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24% of French Internet Users Stream Live TV Content Illegally
24% of French Internet Users Stream Live TV Content Illegally A new study published by anti-piracy agency Hadopi has revealed that 24% of French Internet users stream live TV content illegally. The...
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DBR.ee Shut Down By Music Industry Groups
DBR.ee Shut Down By Music Industry Groups File-hosting service DBR.ee, which was frequently used to share leaked music, has been shut down by several music industry groups. The domain now redirects to...
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MagnetDL Makes Comeback Days After it Shut Itself Down
MagnetDL Makes Comeback Days After it Shut Itself Down Torrent search engine MagnetDL has made a comeback, barely a week after it shut down. The operator initially chose to pull the plug after running...
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Media & Telecoms Companies Reveal “Self-Learning” Anti-Piracy System
Media & Telecoms Companies Reveal “Self-Learning” Anti-Piracy System The Media Communication Union, which represents the interests of major media and telecoms companies in Russia, has revealed its...
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Bell Wants Canada to Criminalize Pirate Streaming Services
Bell Wants Canada to Criminalize Pirate Streaming Services Canadian telecoms giant Bell is recommending that the Government should criminalize people who are involved with pirate streaming services,...
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ISP Reports Movie Company to Data Protection Agency Over ‘Piracy’ Data
ISP Reports Movie Company to Data Protection Agency Over ‘Piracy’ Data Venice PI, a movie company that previously targeted Dragon Box, Showbox, and Popcorn Time through the US courts, has been...
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itTorrent to Fork IPFS to Create Decentralized File-Storage System
itTorrent to Fork IPFS to Create Decentralized File-Storage System BitTorrent Inc., the owner of the popular uTorrent client, says it will launch a decentralized file-storage system across its...
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RapidVideo Blocks Pirate Sites Over Copyright Concerns
RapidVideo Blocks Pirate Sites Over Copyright Concerns Popular file-hosting site RapidVideo has often been characterized as a piracy haven, something its operator fiercely denies. In line with this...
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As US Stream-Ripping Increases, Almost Half of Rippers Are Educated & Affluent
A new study conducted by music industry research company MusicWatch has revealed an increase in so-called stream-ripping in the United States. Up from 15 million participants in 2017 to 17 million...
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File-Sharing Legend “Napster” Turns 20 Years Old Today
On July 1, 1999, a new application was uploaded to the Internet. Named Napster, it was the first tool that created a file-sharing network of millions of people, something that had never been done...
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YouTube-Rippers Infringe Copyright on “Industrial Scale” Says Judge
Following an application by several music industry labels and groups, a judge in Australia ordered local ISPs to block four hugely popular YouTube-ripping sites. The judgement, published this week,...
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‘Netflix’ Flags Netflix.com As a Pirate Site, Or Does It?
A highly inaccurate takedown notice sent on behalf of Netflix targets several legitimate news site, including Variety and Business Insider. Making matters worse, Netflix and sees Netflix.com as a...
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Veteran Pirate With Millions of Downloads Says “Sharing is Caring”
Veteran Pirate With Millions of Downloads Says “Sharing is Caring” A veteran uploader of cracked software to sites like The Pirate Bay and 1337x says that nine years of uploads have resulted in...
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Netflix Joins Effort to Expand Aussie Pirate Site Blocklist
Netflix Joins Effort to Expand Aussie Pirate Site Blocklist Various movie companies are continuing the crusade against pirate sites down under. The companies, which for the first time includes...
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/03/19
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/03/19 The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Captain Marvel' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Us'. 'Avengers:...
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YouTube Ordered to Hand Over Identities of Manga Pirates
YouTube Ordered to Hand Over Identities of Manga Pirates Publishing giant Shogakukan has obtained a DMCA subpoena compelling YouTube to hand over the personal details of several alleged manga...
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Canadian Copyright Review Rejects Site-Blocking Regime, Keeps Safe Harbors
Canadian Copyright Review Rejects Site-Blocking Regime, Keeps Safe Harbors The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has published its long-awaited review of Canada's Copyright Act....
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Pirate ‘CAM King’ 1XBET Becomes Russia’s 3rd Largest Online Advertiser
Pirate ‘CAM King’ 1XBET Becomes Russia’s 3rd Largest Online Advertiser 1XBET, a gambling company known for its advertising appearing in 'cam' copies of movies, has become the third most active...
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Ukraine Cyberpolice Reveal Results of ‘Operation Pirates’
Ukraine Cyberpolice Reveal Results of ‘Operation Pirates’ Several weeks ago the Ukrainian government announced the launch of a new campaign to crack down on online piracy. According to the country's...
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Steal This Show S04E17: The Future of Power, with Cory Doctorow
Steal This Show S04E17: The Future of Power, with Cory Doctorow Today we bring you the next episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing renegade media and the latest decentralization and...
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