How Anonymous Are Cloud Torrenting Services?

Cloud torrenting services are an ideal tool to download content swiftly. They also help to hide your IP-address from the public at large. However, are they really anonymous? We asked the leading cloud torrenting services what their policies are.

Anti-Piracy

ACE/MPA Seize Four More Sites For Facilitating Movie & TV Show Piracy

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and the Motion Picture Association of America have 'seized' four more domains for being involved in piracy activities. While…

yesterday, 11:44 by Andy
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Anti-Piracy

Netflix Impostor Bombards Google With Fake DMCA Takedown Notices

From just a few thousand flagged URLs per week the number of DMCA takedown notices Netflix sent to Google skyrocketed to over a million recently.…

May 30, 2020, 20:07 by Ernesto
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Anti-Piracy

Watch Tower DMCA Subpoena Row Settled After Judge Hands Out Vulgarity Warning

A row over whether a judge should allow the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society to obtain the identity of someone who uploaded 'pirated' Jehovah's…

May 30, 2020, 12:55 by Andy
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Lawsuits

US Court Hands Down Preliminary Injunction Against Pirate IPTV Provider

A Florida district court judge has handed down a highly-restrictive preliminary injunction against a 'pirate' IPTV provider trading under various names including CBC and X-View.…

May 29, 2020, 22:12 by Andy
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Law and Politics

US Copyright Office’s DMCA Tweaks Trigger ‘Internet Disconnection’ Concerns

Last week the US Copyright Office released its long-awaited review on the DMCA's safe harbor section. While far-reaching proposals such as pirate site blocking and…

May 29, 2020, 12:58 by Ernesto
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Piracy

YTS Bypasses Security Warnings with Simple URL Update

A few days ago, popular torrent site YTS was flagged as a potential phishing site by Chrome and Firefox. Today, these warnings have disappeared but…

May 28, 2020, 20:20 by Ernesto
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Law and Politics

Russia Adopts Law to Block Pirate Apps and if Necessary, App Stores Too

Russia's State Duma has adopted new legislation that will enable copyright holders to take far-reaching action against apps facilitating access to pirated content. If the…

May 28, 2020, 10:13 by Andy
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