• Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 11th, 2015
Torrent Sites Earned $70 Million After Dropping Malware on Their Visitors

Torrent Sites Earned $70 Million After Dropping Malware on Their Visitors

Most infections deliver trojans and adware

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 6th, 2015
PayPal Bans Pirating App Soulseek, After Sending Them Christmas Cards in the Past

PayPal Bans Pirating App Soulseek, After Sending Them Christmas Cards in the Past

It took PayPal 14 years to find out what Soulseek was truly doing, bans app for helping share "illegal content." Duuuuh!

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 28th, 2015
Kickass Torrents User Warned by Court to Stop Uploading Torrents or Pay Fine

Kickass Torrents User Warned by Court to Stop Uploading Torrents or Pay Fine

Student gets off easy, avoids jail time and serious damages

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 26th, 2015
Court Tells Pirate to Get 200,000 YouTube Views or Pay $373,000 Fine

Court Tells Pirate to Get 200,000 YouTube Views or Pay $373,000 Fine

YouTube video counter is already at 125,000 views, the pirate will probably clear his debts by the end of the day

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 7th, 2015
Viral of the Day: Bosnian Rock Band's Tribute to The Pirate Bay

Viral of the Day: Bosnian Rock Band's Tribute to The Pirate Bay

Do you like Balkan music mixed with funny Internet memes?

  • Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 25th, 2015
After the Turmoil Earlier This Week, Popcorn Time Clone Closes Down for Good

After the Turmoil Earlier This Week, Popcorn Time Clone Closes Down for Good

Developer confirms, the project is history

Fallout 4 PC Disks Don't Have the Entire Game as Protection Against Piracy

Fallout 4 PC Disks Don't Have the Entire Game as Protection Against Piracy

The new Fallout game is expected to arrive on November 10

Italian ISP Starts Disconnecting Piracy-Accused Users at Hollywood's Request

Italian ISP Starts Disconnecting Piracy-Accused Users at Hollywood's Request

Hollywood antes up the pressure on local ISPs

Dutch Movie Company Registers the Popcorn Time Trademark

Dutch Movie Company Registers the Popcorn Time Trademark

Dutch Filmworks is now the legal owner of Popcorn Time

Researcher Proposes a Method for Blocking Torrent Spies

Researcher Proposes a Method for Blocking Torrent Spies

Also releases a new BitTorrent client based on his findings

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • September 28th, 2015
Kim Dotcom Has a Way to Stop Piracy That Could Also Help Microsoft's Windows 10

Kim Dotcom Has a Way to Stop Piracy That Could Also Help Microsoft's Windows 10

The former Mega owner proposes a way to stop piracy

Online Advertisers Have Blacklisted the Pirate Bay and Other Pirate Sites

Online Advertisers Have Blacklisted the Pirate Bay and Other Pirate Sites

Only in Sweden for now, the agreement will probably be extended to advertisers in other countries as well

File-Sharing Site ShareBeast.com Shut Down by Authorities

File-Sharing Site ShareBeast.com Shut Down by Authorities

FBI takes down the US' biggest music file-sharing portal

PayPal and Credit Card Companies Are Discussing Blocking Payments to Pirate Sites

PayPal and Credit Card Companies Are Discussing Blocking Payments to Pirate Sites

Donations and payments to pirate sites may be banned

Resourceful Pirate Bay and KickAss Torrents Uploader Arrested in the UK

Resourceful Pirate Bay and KickAss Torrents Uploader Arrested in the UK

Police raid his home and seize several computers

Microsoft Wants to Block Pirated Content? Pirate Sites Ban Windows 10 Instead

Microsoft Wants to Block Pirated Content? Pirate Sites Ban Windows 10 Instead

iTS torrent tracker admins ban Windows 10 users, BB and FSC administrators thinking of doing the same

Windows 10, Piracy Control, and PC Gaming

Windows 10, Piracy Control, and PC Gaming

Microsoft could try to make games cheaper

 
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