Prolific BitTorrent Pirate Receives Suspended Prison Sentence in Denmark
Danish law enforcement authorities have worked hard to shut down the thriving local torrent tracker scene. It started in September and October 2020 when DanishBits and NordicBits went offline after their alleged operators were identified and arrested. The shutdown of these sites was a major blow to the local piracy ecosystem, but it didn’t take long before other sites stepped up. Both Asgaard and ShareUniversity opened their doors to...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 09/18/2023
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 two newcomers on the list. “Barbie” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on September 18 are: Movie Rank Rank...
Copyright Trolls Invade Canada Again, Pirates Surprised Despite 6,000 Days’ Notice
On an ordinary weekend roughly 6,000 days ago, news that so-called ‘copyright trolls’ had arrived in Britain came as a big surprise to the country’s file-sharers. Aside from the well-publicized RIAA lawsuit campaign in the United States, in 2007 ‘trolling-as-a-business-model’ was considered a mostly German problem by the minority who’d even heard about it. Despite thousands of international headlines over the next several years, the...
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