Scary noises coming out of the Russian telecoms regulator responsible for the blocking of file-sharing and other 'banned' content suggest that it will target a number of foreign ISPs with total censorship if they fail to take down unfavorable content. In addition to European file-sharing friendly hosts and DDoS protection…
As 2013 nears its conclusion we follow up our most pirated TV-shows chart by taking a look at the most pirated movies of the year. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes out on top, and aside from other usual suspects such as box office hits Iron Man 3 and Fast…
Over the past year copyright holders have worked hard to stop The Pirate Bay from operating, but without success. Despite several domain changes and ISP blockades in various countries the resilient torrent site keeps on growing. This growth is reflected in the number of uploaded torrents, which increased by 50%…
A new framework for handling online copyright infringement set for a 2014 launch in Italy has been named the most-important IP legislation of 2013 by an industry-respected copyright blog. IP Kitten says the SOPA-like regulation, which will allow an administrative body to block and take down websites without any court…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, ‘Saving Mr Banks’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Rush’. ‘Gravity’ completes the top three.
"You are just spoiled brats who don't want to pay", said the copyright industry as people shared culture and knowledge online. "You are just spoiled brats who don't want to pay", said the English after the Boston Tea Party. The underlying mechanisms are basically the same.
An article stating that Iron Maiden used BitTorrent data to play for pirates has been revealed as false, with a revised copy and apology from CiteWorld really taking the gloss off their 'revelations'. Now, well over a week later, the story is still spreading, rewritten and retweeted by thousands of…
Each and every day hundreds of millions of people scour their favorite BitTorrent search engines for content to download. But what are all these people looking for? Today we present the BitTorrent Zeitgeist 2013, a list of the 50 most searched for phrases and keywords on one of the most-used…