MPAA Demands Hotfile Data From Google, Search Engine Refuses

In yet another episode in Hollywood's year-long legal battle with one of the world's biggest cyberlocker services, the MPAA has now drawn Google into the…

FilePorn Adult Torrent Site Joins Cheggit, Shuts Down

BitTorrent Piracy Doesn’t Affect US Box Office Returns, Study Finds

A new academic paper by researchers from the University of Minnesota and Wellesley College has examined the link between BitTorrent downloads and box office returns.…

Megaupload Founder’s Home Seized, Co-Defendant Bailed

The main programmer of Megaupload was granted bail today on restricted grounds including a ban on Internet access and no contact with his "Mega Conspiracy"…

Download a Copy of The Pirate Bay, It’s Only 90 MB

Soon The Pirate Bay will stop linking to .torrent files. Instead, the world's largest BitTorrent site will only list so-called magnet links. One of the…

RIAA: “Misinformation May Be a Dirty Trick, But It Works.”

RapidShare: From “Notorious Market” To Proactive Piracy Eliminator

In a 2010 submission to the US Government, RapidShare was described by the RIAA and MPAA as a "notorious market" for pirated media. Just one…

Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down

While the file-sharing ecosystem is currently filled with uncertainty and doubt, researchers at Delft University of Technology continue to work on their decentralized BitTorrent network.…