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Torrent Sites Shut Down After Swedish Police Arrest Five

Following news last week that streaming portal DreamFilm had been shut down, Swedish police have confirmed several file-sharing related arrests. Noting that there had been…

February 13, 2015, 11:47 by Andy Maxwell

“Canada Is Still A Safe Haven For Online Piracy”

The MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups keep hammering on Canada for its lacking anti-piracy enforcement. The groups label Canada a "safe haven" for…

February 12, 2015, 19:48 by Ernesto Van der Sar

BTDigg and BIllionUploads Disappear Without Trace (Updated)

Two popular sites in the file-sharing space have disappeared without warning. BTDigg, a specialist service indexing BitTorrent's Distributed Hash Table, has entirely vanished with no…

February 12, 2015, 16:46 by Andy Maxwell

VPN and TOR Ban Looming on the Horizon for Russia

Russia blocks websites on a very large-scale but citizens often circumvent those blocks using VPNs, TOR and other anonymizing tools. The country is now looking…

February 12, 2015, 12:04 by Andy Maxwell

Anti-Piracy

YouTube Flags Cat Purring as Copyright Infringing Music

YouTube's automated takedown tool is known for its flaws, but this week it crossed a line by attacking a purring cat. According to YouTube's Content-ID…

February 11, 2015, 19:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Torrent Site: Copyright Troll Had Staff Access to Member Data

Empornium, one of the leading private torrent trackers for adult content, says it believes a copyright troll gained access to a staff moderation account and…

February 11, 2015, 12:00 by Andy Maxwell

Peter Sunde: Pirate Bay Still Has The Right To Defend Itself

Today it was revealed that a Swedish prosecutor is trying to force the .SE registry, via a court case, to ban ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se from…

February 10, 2015, 23:59 by Peter Sunde

File-Sharing Icon RapidShare Shuts Down

RapidShare, once the most popular file-hosting service in the Internet, has announced that it will shut down next month. The company doesn't cite a reason…

February 10, 2015, 19:08 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Torrent Sites Shut Down After Swedish Police Arrest Five

“Canada Is Still A Safe Haven For Online Piracy”

BTDigg and BIllionUploads Disappear Without Trace (Updated)

VPN and TOR Ban Looming on the Horizon for Russia

YouTube Flags Cat Purring as Copyright Infringing Music

Torrent Site: Copyright Troll Had Staff Access to Member Data

Peter Sunde: Pirate Bay Still Has The Right To Defend Itself

File-Sharing Icon RapidShare Shuts Down

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