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It's not just TV shows that pirates love, movies have always been quite popular. In the past week, a couple of new movies (new to BitTorrent) made their debut in the first two spots in the BitTorrent top 10 curated by TorrentFreak.
John Carter took the first place as the most downloaded movie in the week ending... |
21 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Game of Thrones' popularity on TV is only equaled, and in fact surpassed, by its popularity online, this despite the fact that the show is not legally available online. The show is on its way to becoming the most downloaded TV show of the year and each episode gets as many as four million downloads within a week... |
21 May 2012
08:52 GMT |
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Private companies are continuing to play with what millions of internet users in India can and cannot see. Last week, several BitTorrent sites along with other stranger choices like Vimeo were blocked by at least one ISP. Now, others are joining, though the original block has been lifted in some cases.
There's ... |
17 May 2012
08:01 GMT |
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While there are plenty of people out to stop them, pirates don't seem too bothered. For all its attempts, all of Hollywood's latest flicks end up on BitTorrent and are quickly snatched up by movie-loving pirates. 21 Jump Street was the most popular movie on BitTorrent last week, aka the most downloaded. Th... |
14 May 2012
10:30 GMT |
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More Dutch pirates are going to face what their British counterparts as well as some of their countrymen have been facing for a while, being cut off from The Pirate Bay.
The local anti-piracy lobbying group, BREIN, has scored several more victories against the internet by forcing five more ISPs in the country to b... |
10 May 2012
09:51 GMT |
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It seems that even pirates tire of the same old movies after a while as this week's top 10 most downloaded movies has three new entries, two of which sit at the top two spots. This Means War is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent in the week ending May 6th.
The movie proved very popular as it shot up to the... |
7 May 2012
15:51 GMT |
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The latest Sherlock Holmes installment, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, has become a pirate favorite in recent weeks and shows no signs of becoming any less popular soon.
The movie entered the top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, as compiled by TorrentFreak, three weeks ago at number three.
A week late... |
30 April 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol can't be budged from the top spot in the illustrious top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, but that doesn't mean things are static across the board. Four new entries made it to the top 10 this week, one proving so desirable that users put up with an inferior tele... |
10 April 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Pirates are as enamoured with the latest Mission: Impossible flick as they have been in recent weeks, but a few new movies have made it to the top 10 most downloaded on BitTorrent, as compiled by TorrentFreak.
The Hunger Games, the already popular movie released this weekend, based on the popular book series, debute... |
2 April 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Three new entries made it in this week's top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, but the top three remains virtually unchanged, apart from a small switch.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol sits at the very top for the second week in a row, after debuting in the previous week.
We Bought a Zoo, also a ... |
26 March 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Last week hasn't been particularly eventful, when it comes to movie sector of BitTorrent. There are only two new entries in the top 10 most downloaded movies on the file-sharing network. Granted, one of the new entries shot in straight at number one.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol made its debut on the po... |
19 March 2012
11:40 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay is always looking at ways of improving itself, but the latest idea is "out there." The site is thinking about creating tiny, flying servers that would act as proxies for the site and hover several kilometers in the air.
"One of the technical things we always optimize is where to put our front machines... |
19 March 2012
10:04 GMT |
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It seems that pirates are happy watching pretty much the same movies they watched in the previous week, as there are only two new entries in last week's top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent.
The Awakening, coming in straight at number two, a ghost story, is one of the new titles on the list, with the Osc... |
12 March 2012
06:37 GMT |
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It doesn't seem like the Oscar's make much of an impression with the average pirate. In the week following the Academy Awards, none of the big winners are in the top 10 most download movies over BitTorrent. There are a couple of Oscar winners in the top 10, but none of the big names, The Artist for example.... |
5 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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One of the reasons why online piracy is so popular, one that is gleefully ignored by big media in their anti-piracy tirades, is because it's so easy. Go to your favorite BitTorrent site, search for the movie, album, episode, season that you want and with just a few steps it will be on your computer.
Getting the... |
5 March 2012
08:51 GMT |
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A quick survey of the popular torrent sites shows that Mass Effect 3, the role-playing and action mix from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, has been leaked online and is now available for download for those who are willing to break the law.
The Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 has been the first one... |
5 March 2012
05:55 GMT |
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In the week leading up to the Oscars, movie pirates weren't really interested in the titles nominated, rather, they preferred the same old comedies or action flicks they would have had in any other week.
