RipRequests Dead After RIAA ‘Hand Delivers’ Piracy Cease-and-Desist
Until last month, RipRequests was a popular hangout for those looking to download music without the hassle of paying and, in some cases, waiting for an official release to come out. While that worked well for years, the release of Adele’s new album ’30’ last month resulted in the Discord server and associated Reddit forum receiving some unwanted attention. According to RipRequests’ operator, they only leaked ’30’ around 10 hours...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/20/2021
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four new entries in the list. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on December 20...
Open source desktop publishing with Scribus
One of my favorite shelves at my local comic book store is the zine rack. Filled with self-published booklets that are too niche, too quirky, or just too individual for any company to spend money on producing, zines are produced by one or two people who have something to say and want to express themselves through text and graphics. Zines are usually created by cutting out blocks of text and graphics and literally pasting them to a...
