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RIAA Wants To Shutter Torrent Sites, And More

By Ernesto
on November 16, 2011
C: 199

The RIAA has informed the U.S. government about the piracy-promoting websites it would like to be dealt with in the near future. The list includes all major torrent sites, but also Russia's Facebook and Classmates equivalent. The submission is particularly sensitive because the House Judiciary Committee today discussed the pending…

MPAA Reports Notorious Pirate Sites to U.S. Government

By Ernesto
on October 26, 2013
C: 201

The MPAA has informed the U.S. Government about several piracy-promoting websites it would like to be dealt with in the near future. The list includes major torrent sites, file-hosting services, but also Russia’s popular social network VKontakte. Interestingly, the movie industry group also prematurely reports that Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid…

RIAA: The Pirate Bay Assaults Fundamental Human Rights

By Ernesto
on October 28, 2014
C: 165

The RIAA has just submitted its latest list of "rogue" websites to the U.S. Government. The report includes many of the usual suspects and also calls out websites who claim that they're protecting the Internet from censorship, specifically naming The Pirate Bay. "We must end this assault on our humanity…

RIAA and MPAA Report Notorious Piracy Sites to U.S. Government

By Ernesto
on October 7, 2015
C: 135

The RIAA and MPAA have submitted their lists of most "notorious" pirate sites to the U.S. Government. The groups target torrent sites including The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents, as well as various linking and streaming portals. Uncooperative domain registrars and other third-party service providers are called out as well.