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• Swedish Elections: The Pirate Party Sails On

  The Swedish Election turned out to be a litlle disappointing for The Pirate Party. However, it was the first time the Ship was in the “open water”, but definitely not the last. This Swedish election has been special in many ways. It was if though the parliamentary parties and the media outlets of Sweden decided [...]

• The companies behind the PirateBay raid

  The Pirate Bay claims to have uncovered more dirt from behind the scenes in the controversial raid against PRQ and The Pirate Bay in May. They write on their blog that they have gotten hold of inside information from the MPA, including confidential e-mail correspondence between the MPA’s judicial representative in Sweden, Monique Wadsted and [...]

• New Law empowers Anti-piracy lobby in Sweden

  Johan Linander, a member of the Swedish parliament for the Center Party writes that a new law, based on EU directives, has been proposed by the Ministry of Justice. This law makes it possible for “copyright holders” to demand customer info tied to IP addresses that allegedly infringe copyright. We all know that “copyright holders” [...]

NewsBits

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

• RIAA: “Misinformation May Be a Dirty Trick, But It Works.”

  For years the RIAA has tried to convince the world that piracy is killing musicians. Supported...

• Russia’s Largest BitTorrent Tracker Under Huge DDoS Attack

  RUTracker, Russia’s largest BitTorrent tracker, has been dealing with the effects of a DDoS attack over...

• Reddit and WordPress Urge Congress to Shelve SOPA/PIPA

  A coalition of 70 groups, including Reddit and WordPress, are asking Congress to stop working on...

• Turbobit.net Blocks US Visitors After MegaUpload Shutdown

  In the aftermath of the MegaUpload shutdown, file-hosting sites continue to change their services. After Uploaded.to,...

• QuickSilverScreen Streaming Links Site Calls It Quits

  In the wake of the Megaupload raids and attacks on domains in the US and elsewhere,...

MostDiscussed

Below are TorrentFreak's most discussed articles of the past month. Join the discussion if you like.

• Cyberlocker Ecosystem Shocked As Big Players Take Drastic Action

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• Filesonic Kills File-Sharing Service After MegaUpload Arrests

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• BitTorrent Giant BTjunkie Shuts Down For Good

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• MegaUpload Loses Top Lawyer After ‘Outside’ Pressure

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• Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Censorship

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