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Piracy is the root of all evil, but every now and then it can be surprisingly convenient. Just ask Ubisoft, who are selling a pirate-sourced soundtrack of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood to their customers. Or Belarus’ National State Television, who aire …
… a name for itself a few years ago as being the ‘home’ of aXXo. To the older crowd the name aXXo will ring a bell as one of the best known DVDrip releasers. Between the …
… number 47. A rather surprising entry in the top 100 is “axxo” in 17th place, since the last torrent file by the popular DVDripper was uploaded in March 2009. Axxo has been among the most popular search keywords on BitTorrent for years …
… methods or sample. The report also claims that the aXXo release of the film Wanted had a massive 50,582 seeders two years after it …
… who visited a BitTorrent site prior to 2010, the name aXXo probably rings a bell. Since the fall of 2005, those four iconic letters … to pirated movies. In the years that followed the aXXo brand went on to achieve cult status. For many it became synonymous with …
… The file is clearly labeled as ‘The Wolfman DVDrip 2010 aXXo‘ but it is a fake, a fact which can be quickly learned by reading the …
… it in the days that follow. Interestingly, the term “aXXo” is still appearing in the top 30 list even though the notorious …
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