The RIAA has informed the U.S. government about the piracy-promoting websites it would like to be dealt with in the near future. The list includes all major torrent sites, but also Russia's Facebook and Classmates equivalent. The submission is particularly sensitive because the House Judiciary Committee today discussed the pending…

The MPAA has informed the U.S. Government about several piracy-promoting websites it would like to be dealt with in the near future. The list includes major torrent sites, file-hosting services, but also Russia’s popular social network VKontakte. Interestingly, the movie industry group also prematurely reports that Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid…

The RIAA's brand new "notorious sites" submission to the United States Trade Representative reveals that in two days time some of the world's largest file-sharing sites will become blocked by Internet service providers in the UK. On October 30, meta-search engine Torrentz.eu, torrent indexes ExtraTorrent and BitSnoop, and cyberlocker search…

In a response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative, the MPAA has submitted a list of "notorious markets" for pirated goods located outside the United States. Among them are some of the world's leading torrent sites including BTjunkie, Demonoid, isoHunt, KickAssTorrents and The Pirate Bay.…