The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Elysium'. 'Prisoners' completes the top three.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Elysium'. 'Prisoners' completes the top three.
A problem with the copyright industry is that they are frequently sending out fraudulent copyright monopoly takedown notices to silence criticism, competition, or just political speech. This needs to be as criminal as violating the copyright monopoly from the other end.
During the past year or so Hollywood has taken a renewed interest in sites that index the content of the worldwide Usenet system. As a result new sites are now quickly on the radars of the MPAA and therefore potential litigation targets. However, what the studios can't find, they can't…
Over the past year or so BitTorrent Inc. has actively distanced itself from piracy on numerous occasions. The San Francisco company emphasize that they are a technology outfit, and stress that they don't endorse or encourage piracy. While this may be true, the company's flagship software uTorrent specifically mentions "pirate"…
With copyright holders seriously getting into their web-blocking stride in the UK, it is now impossible to access any of the most well known torrent sites from a regular web browser without tweaks. TorrentFreak took a look at some of the world's most popular torrent and streaming sites in order…
In a few weeks movie studio Warner Bros. will have to defend itself against DMCA fraud and abuse allegations from file-hosting service Hotfile. The two parties are currently preparing for this clash, and in recent filings Warner asks the court to exclude Hotfile's “perjury” accusation. The movie studio admits that…
Legal action in Denmark has added several major movie download sites to the country's blocklist. Anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, which acts on behalf of local and United States-based copyright holders, successfully applied to have four sites including Movie4K and PrimeWire blocked at the ISP level. With ten unlicensed domains now…
The MPAA has updated its anti-piracy guidelines for movie theaters, providing tips and tricks on how to catch "camming" pirates on the spot. Among other things the movie group wants theaters to forbid the use of mobile phone cameras, and be vigilant of suspect cup holders and cameras built into…