TorrentFreak

The place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide

About

What?

TorrentFreak is a weblog dedicated to bringing the latest news about BitTorrent and everything that is closely related to this popular filesharing protocol. We are not a news aggregator, but focus on unique and fresh stories. TorrentFreak is where news and filesharing collide. We try to be the source of all the latest breaking news in the p2p world.

Who?

TorrentFreak was founded by Ernesto, who is also the main editor of the site. February 2007, we welcomed Enigmax to our team, together with Ernesto he is now responsible for 90% of the articles. The TorrentFreak team is completed by our CTO Ben Jones, an occasional freelance writer, and our readers.

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NewsBits

The latest news from around the web, not covered on the frontpage

  • TorrentFreak Censored by Orange’s Child Protection Filter

    The Internet is a scary place for kids, but luckily there’s censorship. In the UK mobile...

  • “How We Stopped SOPA”

    After the historic protests in January SOPA and PIPA were ‘shelved’. In a keynote speech at...

  • Supreme Court Refuses $675,000 File-Sharing Case

    The case of the RIAA vs. Joel Tenenbaum – aka the case that will not die...

  • MPAA: Piracy is NOT Theft After All

    For decades the entertainment industry used the word “theft” to refer to piracy. Most famous is...

  • Idiotic Copyright Comparisons in Canadian Parliament

    Politicians are always going the extra mile for their supporters, and nothing spells that out more...

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