The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Amazing Spider-Man' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. 'The Campaign' completes the top three.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Amazing Spider-Man' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. 'The Campaign' completes the top three.
For all the camaraderie among the pirate parties, there’s always been an underlying competitive streak between the various parties to break new ground. The last major competition – for now – has been won, and by an unexpected corner, the Czech party. When it comes to surprises, even among pirate observers, this was certainly…
After its move to the cloud earlier this week The Pirate Bay became more portable and raid-proof than ever before. The entire website and six months of database and code backups have a storage footprint of just 500 gigabytes. At the same time, The Pirate Bay claims to be the…
In late August Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested in Cambodia. After being held by authorities there he was swiftly deported to Sweden. Once in his homeland he was hit with charges connected to an alleged hacking offense but since then the news trail has gone largely cold. Speaking…
This week Netflix launched its popular on demand video streaming service in Finland, but not without controversy. To cater to the local audience, on some of its programming the company displayed "unauthorized" fansubs. Unlike regular subtitles, fansubs are created without permission from content owners and often used alongside pirated content.…
RIANZ, New Zealand's answer to the RIAA, have withdrawn their case against an individual they said should have been punished under the country's "3 strikes" anti-filesharing regime. The decision follows a procedure beset by problems, including delivery of erroneous infringement notices and a claim for financial punishments that was not…
A comprehensive report published by the Dutch Institution for Information Law and CentERdata reveals that compared to the rest of the population, file-sharers are more likely to pay for movies, books, games, concerts and box office tickets. The report further reveals that blocking websites such as The Pirate Bay does…
While Megaupload's demise has been well publicized, the burning question remains. How will its imminent replacement fend off attacks from aggressive copyright holders and authorities? Today we have the answer. Kim Dotcom and business partner Mathias Ortmann say they have a plan that will not only make "Mega" raid proof,…