Movie Studios Report Themselves To Google For Takedown Requests
We can only assume that on a daily basis, movie studios have some kind of system in place where they scan for torrent activity for their movies, as well as scour the web for any links or listings that...
View ArticleUK Courts Rules That It’s Illegal To Rip, Copy, Or Backup Your Music
Say you bought a CD and you wanted to create a digital version for home use, so you rip the CD and store it on an MP3 player. You then copy the ripped music into your external hard drive to backup in...
View ArticleGame Developer Trolls Pirates With Unbeatable Boss
Piracy is a huge problem for developers because it essentially means they’re not getting paid for every time a game has been pirated. Sure, there are legal ways to combat piracy, but recently we’ve...
View ArticleUpdated Microsoft EULA Could Disable Pirated Software
It seems that in a recent update to Microsoft’s Services EULA, there has been some suggestion that with the update, Microsoft could effectively disable pirated software it detects running on your...
View ArticleDanish Police Arrest Two For Creating Popcorn Time Guides
Can’t be bothered to wait for your torrents to finish downloading? You might be familiar with the website called Popcorn Time which has been billed as the Netflix for pirates. Basically it allows users...
View ArticlePopcorn Time Users Sued By Movie Studio In The US
Popcorn Time, an online torrent streaming service that has been described as the Netflix for pirates seems to be landing users in a fair bit of trouble these days. Recently we reported that two men in...
View ArticleSome Torrent Trackers Have Apparently Banned Windows 10
According to a recent survey, it has been found that the majority of Windows 10 users are pretty pleased with the operating system. That being said if you do use torrents, there is a good chance that...
View Article75,000 Popcorn Time Users Can Expect A “Surprise” In The Mail
Popcorn Time is illegal. In fact not too long ago we’ve seen users of the service land themselves in trouble. Heck, even those who write guides about the service can get into trouble, but it seems that...
View ArticleT-Mobile Austria Refuses To Block Access To The Pirate Bay
We have heard stories of how carriers and ISPs have worked together with music and movie companies to prevent access to pirate websites. This isn’t particularly new, but it seems that over in Austria,...
View ArticleFacebook To Crack Down On Video Piracy
How often have you seen video content being reposted on Facebook, except that each time it is uploaded it is under a different name, meaning that by the time it gets to you, it could have changed hands...
View ArticleMovie Studios, Record Labels Sue To Have The Pirate Bay Blocked
Last year Swedish authorities raided The Pirate Bay’s servers effectively shutting down one of the world’s largest torrent websites for a while. However it seems that despite the attempted shutdown, it...
View ArticleUK Cinema Staff To Wear Night-Vision Goggles To Combat Piracy
When it comes to pirating movies, there are many ways one could do that, like rip a copy of the DVD or Blu-ray and post it online, or one could even go old school by sneaking a camera into the cinema...
View ArticlePopcorn Time For The Web Gets Shut Down
A couple of days ago, Popcorn Time which prior to this existed as a piece of software for computers, launched a web version which basically brought about the same streaming features except that users...
View ArticleFallout 4 Can’t Be Fully Installed From The Disc
While digital games does seem to be the way of the future, there are still gamers out there who love collecting physical copies due to the box, the artwork, manuals, and so on. Some might just prefer...
View ArticleSpotify Found To Reduce Piracy At The Cost Of Digital Purchases
What made the iTunes model so successful was that it allowed music lovers to buy songs that they want, as opposed to being forced to buy an entire album just for one song. This ala carte system...
View ArticlePopular Torrent Release Group YIFY Has Shut Down
If you have ever searched for movie torrents, sometimes you find that some of the uploads come from a group named YIFY. Just like aXXo back in the day, YIFY is known for having a wide selection of...
View ArticleMPAA Was Behind The Shut Down Of YIFY
Several days ago it was revealed that YIFY torrents had been shut down. The group was basically behind the release of many a movie and if there was ever a movie you wanted to torrent/pirate, chances...
View ArticleUS ISP Cox Defends The BitTorrent Protocol
At the core, the concept of file sharing is pretty innocent. You have a file, like a photo, video, or a piece of work, that you want to share with a friend or co-worker. However because the file shared...
View ArticleSoftware Pirate Needs 200K YouTube Views Or He Gets A Big Fine
Copyright infringement actions are nothing new, pirates who illegally distribute software and content do get slapped with legal action from time to time with punishments ranging from jail time to fine...
View ArticleSwedish Court Won’t Force ISPs To Block The Pirate Bay
The idea of having an ISP block access to a piracy website like The Pirate Bay sounds ideal, especially since the blocking essentially takes place on a network-wide level. This has been done before in...
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