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Ernesto Van der Sar. News maker and gatherer. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of TorrentFreak. Born and raised near Amsterdam. You can reach me at [email protected]

MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested

By Ernesto
on January 19, 2012
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MegaUpload, one of the largest file-sharing sites on the Internet, has been shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia. The site's founder Kim Dotcom and three others were arrested by the police in New Zealand at the request of US authorities. MegaVideo, the streaming site belonging to same company, and…

Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun

By Ernesto
on May 10, 2013
C: 1057

A few days after the blueprints for the world's first printable gun were published online, Defense Distributed has been asked by the State Department to pull them down, citing possible arms trafficking violations. The blueprints, however, are still available on The Pirate Bay and many other file-sharing sites, which adds…

The Pirate Bay ‘Moves’ to North Korea (Updated)

By Ernesto
on March 4, 2013
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The Pirate Bay says it has been offered virtual asylum in North Korea. The move comes after the Norwegian Pirate Party was forced to stop routing traffic for the infamous BitTorrent site by a local copyright group. "We can reveal that we have been invited by the leader of the…

Demonoid Shut Down by the CRIA?

By Ernesto
on September 25, 2007
C: 829

Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers has allegedly been taken offline by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Both the tracker and the website have been unresponsive for nearly 24 hours now.