedish ISP Protests ‘Site Blocking’ by Blocking Rightsholders Website Too
Bahnhof has suffered a major defeat against publisher Elsevier after a court ordered the Swedish ISP to block a series of domain names, including Sci-Hub. The decision goes against everything the...
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Google Faces Fines For Site-Blocking Regulation Non-Compliance
Search engines operating in Russia are obliged to connect to a centralized database to ensure that permanently blocked sites do not appear in search results. According to local telecoms watchdog...
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Movie & TV Show ‘Piracy Protection’ Insurance Now Available By Andy on...
As content companies grapple with the thorny issue of online piracy, mass litigation against alleged infringers has become commonplace in the US and Europe. Suing has its risks, however, with...
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Anti-Piracy Group SAFACT is Shutting Down Following Scandal
The Southern African Federation Against Copyright Theft (SAFACT) is shutting down. According to the Board of Directors, it lacks sufficient funding after several members gave up their support. The...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 11/05/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'The Equalizer 2' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘The Meg'. 'Incredibles 2' completes the top three. This week we have five...
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Man From Earth Director Slams Pirates, Promotional Love Affair Over
The director of The Man From Earth and The Man From Earth: Holocene has done a complete 180 on the benefits of movie piracy. In 2007, the first movie soared in popularity due to word-of-mouth...
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Chrome Update Targets ‘Abusive’ Ads Used on Some Pirate Sites
After being pushed towards fringe advertising networks, some pirate sites now display ads that many users would prefer not to encounter. Starting in December, however, a new version of Chrome will...
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AT&T to Terminate First Customers Over Piracy Accusations
Internet provider AT&T plans to terminate the accounts of over a dozen subscribers who were repeatedly flagged for copyright infringements. This is reportedly the first time the company has taken...
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Romanian ISPs to Block The Pirate Bay Following Hollywood Complaint
The campaign to have The Pirate Bay blocked worldwide has taken another step forward. Several Hollywood studios including Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal, and Columbia, have...
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