In fact, in the entire top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent of last week, Hugo was the only Oscar win... |
27 February 2012
16:21 GMT |
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MegaUpload's founder Kim Dotcom has been released on bail after several weeks in arrest in New Zealand, where he was living. US authorities mounted a huge international operation to arrest everyone involved with MegaUpload, freeze the assets of the company and those involved as well as shut down the site.
Dotco... |
22 February 2012
08:57 GMT |
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MegaUpload was one of the world's largest websites, at least in terms of traffic. It was used by at least several tens of millions of people each month. Having it wiped out from the face of the web should have had a noticeable impact, traffic numbers across the web and the world should have dropped now that all ... |
9 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo entered straight at the top of the most downloaded movies over BitTorrent last week. The anticipated ecranisation of the very popular mystery and thriller novel, the US version as there has already been a Swedish version of the book, has proven quite popular with b... |
31 January 2012
10:03 GMT |
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It seems that new movies have been particularly attractive to pirates last week as five of the top 10 most downloaded movies, as compiled by TorrentFreak, are new entries, aka new movies to the BitTorrent network, not necessarily new releases. The top three spots are filled by new entries, Special Forces coming in a... |
23 January 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Video game publisher Deep Silver has revealed another character that will appear in the upcoming Risen 2: Dark Waters action role playing game, named Patty.The NPC will be armed with a pistol and sabre and will apparently also be rather outspoken, the daughter of one of the most powerful and well known pirates of all... |
20 January 2012
09:12 GMT |
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Sony is convinced that its tough stance on hackers and pirates is in the best interest of its player base and one leading executive from the company has expressed bewilderment at the hostility coming from some players who use the Sony gaming devices.Speaking to CVG Andrew House, who is the leader of the European divi... |
18 January 2012
04:18 GMT |
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With 2012 well underway now, things are going back to normal for most people. Movie fans though, those that prefer the BitTorrent method of distribution, are gearing up for the Christmas blockbusters they didn't get to see yet.
In this week's top 10 downloaded movies over BitTorrent, covering the first wee... |
11 January 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Besides movies and music, to a lesser degree, games make up the bulk of BitTorrent downloads, if only because of their size. While nowhere as popular as the year's top movies, several games proved very enticing to pirates out there.
TorrentFreak put together a top of the most downloaded games over BitTorrent in... |
4 January 2012
14:41 GMT |
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With only a few days left in the year, it makes sense to look back and sum it all up. Everyone is looking into their own back yard as TorrentFreak did and it came up with a top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent this year. Fast Five took the number one spot, though its competitors were close by. The movie was d... |
28 December 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Christmas may or may not be the perfect time to watch movies, depending on what counts as tradition at your house, and the top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent of last week should paint an interesting picture of what people watched during the holidays.
A popular title for a few weeks now, The Inbetweeners Mov... |
27 December 2011
10:47 GMT |
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After CD Projekt took action against those who have pirated their role playing game The Witcher 2 a number of critics said that the actions of the developer were excessive and that they should have done a better job at screening those who were targeted.In a statement to Eurogamer CD Projekt offered some explanation f... |
16 December 2011
04:41 GMT |
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The Inbetweeners Movie entered directly at the top spot of this week’s top 10 most downloaded movies over BitTorrent, as compiled by TorrentFreak.
The British comedy based on the TV series of the same name has proved rather popular in theaters and, considering the younger age of the average BitTorrent user, its popu... |
12 December 2011
14:41 GMT |
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It seems that BitTorrent fans were content watching the same movies they did last week, as the two most popular, i.e. downloaded, movies on the P2P network were the same, "Cowboys and Aliens" and "Conan the Barbarian."
Still, there's a newcomer at number three, the recently released "In Time" has been received ... |
5 December 2011
10:41 GMT |
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Fewer new entries this week and "Conan the Barbarian" gets to keep the 'title' of the most downloaded movie via BitTorrent. Though the movie hasn't exactly gotten the best reviews, it seems to be a fan favorite, at least for the moment.
