Project X tops the list of 2012’s most-pirated movies
The party flick beat out heavyweights like The Dark Knight Rises and Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, according to stats compiled by TorrentFreak.
On Dec 28, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Movie studios are illegally pirating rival studios’ films
Major Hollywood studios who campaign relentlessly against Internet piracy are often guilty of pirating movies themselves, according to a TorrentFreak study.
On Dec 26, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Attack on 6 torrent sites falsely blamed on Anonymous
Someone going by the name “Zeiko Anonymous” took down several pirate sites, apparently as revenge against one private site that wouldn’t give him an account.
On Nov 12, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
Two sentenced to prison for uploading copyrighted movies
Two members of the IMAGiNE release group, which allegedly recording movies at theaters and released them online via BitTorrent, have been sentenced to steep fines and prison time.
On Nov 5, 2012 by Kevin Collier
New Statesman and Ai Weiwei challenge China’s “Great Firewall”
Well-known artist and dissident Ai Weiwei edited the latest issue of the magazine, which is available for free in China via file-sharing networks.
On Oct 19, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
The Pirate Bay ditches its servers and heads to the cloud
The move is the latest in a series of security measures the popular file-sharing site has taken to protect itself from government raids.
On Oct 17, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Portugal makes landmark piracy ruling
According to Portugal’s attorney general, you are not your IP address, and sometimes torrenting is OK.
On Sep 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Most BitTorrent users being monitored by copyright agencies, study finds
A Birmingham University (U.K.) study found that 10 different agencies log the IP addresses of users who download the most popular torrents from sites like The Pirate Bay.
On Sep 4, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
DJ Shadow and BitTorrent release “first-ever monetized torrent”
An artist who’s vehemently opposed free music teams up with a file-sharing company in an unlikely arrangement that could be a win for everyone involved.
On Jul 26, 2012 by Jay Hathaway
6 essential and legal torrenting tips
The Reddit section, r/Torrent, offers advice on everything you wanted to know but were afraid to Google.
On Jun 25, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
BitTorrent site Filesoup shuts down
After nine years, one of the Web’s first torrenting sites bites the dust.
On Jun 5, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
The Pirate Bay launches new service to promote indie artists
The Promo Bay is a digital lighthouse, shining a spotlight on unsigned artists and cartoonists.
On Apr 5, 2012 by David Holmes
A popular file-sharing site shuts down but is planning its rebirth
TankaFetast promises to reopen.
On Feb 23, 2012 by Kris Holt
The Oatmeal cartoon perfectly captures reality of Web piracy
HBO could learn a lot from Matthew Inman’s latest cartoon on file-sharing.
On Feb 21, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Movie piracy caused by foreign availability and premiere schedule, study shows
A new study shows that piracy only coincides with significant box office losses in countries outside the U.S., where Hollywood movies premiere first.
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