torrents

Scammers Accused of Uploading Copyrighted Movies Just to Blackmail Downloaders

Piracy is a crime, and downloading copyrighted material or using it without the owner's permission, as I'm pretty sure that…

2 years ago

As The Pirate Bay Turns 18, its Founder Says it “Can Not be Stopped”

This week, The Pirate Bay very quietly turned 18-years-old, and for many, it still represents an excellent repository to access…

3 years ago

Nigerian Torrent Downloaders Given Prison Sentences

Downloading torrents of copyright-infringing material is illegal, as we all know, and while those involved in large-scale file-sharing operations –…

8 years ago

Search Engines to Ban Links to Torrent Sites in Search Results

In another futile attempt to curb piracy, search engines are set to ban links to torrent sites in their search…

8 years ago

Two Attorneys Indicted for Porn Torrent Extortion Scheme

Two US lawyers have been indicted for engaging in an elaborate extortion scheme which involved deliberately seeding copyrighted materials they…

8 years ago

KickassTorrents Case Could Put All Torrent Sites at Risk

KickassTorrents, the world’s most used torrent site, has been seized by the US government, and its owner, Artem Vaulin, has…

8 years ago

Online Pirates to Face 10 Years Prison in UK

The UK Government has unveiled its new Digital Economy Bill [PDF] in Parliament which features a revision to current laws…

8 years ago

ThePirateBay Steers Back to .org Domain

ThePirateBay is unquestionably the most famous torrent site ever devised and become a target of various organisations aiming to protect…

8 years ago

HBO Wages War on Game of Thrones Torrents

HBO isn’t best pleased that its stellar hit Game of Thrones is the most downloaded show ever, and has sent…

9 years ago

Kanye West Gets His Own Pirate Bay

Tune murmurer, paladin of egotism, and self-appointed “voice of this generation” Kanye West – recently exposed using The Pirate Bay…

9 years ago

Kanye West’s Latest Album Already Pirated Over Half a Million Times

Kanye West recently released his new album, The Life of Pablo, exclusively on the music streaming service Tidal owned by…

9 years ago

Popcorn Time to be Revived in the Browser

Popcorn time has been blocked, banned and taken down over copyright issues a number of times. It seems that the…

9 years ago

The Pirate Bay’s “Hydra” Has Been Decapitated

This time last year, The Pirate Bay was all but dead; the Swedish datacentre that hosted the notorious torrent site…

9 years ago

EA, Nintendo, Playstation, and Ubisoft Launch Attack on KickAss Torrents

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which has EA, Nintendo, Playstation, and Ubisoft as its members, has reported a number of…

9 years ago

The Pirate Bay Founder Freed From Prison After Three Years

The founder of infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, has been freed from prison after three years. Svartholm,…

9 years ago