The Pirate Bay is now the most-visited file-sharing site on the Internet, taking over the lead from prominent one-click hosting sites such as 4Shared and Mediafire. After a spectacular rise in the early years of this decade cyberlockers are quickly losing ground, while BitTorrent sites continue to grow. This shift…

The popular file-hosting service 4shared has launched a new anti-piracy feature that scans shared files for copyright infringing content. The system, custom-built by the cyberlocker, scans for pirated music files based on a unique audio watermark. In the near future the site will also allow copyright holders to replace pirated…

4Shared, the largest file-sharing website on the Internet, has been sued in an attempt to reveal the identities of the person or persons who uploaded copyrighted files. The case was filed at a US federal court by Modulo Security Solutions, who are trying to identify the alleged uploader of confidential…

The Holy Grail of takedown tools is one that not only removes content, but keeps it down. Interestingly, 4shared, one of the world's most complained-about sites, offers a service provided by a Spotify-owned company to do just that. So why don't the BPI, who sent 6.7m 4shared complaints to Google,…