Three new entries are sprinkled among the top 10, "Cowboys and Al... |
21 November 2011
09:22 GMT |
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The first Risen game, seen as the spiritual success to the Gothic, has been less of a hit than its developers hoped but the team is ready to evolve the concept for the Dark Waters sequel, which will focus on pirates and on naval action.Bjorn Pankratz, who is a leading developer at Piranha Bytes, has stated, “We... |
17 November 2011
15:11 GMT |
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If there's one thing that the top downloaded movies over BitTorrent this week show is that pirates enjoy new stuff very much. Five titles in the top 10 are new entries.Movie lovers may notice that some of the new titles may not exactly be that 'new' since they've been released in theaters for mont... |
14 November 2011
08:48 GMT |
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Pirates may not like to pay for their content all that much, or maybe they just don't want to hassle with the few 'legal' alternatives they have, but they sure like movies.They have their standards as well, so any self respecting pirate will wait for a DVD rip to be available before firing up BitTorren... |
7 November 2011
11:10 GMT |
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It's obvious that movie studios don't love pirates. Well, they hate them actually and would do anything to get rid of the millions of freeloading pirates out there. But, pirates are people too, right? Just don't tell Hollywood that. And pirates love movies just like the rest of us, perhaps even mo... |
17 October 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Video game developer Take Two has posted a set of pretty ambiguous financial results for the first fiscal quarter of the coming year but the company is still looking to a bright future and they are planning to both expand their series on new, emerging platforms and to diversify the range of gaming experience that the... |
9 August 2011
10:25 GMT |
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Ironclad Games, as the developer, and Stardock Entertainment, as the publisher, have announced that the Trinity version for Sins of a Solar Empire, the space-based real-time strategy title, is being prepared for the release of patch 1.2, which is currently available for beta testing for all those who own the game. T... |
14 February 2011
05:19 GMT |
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The developers of the upcoming role playing game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings have said that they plan to take legal action against those who illegally download their video game, with letters going out to pirates forcing them to chose between paying a fine or going to court.Marcin Iwiński, who is one of the co f... |
23 November 2010
05:28 GMT |
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2K Games, as the publisher, and Firaxis, as the developer, have announced that Sid Meier's Pirates! will be ported to the Nintendo Wii. The game is being worked on by 2K China and is slated for launch at some point during the fall. The two companies plan to keep all the features, which made the original a superb... |
10 May 2010
03:54 GMT |
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Movie piracy is a very widespread phenomenon, especially in areas of the world where authorities have not yet set up any sort of rules on how people should be held accountable for their online activity. With the advent of 3D productions, more and more of which are beginning to make their way in movie theaters around ... |
10 February 2010
03:29 GMT |
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LEGO mania is moving to the Nintendo DS. After the runaway success of games like LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman and LEGO Indiana Jones, TT Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are planning to create a new title in the series exclusively for the Nintendo DS. It will be called LEGO Battles and will likely arri... |
5 February 2009
16:51 GMT |
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We all know that we are supposed to be having fun as 2008 turns into 2009. Lavish parties, outdoor concerts or intimate get togethers with friends should be the way to welcome the new year but sometimes we just need a bit of gaming in our lives.If you think you're going to need something to play on New Year'... |
30 December 2008
03:51 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is facing a lawsuit from a composer, Gerald Willis, who claims that the company has been using a track called “Win With the Rebels” without his permission, even if he is the exclusive holder of the rights for the track. As it happens, the track is also the fight song for the University of ... |
23 October 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Pirates: Duels on the High Seas is a naval combat game that is going to be released by Oxygen this summer in June exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld consoles. The golden age of adventure on the High Seas will be rewritten and retold with a game that seems to look too good for a DS title. Even more interesting i... |
18 April 2008
02:32 GMT |
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Not since the launch of Sid Meier's Pirates! has the pirate impersonation genre hit success. Although the Pirates of the Caribbean movies created huge expectations for the games, they quickly turned out to be disappointments. So, it's about time for a new company to try and cash in on the whole pirate mania... |
17 March 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Today, September 19, is the International Talk Like a Pirate day. I had no idea about this 'special day', until someone called me. I was working on a piece of news when my mobile rang and a friend asked me what I knew about the Flickr hack and what has happened to them. My instant reaction was: "What?! Flic... |
19 September 2007
08:57 GMT |
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Engage in combat with other boats, forts, and shore batteries in exotic locales. With the help of an outlaw band of sea-raiders, you must overthrow a devious army and restore order to the land in Blood Wake. The game is set in a variety of dynamic environments, including open ocean, island groups, sheltered bays, riv... |
22 March 2007
06:20 GMT |
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