Music Piracy

Proving the music industry has surpassed album exclusives, fans have pirated Jay Z’s 4:44 more than a million times. To boost its fledging music service, Apple signed artists like Frank Ocean into timed albu... Read More...

With harsher laws targeting torrent sites, will this finally mean the end of The Pirate Bay? Or will it continue to thrive? Following Extratorrent’s mysterious closure in May, millions of illegal content inf... Read More...

Everyone else is getting their head blown off.  Is it finally the Pirate Bay's turn? In the wake of Extratorrent's brutal shutdown, a funny thing happened.  The fattest pig in the pen actually got fatter.  T... Read More...

Extratorrent 'replacement' Extratorrent.cd drew more than 2.1 million visitors in just 10 days.  It's likely to surpass 10 million in June alone.  Any questions? They claimed to be a 'resurrected' version of... Read More...

The current 'king' of torrent-trading can’t handle the ExtraTorrent exodus. Following ExtraTorrent’s unexplained shutdown and a 'resurrected' virus-filled copycat, pirate users flocked to The Pirate Bay for ... Read More...

Prior to shutting down, ExtraTorrent creator SaM had earned millions from distributing torrent links. Prior to ExtraTorrent’s permanent closure, the site had gone down for two days due to emergency maintenan... Read More...

Will the real ExtraTorrent please stand up? Following the site’s sudden closure, a new Extratorrent site appeared.  Purportedly run by former staffers and communities, the new site offered the same illegal m... Read More...

After nearly a year in jail without any contact, alleged KickAssTorrents founder Artem Vaulin gets released on bail. Almost a year ago, Artem Vaulin boarded a plane on his way to Iceland.  He had planned to ... Read More...

Last week, Extratorrent was completely ripped down and declared dead.  Now, admins have resurrected the entire site, including all of its trackers and historical data. Updated: After an initial relaunch that... Read More...

In true whack-a-mole style, ExtraTorrent's death is driving millions of users to other illegal torrent sites. Following an extended downtime earlier this week, ExtraTorrent finally shut down for good.  Websi... Read More...