Infamous Piracy Group Says it’s Ready to Start Leaking Screeners
The group that was behind some of the biggest movie screener leaks of last year says it is ready to start leaking them again. Interestingly, Hive-CM8 says that it didn't want to make the same mistakes...
View ArticleInfamous Piracy Group Says it’s Ready to Start Leaking Screeners
The group that was behind some of the biggest movie screener leaks of last year says it is ready to start leaking them again. Interestingly, Hive-CM8 says that it didn't want to make the same mistakes...
View Article2016 Was The Year Torrent Giants Fell
2016 has been a memorable year for torrent users but not in a good way. Over a period of just a few months, several of the largest torrent sites vanished from the scene. From KickassTorrents, through...
View ArticlePopcorn Time Launches New Torrent Tracker to Fight Copyright Monopolies
The people behind one of the most popular Popcorn Time forks have announced a new contribution to the BitTorrent ecosystem. With beating "content monopolies" a stated aim, the team has launched...
View ArticleFive ‘Fantastic’ File-Sharing Forecasts for 2017
Today marks the start of a new year where file-sharing and piracy will dominate the headlines once again. From our well-informed headquarters we take a look at some recent developments and the...
View ArticlePirates: You Can Click But You Can’t Can Hide
Quote In a big publicity campaign targeting all types of media and even paying cinema-goers, in 2004 the MPAA warned torrent users that being anonymous online wasn't possible. You Can Click But You...
View ArticleFirst DVD Screener Leak of 2017 is Denzel Washington’s Fences
The leaked DVD screener drought has been broken with the release of the Denzel Washington movie Fences. The copy carries a Paramount Pictures "For Your Consideration" watermark. With more leaks said...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/02/17
Bit late sorry.. Quote The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Deepwater Horizon'. 'The Accountant' completes...
View ArticleGiant Cyberlocker Morphs into New Anonymous Sharing Site
A giant cyberlocker that announced its closure amid a government piracy crackdown and other threats, will be born again. EX.UA says that its service will resume under a new domain and business model,...
View ArticleWrongfully Accused ‘Movie Pirate’ Gets $17,000 in Compensation
The makers of the Adam Sandler movie The Cobbler learned that suing alleged torrent pirates doesn't always pay. An Oregon District Court Judge ruled that a wrongfully accused pirate is entitled to...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2017
Which torrent sites are the most popular this year? As we continue a long-standing tradition, we see that The Pirate Bay comes out as the king of torrents once again. Since several torrent sites have...
View ArticleNewTrackon Tracks Torrent Trackers
BitTorrent trackers point torrent clients to other clients so that they can share content, but how does one go about finding trackers that actually work? NewTrackon is a site which indexes BitTorrent...
View ArticlePublic Domain Project Calls on EU to Abandon Piracy Filter Proposals
A project tackling issues concerning the public domain in the digital environment has called on the European Commission to abandon its proposals for mandatory service provider filtering of...
View ArticleNetflix Downloader Pulled Offline Following Trademark Complaint
DVDVideoSoft has ceased the development of 'Free Downloader for Netflix' following a third-party complaint. The software company is no longer offering the tool for download following a trademark...
View ArticleUK ‘Piracy Warnings’ Are Coming This Month; Here’s How it Works
This month UK Internet providers will start their long-awaited piracy alerts campaign. With help from copyright holders and support from the Government, ISPs will send email notifications to...
View ArticleAudible Magic Accuses YouTube of Fraud Over Content ID Trademark
Audible Magic, one of the best known anti-piracy companies operating in the digital fingerprinting space, has filed a complaint against Google at the US Patent and Trademark Office. The...
View ArticleMovie Studios Prepare New “Big Time” Wave of Aussie Site Blocks
The co-chief of movie studio Village Roadshow is warning of a new wave of site blocking efforts in Australia. Graham Burke says he has a long list of sites to block when the court resumes in February....
View ArticlePorn Pirate Sites Use ‘Backdoor’ to Host Videos on YouTube
Adult themed streaming sites are using a loophole in Google's services to store infringing material at no cost. Google's servers are increasingly being used as a hosting platform, by exploiting...
View ArticlePiracy Notices? There Shouldn’t Be Many UK Torrent Users Left to Warn
During the next few weeks, ISPs in the UK will begin sending out warnings to subscribers who use BitTorrent to share pirated content. It's a curious situation. Since every major torrent site and...
View ArticleMore Pirated Movie Screeners Leak Online
After weeks of anticipation, more pirated copies of awards screeners began appearing online this week. With leaked copies of Arrival, Hidden Figures, Patriots Day, Moonlight and La La Land, it appears...
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