US Vice President Joe Biden today hosted a roundtable looking at the so-called 'Piracy Problem'. The summit was not as 'open' as promised a year ago in the presidential campaign though. Only copyright industry representatives were present, further reinforcing the belief that Biden sits firmly in the pocket of Big…
Recently it became clear that Chinese authorities were going ahead with their planned video site purge. Many BitTorrent sites fell including some of the country's largest, but of course none of this changes the demand for free or near-free media. So will the crackdown force those seeking cheap movies back…
The Delhi High Court has fined Microsoft for harassing alleged software pirates by taking them to court in the national capitol, instead of the cities where the crimes had supposedly occurred. According to the ruling, using money as a power tool is not condoned without repercussions.
Every week, more and more BitTorrent trackers come online, the vast majority being so-called private trackers where an invite is required to gain access. However, around 50% of these aren't making it to their first birthday, and many of them are causing their own death. The culprit? Rising costs.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘2012' tops the chart again this week followed by 'Planet 51’. 'The Bad Lieutenant' completes the top three.
Just a few weeks remain in 2009, so it's time to publish the list of the top 25 BitTorrent sites that pulled in the most traffic this year. The Pirate Bay leads by a wide margin, followed up by Torrentz and isoHunt. KickassTorrents is the highest ranked newcomer in 11th…
Another brand new episode of TorrentFreak TV. This week’s episode covers the latest Pirate Bay news, Mininova's Content Distribution Service, isoHunt's ongoing lawsuit, OpenBitTorrent, BCC's BitTorrent trial, RSS for torrents and much more.
As millions of people wait for the arrival of Christmas in just a couple of weeks time, the festivities have come early for BitTorrent fans. A few hours ago the mighty Demonoid fully returned and the good news is that there appears to be little data loss. Users are feverishly…