Homepage article image

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

Streaming
Homepage article image

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

Streaming
Homepage article image

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

IRL
Homepage article image

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

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

Man fined $1.5 million for sharing gay porn on BitTorrent

Kywan Fisher received fines of $150,000 for each of the copyrighted movies he allegedly pirated from porn studio Flava Works.

On Nov 2, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

Trending
Homepage article image

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

Tech
Homepage article image

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

IRL
Homepage article image

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

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

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

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

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

Streaming
Homepage article image

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

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

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

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

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

Streaming
Homepage article image

British court: Porn company can have pirates’ personal information

A British court has ordered that country's largest internet service provider to hand over identifying information for alleged porn pirates—even though it admits the pirates may be innocent.

On Mar 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture
Homepage article image

A popular file-sharing site shuts down but is planning its rebirth

TankaFetast promises to reopen.

On Feb 23, 2012 by Kris Holt

Internet Culture