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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • May 15th, 2017
ExtraTorrent Goes Down for More than 24 Hours <em>Update</em>

ExtraTorrent Goes Down for More than 24 Hours Update

ExtraTorrent seems to be having some server issues

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • May 2nd, 2017
British Online Pirates Face Up to 10 Years in Prison

British Online Pirates Face Up to 10 Years in Prison

New law pushes the maximum punishment from two to ten years

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • April 27th, 2017
Mexico's Supreme Court Rules Pirate Site Blockades Violate Free Speech

Mexico's Supreme Court Rules Pirate Site Blockades Violate Free Speech

From now on, rightsholders and government bodies need to demand blockades on specific pages only and not full sites

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • March 9th, 2017
Legal Team of KAT Owner to Fight Extradition, Take Case to Court of Human Rights

Legal Team of KAT Owner to Fight Extradition, Take Case to Court of Human Rights

They hope to also get the US case dismissed

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • February 27th, 2017
All Oscar-Nominated Movies Already Available on Pirate Sites

All Oscar-Nominated Movies Already Available on Pirate Sites

Only the latest Star Wars movie is in low-quality

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • February 26th, 2017
Mininova Torrent Site to Shut Down in April

Mininova Torrent Site to Shut Down in April

Mininova is saying goodbye to its users

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • February 17th, 2017
The Pirate Bay Blockade via Cogent Was "Collateral Damage" of Court Order

The Pirate Bay Blockade via Cogent Was "Collateral Damage" of Court Order

The court order targeted Cloudflare IP addresses

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • December 15th, 2016
The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, IsoHunt Banned in Australia

The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, IsoHunt Banned in Australia

Federal Court orders ISPs to ban 5 piracy websites

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • November 29th, 2016
Biggest Piracy Sites in France Shut Down After Police Raids

Biggest Piracy Sites in France Shut Down After Police Raids

Several people arrested, cars and computers seized

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • November 23rd, 2016
Piracy Websites, Torrent Trackers Could Be Blocked in Opera Browser’s Turbo Mode

Piracy Websites, Torrent Trackers Could Be Blocked in Opera Browser’s Turbo Mode

Russian watchdog wanted Opera to add a blacklist

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • November 18th, 2016
What.cd Music Torrent Tracker Goes Offline After Police Raids

What.cd Music Torrent Tracker Goes Offline After Police Raids

Yet another famous tracker shut down, this time in France

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 23rd, 2016
Cisco Develops Technology to Fight Pirate TV Streaming

Cisco Develops Technology to Fight Pirate TV Streaming

New Cisco SPP platform can identify and shut down pirate TV streams while in transit on the Internet

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 6th, 2016
Pirate Bay Blocked in Chrome and Firefox Because of Safe Browsing Alert

Pirate Bay Blocked in Chrome and Firefox Because of Safe Browsing Alert

Generic "phishing" alerts hit The Pirate Bay

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 27th, 2016
Music Labels Sue Top YouTube-to-MP3 Service

Music Labels Sue Top YouTube-to-MP3 Service

RIAA has taken YouTube-MP3.org in its sights

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 24th, 2016
Nazi Anthem at the Core of YouTube Copyright Brawl

Nazi Anthem at the Core of YouTube Copyright Brawl

Filmmaker says YouTube's appeal process is flawed

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 18th, 2016
TorrentHound Piracy Portal Shuts Down, Third Major Site in 3 Months

TorrentHound Piracy Portal Shuts Down, Third Major Site in 3 Months

Third portal after Kickass Torrents and Torrentz.eu

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 11th, 2016
Because of Playboy, Linking to Pirated Content Is Now Illegal in the EU

Because of Playboy, Linking to Pirated Content Is Now Illegal in the EU

Latest European Court of Justice ruling muddles the waters for what's what in terms of copyright infringement

 
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