Is it Illegal to Use Pirate Streaming Sites?
There are many options for people to enjoy movies and TV shows legally but millions still choose to pirate content…
There are many options for people to enjoy movies and TV shows legally but millions still choose to pirate content…
Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and…
Since February 24, 2022, Russia’s troops have poured death and destruction on Ukraine. There are no obvious signs to suggest…
While many new pirate sites have a profit motive right from the start, simply getting a service up and running…
Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by…
As the horrors caused by Russia’s invasion of neighbor Ukraine continue, the geopolitical and financial implications are being felt throughout…
Piracy is a complicated phenomenon and the reported effects on legal consumption are not always straightforward. The issue has been…
Bing has a relatively small market share but that doesn’t mean that it’s being ignored by copyright holders. Microsoft’s search…
In 2019 the European Parliament adopted the new Copyright Directive that aims to modernize how copyright is protected in the…
As the first major legal streaming service on the Internet, Netflix paved the way for a streaming revolution. The company…
It’s not a secret that Google and Bing are tweaking their search results to accommodate copyright holders. However, it was…
For many seasoned BitTorrent users, 1337x.to is a familiar name. The site has been around for fifteen years and is…
While historical and geopolitical ambitions sit at the heart of the war in Ukraine, cynical disinformation and denial of knowledge…
The Oscars are the most anticipated movie awards show of the year, closely followed by hundreds of millions of movie…
When Vladimir Putin’s tanks and an estimated 200,000 troops began to roll across the border on February 24, 2022, his…
A group of independent film companies has taken the issue of piracy liability to a new level over the past…
Private torrent sites are members-only platforms that usually facilitate sharing of copyright content between a tightly-controlled network of like-minded individuals….
When ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ was about to be released late last year in theaters, spoilers and leaked footage started…
As Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his military’s horrendous campaign of bloodshed continues, world leaders and people around the…
Peer-to-peer technology was hot in the early 2000s, with many developers building their own networks, protocols, or applications. Napster was…
As the world’s leading free distributor of millions of oftentimes ‘paywalled’ research papers, Sci-Hub is often described as “The Pirate…
Last week, Kanye West dropped his latest album ‘Donda 2‘. As previously announced, this is no regular release. The album…
For online media consumers, things have improved significantly over the years. More content is made available globally than ever before….
From the day the first computer and video games were published, people have been able to pirate them. In the…
The Oscars are the most anticipated movie awards show of the year, closely followed by hundreds of millions of movie…
After we published an article about the prolonged downtime at the ETTV torrent site, the operator has confirmed what many…
Five years ago, the torrent community was hit hard when the popular torrent site ExtraTorrent suddenly shut its doors. The…
For many years there have been established processes for removing infringing content and links to infringing content from the internet….
Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by…
OpenSubtitles is one of the largest and most popular subtitle repositories on the Internet. Millions of subtitle files are downloaded…
Given its reputation for tearing down paywalls to deliver knowledge and enlightenment to academics, students and researchers, Sci-Hub remains one…
When the original Popcorn Time application launched eight years ago, we billed it as the “Netflix for Pirates.” The software…
The closing weeks of 2021 have been packed with new pirate site-blocking orders around the globe. From Australia through the…
When we first read about White Rabbit years ago, we initially dismissed it as yet another attempt to make pirates…
With more ways to stream online video than ever before, protecting video continues to be a key issue for copyright…
At the end of every year, we take a look at the most-downloaded TV episodes among torrenting pirates. For several…
Laws that forbid the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted content are common around the world but the rise of…
The Witcher is one of Netflix’s undisputed hit series. The first season, which came out at the end of 2019,…
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) regularly conducts studies to see how piracy evolves over time. These studies help…
At the end of the year, movie industry insiders traditionally receive their screener copies, which they use to vote on…
With a reach of a billion users and 10,000 new advertising campaigns per week, PropellerAds is a major player in…
While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders also see a massive downside. The fact…
This year, The Pirate Bay officially reached adulthood, which is quite an achievement considering the immense legal pressure it has…
Finnish market research company Taloustutkimus Oy has published its Copyright Barometer report for 2021. It aims to shine light on…
Downloading pirated copies of videogames from the internet has been a thing for around three decades already but today’s scene…
In the summer we reported on an unusual situation in Japan where copyright holders felt that the rise of so-called…
Applinked is one of the apps/services that stepped in to fill the gap after the popular Filelinked tool was taken…
Day in and day out, dozens of new movies and TV shows leak online. This is something most pirates simply…
It is extremely common for internet service providers to prevent their customers from accessing pirate sites. Often they are required…
While pirated Hollywood blockbusters often score the big headlines, there are several other industries that have been battling piracy over…