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In February 2010, the Supreme Court in Italy decided that ISPs could be forced to block file-sharing sites, even those located outside the country and run by foreigners. The first victim was The Pirate Bay, which became (officially at least) unavailable …
Millions of BitTorrent users all around the world followed the Pirate Bay trial with great interest last year. Many had hoped that the court would decide that operating a BitTorrent tracker was no offense and that the defendants would walk free. The ten …
January this year Alan Ellis, the administrator of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, had his name cleared as a jury unanimously decided that he was not guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the music industry. “Operation Ark Royal”, as the investigation into O …
In mid-2008, The Pirate Bay was censored in Italy after the country’s ISPs were ordered to block their subscribers from accessing the site. The Pirate Bay effectively won their case on appeal after the Court of Bergamo ruled that no foreign website coul …
Half a decade ago ‘maVen’ was one of the most active movie release groups on the Internet, known for distributing high quality ‘Telesync‘ versions of major blockbuster titles. In the summer of 2006 ‘maVen’ releases suddenly halted, and it later became …
In the Western world, sites such as The Pirate Bay and isoHunt get plenty of publicity, largely due to their size and prominence. Of course, there are other sites elsewhere that attract relatively little attention in English speaking countries and around E …
When news broke that TV-Links.co.uk had been raided by police and admin Dave Rock arrested, it was met with a certain element of disbelief. TV-Links was not a warez or torrent site, but one which linked to videos hosted on sites like YouTube. It carried ab …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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