YIFY/ YTS Shuts Down Forever – The End of a Piracy Icon Popular torrent release group YIFY and its official YTS website have shut down permanently, trusted sources have confirmed to TorrentFreak. The unexpected shutdown marks the… October 30, 2015, 21:47 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Should RuTracker Delete 320,000 Torrents to Pacify Record Labels? Large Russian torrent site RuTracker is currently polling its users over an issue that has the potential to seriously affect its future. Should RuTracker delete… October 30, 2015, 12:27 by Andy Maxwell
Google Asked to Remove One Billion “Pirate” Search Results Copyright holders have asked Google to remove more than 1,000,000,000 allegedly infringing links from its search engine in recent years. The remarkable milestone, reached this… October 29, 2015, 20:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Minister Asks Indian ISPs to Permanently Block Hundreds of ‘Pirate’ Sites India's Information Technology Minister has asked local Internet service providers to block at least 240 sites said to be offering 'pirate' content. During a meeting… October 29, 2015, 16:01 by Andy Maxwell
Dotcom’s Bid to Halt Extradition Hearing Fails, Defense Begins Efforts by Kim Dotcom's legal team to have his extradition hearing thrown out have failed today. As a result the Megaupload founder will begin his… October 29, 2015, 11:10 by Andy Maxwell
Legality of Voluntary ‘Pirate’ Site Blocking Regime Under Fire Following the mass blocking of more than 50 alleged pirate sites in Portugal this week, lawyers are questioning the legality of the action. Since the… October 28, 2015, 19:09 by Andy Maxwell
Spotify Helps to Beat Music Piracy, European Commission Finds New research published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre shows that Spotify is helping to beat piracy. The researchers examined the effects of legal… October 28, 2015, 12:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Aurous Offers to Shut Down But RIAA Isn’t Interested Following an attempt by its developer to completely open-source Aurous this past weekend, the RIAA says a court order which bans distribution of the controversial… October 27, 2015, 19:39 by Andy Maxwell