VPN services are often advertised as tools to get uncensored access to the Internet, but this is not always the case. Ironically, many VPN providers ban BitTorrent traffic on U.S. and U.K. servers over piracy concerns.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘12 Years A Slave’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Frozen’ 'Delivery Man' completes the top three.
Russia's Facebook vKontakte is preparing steps to have it declassified as a rogue site by the U.S. Trade Representative. That will mean the introduction of filtering technology to identify and delete millions of infringing MP3s, movies and TV shows from the social networking giant, with Internet-wide implications.
Popcorn Time, a cross-platform and BitTorrent-powered movie streaming app, may very well be Hollywood's worst nightmare. The software can be best described as a Netflix for pirates, allowing users to stream the latest blockbusters at no cost. TF talks to one of the developers to find out how the app…
Despite killing more than 200 in 2013, BREIN has decided to end its legal battles against Pirate Bay proxies. A recent court ruling, which undermined the anti-piracy group's legal basis against the services, has also forced the discontinuation of legal action against several ISPs, BREIN said yesterday.
While an Internet user's IP address is often visible, significant effort is required to convert that into a real-life identity. So imagine what would happen if you could type the IP address of an Internet user into a web browser and receive his phone number in return. Unbelievably, that happened…
To shield their identities from the public, many site owners use domain privacy services. Domains by Proxy is one of the most used services in this niche, but the operator of a linking site found out that it's far from secure. Responding to an inquiry from the Motion Picture Association,…
File-hosting site UltraMegabit has settled a complaint with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office over allegations it engaged in deceptive business practices when it provided recurring subscription access to pirated content. It's a novel approach, but who stirred the matter up?
Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm's custody has been extended for four more weeks after the court reviewed new evidence. The prosecution presented an encrypted container found on Svartholm's computer which links him to the CSC hack, but according to his lawyer this doesn't rule out that someone else carried out…