House of the Dragon tops the 10 most pirated shows of 2022
Given the endless array of streaming services on the market and the fact that the prices of those services increase every year, it’s no surprise …
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Five of 2016’s biggest movies just leaked to torrent sites
Throughout history, pirates have been known for their insatiable appetite and reckless abandon, but the same can’t be said of movie pirates in 2016. Rather, …
Of course ‘Game of Thrones’ was the most pirated show of 2016
In what’s become something of a long-standing tradition, Game Of Thrones was the most torrented show of 2016, according to a new report from Torrent …
The Pirate Bay will be losing its iconic web address
For as long as I can remember, thepiratebay.se has been the place to go for illegal torrents. But a ruling handed down by Sweden’s court of …
Streaming torrents could lead to a host of security issues
Online piracy skyrocketed into the 21st century this week as The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents adopted new technology from Popcorn Time spinoff Torrents-Time allowing users to stream …
Irony: Popular illegal download service wants you to pay for its software
Apps that allow users to download torrent files are usually used for grabbing copyrighted content that’s illegally hosted online. Most such apps are available as …
Illegal torrent download sites ban Windows 10 over privacy worries
Microsoft has a mini PR mess on its hands when it comes to Windows 10’s default privacy settings. Microsoft can and will collect all kinds of …
The Pirate Bay is being stripped of its most popular domains
Somehow, through all the rekindled controversy over the past several months, The Pirate Bay has managed to stay online, but it turns out there will …
Movie studios tell every pirate site to shut down within 24 hours… or else
This is incredible. On Thursday afternoon, TorrentFreak shared an email that the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has reportedly been sending to torrent site operators all around the …
The Pirate Bay is down again
The saga of The Pirate Bay is far from over. TorrentFreak reported just minutes ago that the popular torrent website has gone offline “exactly two weeks” …
This music industry site was hacked and redirected to The Pirate Bay
The music industry just can’t win. TorrentFreak reports that less than 24 hours after Argentina implemented a new blockade for The Pirate Bay following complaints …
Popcorn Time, the ‘Netflix for pirates,’ is already back from the dead
The sleekest, most intuitive platform for pirated movie streaming we’ve ever seen was shut down by its creators at the end of last week, but one …
‘Netflix for pirates’ is already dead
The pirate’s answer to Netflix is now offline. Popcorn Time streamed dozens of free movies straight from their torrent files to computers all around the …
Torrent-busting 'Pirate Pay' may be illegal
A Russian startup that received $100,000 of funding from Microsoft made headlines recently as its emerging efforts to battle digital piracy found their way to …
Microsoft-funded 'Pirate Pay' takes aim at P2P piracy
Russian startup Pirate Pay is taking aim at the growing popularity of illegal file-sharing as it looks to cooperate with music labels and movie studios to stem …
The Pirate Bay plans to host part of its site on GPS controlled drones
In an effort to bypass censorship as well as heat from authorities and copyright owners, The Pirate Bay on Sunday unveiled new plans to “experiment …
U.S. ISPs become ‘copyright cops’ starting July 12th
Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers in the United States will soon launch new programs to police their networks in …
Web host confirms The Pirate Bay is under investigation
Swedish registrar and Web host Binero on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports suggesting digital piracy hub The Pirate Bay is currently under investigation by authorities in …
PirateBox offline file-sharing solution puts pirates out of authorities’ reach [video]
The recent ordeal surrounding the now defeated SOPA and PIPA proposals followed by the shuttering of file-sharing giant Megaupload has put online piracy back in …
Police reportedly plan to raid The Pirate Bay
Swedish authorities have reportedly secured warrants and are planning to raid The Pirate Bay. Unnamed Pirate Bay team members speaking with TorrentFreak claim to have …
BitTorrent piracy has no impact on U.S. box office sales, study finds
Though box office revenues declined for the second consecutive year in 2011, a new study suggests that there is little if any correlation between United …
Unstoppable file-sharing network ‘Tribler’ spells trouble for copyright holders
Copyright holders thought they had scored a major victory last month when one of the biggest file-sharing networks in the world was shuttered. Megaupload had …
Pirates Bay founders’ Supreme Court appeal rejected, sentence finalized
On Wednesday, Sweden’s Supreme Court announced that it decided not to grant an appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay trial. After a nine-day trial in …
Top 10 most pirated movies of 2011 revealed as ticket sales and revenue continue to decline
Piracy is still a huge problem according to the music industry and Hollywood, and it’s hard to dispute the notion that downloading a paid digital product without …
The Pirate Bay navigating hostile waters, site down…for now
It is a sad day for torrent lovers. A few days ago, an injunction was granted to several Hollywood movie studios that prohibited CB3ROB — …
Court of Appeals rules FCC cannot impose net neutrality
The net neutrality movement received a huge blow today when the US Court of Appeals sided with Comcast in its claim that the Federal Communications …
Warner Bros. looking for a student intern to spy on torrent users
Just because we might associate the company with loveable characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck doesn’t mean the characters who are running the show …
