Free Spotify and YouTube Users Are Now a Bigger Challenge Than Music Pirates Traffic to pirate sites is dropping significantly in Italy, new data suggest. This trend is in part the result of local site blocking efforts. While… July 21, 2019, 11:59 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Alleged KickassTorrents Founder Continues to Fight US Extradition Three years ago today, the popular torrent site KickassTorrents was shut down following a criminal investigation by the U.S. Government. While the site is now… July 20, 2019, 22:26 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Google Fined Again For Not Removing Banned Sites From Search Results For the second time in less than a year, Google has been fined by Russian authorities for not removing banned sites, which include pirate portals,… July 20, 2019, 13:02 by Andy Maxwell
Stream-Rippers Successfully Counter YouTube’s Blocking Efforts Last week YouTube started to block stream-ripping sites from accessing its platform. The new measure, which is part of the company's efforts to prevent unauthorized… July 19, 2019, 18:15 by Ernesto Van der Sar
UK ISPs Stop Sending Copyright Infringement Notices For more than two years, major UK ISPs have been sending out copyright infringement notices to subscribers caught sharing content using BitTorrent. The voluntary scheme,… July 19, 2019, 10:12 by Andy Maxwell
Pirate Bay Overblocking Hits EZTV Due to Shared Cloudflare IP Address Dutch Internet provider Ziggo has mistakenly blocked access to the popular torrent site EZTV. The overblocking started when The Pirate Bay and EZTV were put… July 18, 2019, 19:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar
High Court Slams Brakes on New UK Copyright-Trolling Effort A judge at the High Court has denied an application from known copyright trolls targeting customers of Virgin Media in the UK. Mircom and Golden… July 18, 2019, 10:04 by Andy Maxwell
Torrent Site YTS Discussed Settlement With Movie Companies Following a lawsuit filed by several movie companies, a representative of the popular torrent site YTS reportedly considered a settlement. While no agreement was reached,… July 17, 2019, 23:21 by Ernesto Van der Sar