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[Link] “Popcorn Time” Shuts Down Due to a Lack of Use

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

During its heyday, Popcorn-Time.to had millions of active users but these and other forks have lost their shine. The piracy tool that once had Netflix CEO Reed Hastings worried has decided to shut down.

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[Link] India Expands Piracy Blocklist to Tackle ‘Hydra Headed Rogue Websites’

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

Pirate site blocking is a common practice in many countries and India is no exception. The language used in Indian courts tends to be more colorful though. This is exemplified by a blocking extension several major Hollywood studios requested recently.

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[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] 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] The Pirate Bay Story Will Be Turned Into a TV Series

Read: 21/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The Pirate Bay's turbulent history will be turned into a six-part TV drama. The Swedish production is scheduled to start filming next year and will be aired by public broadcaster SVT. The makers will base their story on input from various insiders but the site's founders are not part of the crew.

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[Link] Someone Made a Pirate Bay for NFTs

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

It’s the duty of those with right-clicker mentality to save every NFT they see. But right-click saving the thousands of JPEGs of Bored Apes and Lazy Lions out there tiring work.

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[Link] Akamai: Online Pirates Are Clever But Not Unbeatable

Read: 7/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

There's a growing number of technology companies trying to help copyright holders fight online piracy. Akamai Technologies, one of the big players, takes a multi-faceted approach to tackle the problem.

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[Link] GitHub Pulls Site and Repo of Pirate Proxy Service ‘Unblockit’ Offline

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

GitHub has removed the repository and the mirror website of Unblockit, a proxy service that allows people to access blocked sites. The developer platform says that the content in question was removed for violating its terms of service, which was confirmed by a follow-up investigation.

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[Link] Anti-Piracy Outfits Still Target Pirate Sites That Shut Down Years Ago

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Pirate sites such as ExtraTorrent, KickassTorrents, and isoHunt disappeared from the web more than half a decade ago. Intriguingly, that hasn't stopped some anti-piracy groups from going after them, as they're still asking Google to remove 'infringing' URLs of these sites.

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[Link] High Traffic Pirate Sites Worldwide Under Investigation, DMCA Subpoenas Reveal

Read: 11/10/2021 torrentfreak.com

The operators of around two dozen torrent sites and pirate streaming services are at risk of having their identities obtained by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.

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[Link] VPN Hosting Company Settles Copyright Lawsuit by Blocking Pirate Sites

Read: 11/10/2021 torrentfreak.com

Hosting provider Sharktech has settled a copyright lawsuit filed by several movie companies. The service stood accused of failing to take action against VPN providers, some of whose subscribers were pirating films.

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[Link] EU Parliament Committee Adopts Digital Services Act

Read: 10/10/2021 torrentfreak.com

The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving ahead. The Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has just adopted a draft of the new Digital Services Act.

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[Link] Pirate IPTV: Omi in a Hellcat Rejects Feds’ Suggestion of 210 Months in Prison

Read: 1/9/2021 torrentfreak.com

Bill Omar Carrasquillo, aka Omi in a Hellcat, has revealed that the US Government wants to put him behind bars for alleged crimes related to his Gears IPTV service.

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[Link] FitGirl Pirate Repacker Warns Domain Name Could Be Lost, Perhaps Forever

Read: 30/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

FitGirl Repacks is currently one of the most popular torrent sites on the Internet but its operator is warning of turbulent times ahead. Site operator FitGirl says that due to a serious domain issue, the site's main domain could go offline temporarily or even forever.

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[Link] Movie Companies Want VPNs to Log User Data and Disconnect Pirates

Read: 30/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

A group of movie companies continues its legal efforts to hold VPN services liable for pirating subscribers. A new lawsuit lists Surfshark, VPN Unlimited, Zenmate, and ExpressVPN as defendants. Besides damages, the filmmakers want the VPNs to block pirate sites and start logging user data.

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[Link] TekSavvy Takes Pirate Site Blocking Battle to Canada’s Supreme Court

Read: 26/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Internet provider TekSavvy is taking the legal battle over Canada's first pirate site blocking order to the Supreme Court. The company has no sympathy for pirate sites but feels that it's obligated to defend the neutral role of ISPs and prevent freedom of speech from being violated.

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[Link] Fake ‘U.S. Copyright Office’ Sends Takedown Notices to Google

Read: 24/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Google has received several takedown notices that claim to come from the 'U.S. Copyright Office', requesting the search engine to remove 'problematic' URLs.

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[Link] The Pirate Bay Earned Millions in Bitcoin Donations (If it HODLed)

Read: 23/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

The Pirate Bay continues to receive a steady stream of Bitcoin donations. Over the past year, these added up to roughly $10 per day, which isn't a life-changing amount.

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[Link] ThePirateBay.com Goes Up For Sale, But Renting is an Option Too

Read: 13/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

ThePirateBay.com has been listed for sale this week. The domain was bought at an auction last year after The Pirate Bay team accidentally let it expire. The buyer initially planned to turn it into a legal download portal but that never got off the ground.

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[Link] Copyright Holders: Automatically Deleting Pirated Content From Search Isn’t Enough

Read: 3/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

A draft bill before Russia's State Duma will allow all copyright holders to have links to pirated content automatically removed from search engines within six hours.

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