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iPhone Pirating App Attacks Rival Pirate App Store

Many users of jailbroken iPhones will be familiar with the Installous application. Installous, from the people at Hackulo.us, allows the simple installation of apps previously available from the official Apple App Store – but free of charge with Appulous, of course. This system hasn’t had much serious competition but all that changed recently when a new [...]

Mininova Helps Artists to Monetize Torrents

Mininova’s content distribution platform has been around since 2007. All files published on the content distribution platform are both tracked and seeded by Mininova. This ensures high download speeds while the publishers don’t have to worry about seeding the files themselves. The service is mostly used by independent artists, but record labels are also interested. Today, [...]

Nutjob gets pulled over

This is just hillarious. I cannot believe this guy gets this mad .

Tags: cops, speeding ticket, ticket

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

This week there are five newcomers. Jim Carrey’s Yes Man was downloaded the most and leads the chart. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Currently both DVDrips, DVD Screeners and R5 rips are counted. RSS feed for the weekly DVDrip chart. Week ending March 29, [...]

Poll: How Would You Respond to an RIAA/MPAA Warning?

Last week we ran a poll asking why our readers use BitTorrent. We were really impressed with the feedback with more than 14,000 readers taking the time to vote. Following on from this success, this Sunday we’re asking you guys a new question. This week the press has been buzzing with the ‘news’ that the music [...]

Pirate Bay Torrents Spread Via Facebook

With the recent trial out of the way, it seems The Pirate Bay team have had more time for development of the site. Just last week they announced the addition of personal RSS feeds. This week we revealed that they will also offer a new IPRED-busting VPN service. That’s not all though, the team has recently [...]

RIAA, MPAA Copyright Warnings: Facts and Fiction

It’s has been a good week for the entertainment industry lobbyists. Hundreds of news outlets wrote in detail about how the RIAA and MPAA are negotiating with Internet service providers to warn alleged copyright infringers. No one seemed to notice that this isn’t really news as they’ve been working together for years, with ISPs passing [...]

Hackers Go After Pirate Bay Investigator

The torrent, titled “Where did the money come from?” exposes some of the policeman’s passwords and account details, including some documents relating to a house he recently bought. The title hints at Keyzer’s short employment at Warner Bros. while he was working on the police investigation, but this implied link seems a little tenuous. According to [...]

EU Rejects ‘3 Strikes’ for File-Sharers

For the third time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet based on evidence from anti-piracy lobby groups. Instead, they chose to protect rights and freedoms of Internet users. The report from Greek MEP Stavros Lambrinidis concerning security and [...]

MediaDefender Founders Leave Sinking Ship

Founded in 2000, MediaDefender made a name for itself by polluting file-sharing networks and BitTorrent sites with fake files. Their methods were especially effective on sites that had little or no moderation and the company’s success didn’t go unnoticed. In mid 2005, MediaDefender founders Randy Saaf and Octavio Herrera were paid $43 million for their anti-piracy [...]