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Founder of IsoHunt Thinks Bitcoin Can Kill Piracy
Gary Fung, the original founder of torrent tracking site IsoHunt – long since closed, then resurrected by others – believes that Bitcoin microtransactions could eventually kill online piracy. Fung, who left IsoHunt after its initial closure back in 2013, told TorrentFreak, “Technologically, I envision studios and other media companies creating…
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The Pirate Bay Domain Returns, Displaying a 13-Day Countdown
Two weeks after its servers were raided, effectively killing the site, The Pirate Bay domain is back online, displaying a black skull-and-crossbones flag and a flipclock, counting down from 13 days. A number of clones, both benign and malicious, have popped up over the last fortnight, but only since Sunday…
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The Pirate Bay is Back… On IsoHunt!
Just a week after Swedish police shut down the BitTorrent juggernaut, the Pirate Bay, the site is back, resurrected from an internet grave by torrent search site IsoHunt. IsoHunt is of course using the tactic to try sway people to use their site, as their service is very similar to…
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Torrent Traffic Remains the Same, Despite The Pirate Bay Closure
The Pirate Bay has been offline for four days after Swedish police raided its servers, but that doesn’t seem to have made any kind of dent in the number of illegal downloads. According to anti-piracy firm Excipio, torrent traffic is now at the same rate as it was just before…
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List of Blocked Torrent Sites in the UK Doubles
The High Court has ruled that 53 torrent websites be prohibited by UK Internet Service Providers, in the largest mass blocking yet. The list of sites include BitSoup, IP Torrents, Isohunt, Sumotorrent, Torrentdb, Torrentfunk, Torrentz, Warez BB, and Rapid Moviez. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is responsible for submitting 32…
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IsoHunt Brought Back From The Dead, New Spin-Off Created
Earlier this month torrent indexing site IsoHunt was forced to shut down after its owned Gary Fung faced a lawsuit from the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) which ended up with him having to pay them $110 million in compensation. Of course Gary Fung is unable to pay that kind…
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isoHunt.com Is Shutting Down
isoHunt is finally shutting down after seven years of lawsuits. The website is not being shutdown because of Government forcing, but rather a settlement offer that Gary Fung has agreed to on top of a $110,000,000, yes, One Hundred and Ten Million Dollar! Hollywood’s major movie studios sued isoHunt in 2006…
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Greek Anti-Piracy Group Targeting Major Torrent Website ISP Blocks
Anti-piracy groups in Greece are targeting major torrent websites for ISP level blocks. The requests that were filed are against some of the biggest torrent websites in the business including KickAssTorrents, isoHunt, 1337X and H33T. AEPI, the Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property, is requesting that all ISPs operating…
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