Piracy More Torrent Sites Ban YTS Releases and Become a Target Last week, 1337x.to decided to ban YTS releases when it became apparent that information from the site's database was being used in lawsuits against file-sharers.… August 29, 2020, 13:24 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Thousands of Pirates Tricked into Downloading Fake ‘Tenet’ Torrents The official premiere of Tenet has drawn many people to the movie theaters this week. On pirate sites, there's been plenty of interest too, as… August 28, 2020, 22:34 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Win Preliminary Injunction Against Pirate Sites In July, Amazon Publishing teamed up with Penguin Random House and authors including Lee Child and John Grisham to sue 'pirate' sites operating under the… August 28, 2020, 11:04 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy SPARKS Piracy Busts: Facts, Rumors & Fear Point to Something Huge The raids and arrests this week targeting piracy release group SPARKS have caused chaos in The Scene, with members and groups going into hiding and… August 27, 2020, 16:16 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Google Promises to De-index ‘Proxies’ and ‘Mirrors’ of Pirate Sites in Australia Google has reached a new voluntary agreement with copyright holders in Australia. The search engine promises to block proxies and mirrors of pirate sites without… August 27, 2020, 10:49 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits ISP Wants RIAA and Markmonitor Added to ‘False’ Piracy Notices Lawsuit Internet provider Bright House Networks has countersued several major record labels, alleging that they sent false and deceptive piracy notices to its subscribers. This week,… August 26, 2020, 23:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Lawsuits US Indictments and Raids of Piracy Group Members in ‘The Scene’ Throw Top-Tier Piracy World Into Chaos The top-tier piracy world known as The Scene is in turmoil after the unsealing of US indictments targeting key members of release group SPARKS and… August 26, 2020, 10:51 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy EU Commission Reports Drop in Pirate Site Ads Following Industry Deal The European Commission reports that the number of ads placed on pirate sites is trending down. Following the introduction of a voluntary anti-piracy agreement, advertisements… August 25, 2020, 21:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar