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Flixtor Promises to Return More Resilient and Better than Ever
After more than a week of mysterious downtime, the popular pirate streaming site Flixtor is reachable again but there are no movies or TV-series appearing on the site. According to a message posted on...
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Sci-Hub “Pirate Bay of Science” Blocked in Russia Over Medical Studies
Many of Sci-Hub's domains have been blocked in Russia following a complaint from academic publisher Springer Nature. According to a complaint filed with the Moscow City Court, the 'pirate' research...
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Scammers Hit Pirate Game Sites With ‘Irreversible’ Google Takedowns
Scammers are abusing Google's takedown system to remove popular game piracy sites from search results. The notices are not standard DMCA notifications. They accuse the sites of circumventing DRM...
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Irdeto Targets Non-Pirate Kodi-Addon Developer’s PayPal Account
The developer of a Kodi add-on that provided access to a streaming service as long as users had a fully-legitimate account has had his PayPal account limited following a copyright complaint....
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Director Shares Movie on Torrent Site Before ‘Official’ Release
The major Hollywood studios hate to see their movies ending up on torrent sites. A small production company from Utah has a different view though. Lee Gardner, director and co-writer of "Adopting...
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GoodOldDownloads Calls it Quits, Publishes Source on Github
GoodOldDownloads, a pirate site specializing in gaming titles, has announced its closure. Noting that it began as an alternative to other sites with aggressive advertising and tracking, the platform...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 12/03/18
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Venom' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘The predator'. 'The House with a Clock in Its Walls' completes the top three. This week we...
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‘Movie Piracy Brings in Millions of Extra Revenue Through Promotion’
Online piracy is generally seen as a major source of losses by the entertainment industries, with many studies backing the claim. However, the effects of piracy are quite diverse. New research reveals...
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DuckDuckGo Removes ‘Pirate’ Site Bangs to Avoid Liability
The privacy centered search engine DuckDuckGo has cleaned up its bangs database. In the process, the company also removed several search shortcuts for 'pirate' sites, to avoid potential liability...
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New ‘Valeroa’ Anti-Piracy System Cracked “In 20 Minutes”
A new anti-tamper technology with aims similar to those of Denuvo has been rapidly defeated. Valeroa has been touting itself as the latest anti-tamper technology "that cannot be cracked in a...
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YouTube Terminates ‘Kodi No Limits’ Account With 600K Subscribers
The popular 'Kodi No Limits' channel, filled with hundreds of 'educational' videos about Kodi, was removed by YouTube recently. The video streaming service states that it received multiple third-party...
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‘YouTube Was The Top Source for Pirated ‘Fury vs Wilder’ Streams’
This weekend, millions of people tuned into the highly anticipated boxing match between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. While many paid the premium PPV or streaming rates, there was also a massive...
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4.6 Million Italians Consume Pirated Sports Content
Around 4.6 million Italians over the age of 15 are consuming sports content from illegal sources, a survey has found. The study, carried out by market research company Ipsos, reveals that there were...
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Hulu and AT&T may implement 'pause ads' within their streaming services in 2019
If you are an active Netflix viewer, you might remember a slight controversy the company caused earlier this year, when it attempted to run "promos" in between show episodes. These promos weren't...
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Kim Dotcom Extradition Battle May Have Years to Run
Despite fighting legal battles in both the United States and New Zealand, Kim Dotcom and his former Megaupload colleagues have a long road ahead of them. Speaking in the Wellington Supreme Court...
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Banksy’s Own Video Shredded By YouTube Following Canal+ Copyright Claim (Update)
While Banksy prefers to operate in the shadows, he does have a YouTube account where he uploads some background info. This is what he did after a stunt at Sotheby's in October. Today, this video has...
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Demonoid’s Troubles Worsen as Domain Name Expires
The semi-private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was once one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet. In recent months, however, things have gone from bad to worse. The site has been offline for...
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Three Sentenced For Placing Advertising on Pirate Sites
Three employees of an agency that placed adverts on pirate sites have been handed suspended prison sentences in Germany. After brokering ad space on popular piracy portals including kino.to and...
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Major Rightsholders Are Not Happy With Article 13 Either
Several prominent representatives of the audiovisual and sports sectors, including the MPA and the Premier League, are not pleased with the current Article 13 proposals. Their objections don't concern...
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Just Cause 4 Cracked a Day After Release – But it Gets Worse
The much-anticipated action-adventure game Just Cause 4 was released on December 4, protected by Denuvo. On December 5, cracking group CPY posted the game online, Denuvo defeated. While this is yet...
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