A Swedish software firm, Global Gaming Factory X, says it has bought Pirate Bay for £4.7m. The software company says the deal would include right to use Pirate Bay's domain.Pirate Bay is one of the largest file sharing sites having about 20 million users. Few months ago, 4...
created by Yommie | 2 years ago 242 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Torrent aggregator The Pirate Bay awaits the verdict of their copyright infringement trial, which is due on Friday. According to the site's founders, the actual verdict will not affect day-to-day operations, as,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 243 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Day 8 of the Pirate Bay trial... The prosecution once again demonstrated that it doesn't understand exactly what torrents are or how they work (they could have interviewed a few 13-year-old kids to sort this out,...
Day three of the trial started with presentation of the amended charges and ended early again with all sides retiring for pizza! " The lawyers representing all four called on the court for the acquittal of their...
During day 2 of the Pirate Bay trial, the prosecution has dropped half of the charges against the popular torrent aggregator's founders: Frederik Neij (TiAMO), Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (anakata), Peter Sunde...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 316 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Despite stringent security, the new James Bond film, 'Quantum of Solace', has already been found on torrent sites all over the net -- prior to the US release date. While it's only a cam, torrenters have hailed...
created by Jason Sanders | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 3647 views | 11 recommendations | 3 comments
It's interesting that Youtube seems to be playing for both teams here: on one hand, doing nothing to discourage the uploading of copyrighted material by non-copyright-holders, and, on the other hand, hosting tools...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 190 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Prior to being shut down by authorities, British bit torrent site OiNK was an amazing place to discover and share new music. But despite its file-sharing modus operandi, it's surprising to learn that the site's...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 213 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
In the wake of threats and Cease and Desist letters from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) against numerous torrent sites, isoHunt is launching a retaliative strike against the CRIA with a lawsuit...
created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 763 views | 28 recommendations | 8 comments
Paul McGuinness, U2's vehemently anti-file-sharing manager, will be most displeased with the source of the recent leak of several songs from his star band's forthcoming album... Bono himself.Actually, a healthy...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 865 views | 9 recommendations | 4 comments
That single mother who got sued by the Recortind Industry Association of America has won the battle, getting a rather large payout in the process. Though the RIAA won a few high-profile cases, it looks like the courts are souring on the whole sue-your-customers approach to...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 163 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Though suing file-sharing sites has no effect on the proliferation of file sharing, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)- and its lawers- sure feel better about themselves for doing it. However, there...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1138 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
In a Napster-like rebirth (minus the downtime), YouTorrent is reinventing itself as an index of legal torrent files. Once the fastest-growing torrent site on the web, YouTorrent began to lose traction once it stopped indexing sites that linked to copyright-violating files...
In a move many people see as controversial, a Quebec court has ruled that a torrent tracker site based out of Quebec, and hosting mostly french-language content, must shut down. This is a tricky situation, because it could leave the potential open for shutting down any...
Floods in the Midwest continue to threaten communities in several states. At least one town has been all but destroyed, while ruined crops will likely raise food prices across the US."LAKE DELTON, Wis. - Storms...
created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1485 views | 30 recommendations | 10 comments