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Thom Yorke’s New Album: Available Now on BitTorrent!

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September 26, 2014
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The 100 Most Pirated Music Releases…

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Illegal Torrent and Streaming Sites Made $227 Million Last Year…

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February 20, 2014
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Having trouble landing a job after college?  Illegal torrent, download, linking, and streaming raked in $227 million last year, according to an estimate by Digital Citizens Alliance.  A large percentage of th... Read More...

The 100 Most Popular Music Downloads on BitTorrent…

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February 18, 2014
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The ranking comes from The Pirate Bay, still the largest BitTorrent tracker in the world with an estimated 1 billion monthly views.  ... Read More...
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If You Bought Every Torrented Copy of ‘Beyoncé’ It Would Cost $3.8M…

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December 27, 2013
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Beyoncé's self-titled album is still at the top of the Billboard 200. The album sold about one million copies in the first week. It is the 12th best selling album of the year, even though it was only released... Read More...

Israel Wants to Legalize All Downloading and Torrenting…

Paul Resnikoff
December 4, 2013
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So is this the solution?  Just legalize it? Yes, according to a contingent of  Israeli legislators who feel that consumers are the wrong target.  Instead, a newly-introduced bill would chase mass-uploaders, ... Read More...

Tashaki Miyaki Begs Fans to Stop Torrenting Their Music…

Paul Resnikoff
November 21, 2013
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Once upon a time, artists were scared to make statements like these... ... Read More...

The Founder of isoHunt Is Starting a Clothing Line to Promote Free Sharing…

Paul Resnikoff
November 19, 2013
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"Freedom to Share. What does that mean to you? For those of you who used isoHunt for years and was saddened by its shutdown, how much do you want to speak up about how much you believe in file sharing as a... Read More...

Google Is Now Prominently Listing the Cloned isoHunt…

Paul Resnikoff
November 7, 2013
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Because a multi-year lawsuit from the largest Hollywood studios, a $110 million fine, and a shutdown order from a federal judge isn't Google's problem.  ... Read More...

One Week Later, and isoHunt Is Still Alive…

Nina Ulloa
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Despite a massive shutdown and court ruling, the recently reincarnated isoHunt has been open and running for about a week now. The clone was put together by fans who feel the site is a "great part of the tor... Read More...
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MPAA Forces isoHunt to Hand Over $110 Million (and Then Die…)

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October 18, 2013
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Today, the founder of isoHunt, Gary Fung, announced the site will be closing down as the result of pressure from the MPAA.  isoHunt has also agreed to pay $110 million as part of a settlement, all because peo... Read More...
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The City of London Police is trying to get registrars to suspend torrent sites... by sending mean letters.  The nastygram-generator is housed in the new Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU).   The unit ... Read More...
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