[Link] Founder of Piracy & Subtitling Site YYeTs Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison

Read: 6/12/2021 torrentfreak.com

Following pressure from Hollywood, more than a dozen people behind famous Chinese piracy and subtitling site YYeTs.com were arrested in February. After a legal process in China, the founder of the platform - also known as Renren Yingshi - has been sentenced to 3.

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[Link] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.

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[Link] Mr. Robot ‘Plugs’ uTorrent and Pirate Release Groups

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The latest episode of award-winning TV show Mr. Robot includes a nod to online pirates. The main character Elliot is shown pirating a movie using uTorrent, while his movie folder lists movies from various pirate groups including YIFY.

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[Link] Piracy Release Group EVO ‘Blames’ Movie Industry For Its Popularity

Read: 21/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

P2P release group EVO has built quite a reputation in recent years by being the first to release pirated copies of screeners and popular movies.

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