Non-Transparency Resumed After Pirate Site Blacklist Publicly Exposed in Error
As debate heats up in the United States over proposed site-blocking legislation, opinions of what that might mean in practice are already beginning to emerge. Introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren late January, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) attempts to distill well over a decade of site blocking experience amassed by U.S. rightsholders overseas, into a package carefully curated for use on home soil. Site-Blocking Debate Returns...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 04/14/2025
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 two newcomers on the list. “Mickey 17” is the most shared title. The most torrented...
Meta AI ‘Piracy’ Lawsuit: Publishers and Professors Challenge Fair Use Defense
Tech companies are racing to build the most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) but how these systems are trained is now mired in controversy. Many major tech firms allegedly used huge amounts of copyrighted material to train their AI, without obtaining permission from rightsholders. This has triggered a series of copyright infringement lawsuits. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is one of the companies being sued....
