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Neotokyo Torrent Download Captivates Online Gamers July 3

The July 3, 2009 release of the Neotokyo game caused a frenzy online as excited gamers looked high and low for an active site to download the game.  The Neotokyo HQ site was literally shut down by the sheer numbers of people trying to access the download from the...

Mega Torrent Site Pirate Bay Sold for £4.7m

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...

Eminem’s Relapse Torrent Leak: Album Available For Download Early

Two weeks before the scheduled May 19 release date of Eminem's Relapse album it has been leaked for download via torrent.   Details of all the tracks on Relapse were leaked and only a few were available for download but it quickly spread to other music sharing...

Pirate Bay Confident of Trial Victory

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,...

Pirate Bay Trial Day 8: Prosecutor Shifts Charges

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 3 - The Pirate Bay’s ‘King Kong’ Defense

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...

Pirate Bay Trial: Half of Charges Dropped

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...

Prosecutor Drops Part of Copyright Case Against The Pirate Bay

"Prosecutor Drops Part of Copyright Case Against The Pirate Bay Stockholm, Sweden - One half of Swedish prosecutors' case against file-sharing hub The...

Quantum of Solace .torrent already on the Internet

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...

Torrent site sues recording industry, sets precedent

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...

Double Agency: "Monetizing" Illegal Content

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...

OiNK Founder, Several Users Charged

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...

U2 Tracks Leak from Bono's Window

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...

RIAA pays File Sharer $107,951

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...

Don't Screw Us Over: Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA

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...

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