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… this year TorrentFreak published a shortlist of the world‘s most popular torrent sites. Leading the pack was of course The Pirate … in the Philippines and servers scattered around the world,” GdF said in a statement. “This colossal site of 10 million active …
… notorious 4chan message board in 2007 and developed into a worldwide sensation from there, and as we all know that particular community is …
… downloaded TV-show of 2011. The number of weekly downloads worldwide is about equal to the estimated viewers on HBO in the U.S., but why? …
… they’d signed over the band’s copyrights to Panama-based World Digital Rights so that they could sue. TorrentFreak has kept in touch … lawsuit would be withdrawn. However, we discovered that World Digital Rights have persisted with their lawsuit and earlier this month …
… of Internet users just beginning to engage with the P2P world. For more than a decade the mode of operation employed by these … trademarks for BitTorrent. After targeting other world-famous file-sharing brands such as Azureus, Vuze, Kazaa and Morpheus, in …
… than sitting idly by, net activists all around the world have been doing their part to re-connect millions of Britains to The … That’s why the Pirates, both here in the UK and worldwide, are attracting more and more support. “Another way of looking at …
… The Pirate Bay has been inaccessible to most of the world for nearly 24 hours and our ‘inbox’ is suffering. But it appears to be … DDoS attack rendering it unavailable in many parts of the world. Now, while we’re informed that the problem might be mitigated during …
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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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