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Emulation Console Update Bakes in Instant Free [Pirated] Game Downloads
To outsiders they may have appeared chaotic but for players in the early 1980s, jammed-to-capacity videogame arcades provided escape from the chaos of the outside world. A single coin in the slot and then total inner silence: 1UP. Even for the privileged few who later installed a cocktail Galaxian in their own garage, the idea that an entire arcade could be squeezed inside a TV set was ridiculous. That almost every arcade game ever...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 02/24/2025
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four newcomers on the list. “The Gorge” is the most shared title. The most torrented...
Did a Court Really Authorize Internet Service Providers to Block Cloudflare?
With the prospect of future piracy taking place within encrypted networks designed for connectivity and enhanced privacy, the current concept of blocking may have limited shelf life. Yet, the commitment to blocking shows no sign of retreat. Blocking requests are now so common that even the courts have grown accustomed to their frequency. Given the often harmonious outcome, some courts allow plaintiffs and defendants to solve their own...
DMCA Notices Took Down 31,151 GitHub Projects Last Year
GitHub, home to hundreds of millions of code repositories, takes pride in being the largest and most advanced development platform in the world. Like other platforms that host user-generated content, this massive code library occasionally runs into copyright infringement issues. Pirate Troubles One of the ‘pirate’ issues GitHub faces is a constant stream of scammy pirate advertisements posted to the site. These ads typically promise...
Greece Approves Legal Framework to ‘Fine’ Pirate IPTV Users, Ramps Up Blocking
Pirate site blocking is a hot topic again, now that the U.S. is considering its own blocking regime. This puts a spotlight on the practices of other countries, especially those where innocent websites are blocked, as we’ve recently seen in Spain and Italy. In Greece, where the first domains were blocked in 2018, the situation has been relatively calm. Blocking requests are managed by the EDPPI, a special commission at the Greek...
Cloudflare Asks Court to End LaLiga’s “Illegal” Blocking Response to Encrypted Client Hello
The background to events currently underway in Spain is detailed in our earlier reports but can be summarized as follows. Through various court orders, top Spanish football league LaLiga may issue instructions for local ISPs to block pirate streaming sites and IPTV services. Blocking is carried out by domain, URL, IP address, or meddling with DNS entries. Those actions are based on information supplied by LaLiga each week, no scrutiny...
