[Link] Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money

Read: 21/3/2023 torrentfreak.com

After almost 17 years online, file-hosting veteran Zippyshare will shut down at the end of the month. Founded in 2006, Zippyshare was known for its free, no-nonsense, no-frills approach to storing files online.

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[Link] Hollywood and Netflix Signal “Piracy as a Service” (PaaS) as New Threat Vector

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has submitted its latest overview of 'notorious' foreign piracy markets to the US Trade Representative. Aside from The Pirate Bay's and Fmovies of this world, Telegram, Baidu, and various domain registries are called out.

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[Link] Ex-Fox host claims Facebook defamed him by fact-checking climate change videos

Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com

Former Fox Business host John Stossel is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media company and one of its contracted fact-checking organizations defamed him when it flagged two of his videos, alerting viewers to “missing context” and “partly false” claims.

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