Finland is the first country in the world in which Parliament will vote on a "fairer" copyright law that has been crowdsourced by the public. The proposal, which obtained the required 50,000 Finnish votes just a day before the deadline, seeks to decriminalize file-sharing and legalize the copying of items…
Today prime minister David Cameron will announce that in future UK Internet subscribers will be required to opt-in if they want to be able to watch adult content online. The theory is that somehow Internet service providers will be able to stop such material having a 'corroding influence' on the…
The movie industry has won yet another blocking case against the UK's major Internet providers. The order, which has not been published in public, requires the ISPs to block subscriber access to EZTV and YIFY-Torrents. Movie industry group FACT informs TorrentFreak that this latest blocking round will not be the…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Oblivion.' 'Fast and Furious 6' completes the top three.
Mega-Search.me, a searchable repository of files hosted on Kim Dotcom's Mega, has launched a new sister site. Mega-Stream.me brings back some of the Megavideo glory by allowing users to stream video and audio files from Mega. Users can stream videos directly from the Mega-Search.me website or paste a link to…
Earlier this year, police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft announced that four individuals connected to movie piracy had been arrested following raids in central England. Little was said about the men but TorrentFreak can now reveal that they included members of two release groups and a former admin of…
The major hollywood movie studios have filed a motion for contempt against the popular torrent site isoHunt, arguing that a court-ordered piracy filter is not working properly. The MPAA informs the court that isoHunt has "deliberately engineered the filter to ensure that it is ineffective" and wants the site to…
In a little under two weeks Russia's controversial new anti-piracy law will come into force. Enabling the blocking of websites that do not adequately respond to copyright infringement complaints, the legislation is scaring huge Internet outfits such as Google and Wikipedia. Now protests are being prepared by the Pirate Party…