“One Night in Paris” scandal continues

843 BitTorrent users are not in their best right now. The users have been sued in the scandal of the Paris Hilton sex tape, entitled “One Night in Paris”. Millions of dollars in profit have been already made from the motion picture. Now the company which is exploiting the sex tape wants more, and...
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100 real users, many fakes

A group of researchers from the Carlos III University of Madrid carried out studies related to the general activity on BitTorrent and other websites. The conclusion drawn from their studies was surfaced yesterday. According to them, most of the various articles and content, which is published on BitTorrent,...
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LimeWire closure causes drop in illegal music sharing

The war against piracy has been raging fiercely for the last few years, and no industry has been hit harder than the music industry. One of the main antagonists in the story of music piracy was once LimeWire. WAS. LimeWire was shut down late last year, due to a federal judge ordering the file-sharing...
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isoHunt claims Google is more of a threat

The battle between isoHunt and the MPAA continues to rage, and it looks like isoHunt is trying a new strategy to defend itself. isoHunt just sent to the US Appeal Court a reply brief stating that Google, not isoHunt, is actually the largest search engine to use for finding torrents. isoHunt stated that...
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Congress to force Google to change codes?

It looks like Congress might be taking drastic action to crack down on the huge number of pirate sites available on the internet. They might even force Google and other search engines to change their search engine codes and algorithms to block the pirate sites from view by browsers in the United States....
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isoHunt a bigger threat than it appears

On the surface, isoHunt looks like an innocuous site barely able to keep up with its competitor sites. Yet, looks are deceiving, as isoHunt was just named one of the most visited websites in the world. The pirate site may not look like much, but the amount of traffic it receives certainly merits its...
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List of top pirate sites released today

Today, the U.S. Trade Representative released a list that featured all of the top pirate sites around the world. The list was created as a spotlight, intended to point out all the places in the market that are the top purveyors of stolen media. It includes every market where stolen goods can be bought...
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uTorrent releases Beta version for Mac

Close on the heels of BitTorrent Inc’s latest BitTorrent software for PC, uTorrent released the latest beta version for their Mac software. The upgrade was highly anticipated by uTorrent users, as there have been significant improvements made to the program. Some of the upgrades include: • Remote...
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Google to lend voice in Torrent Lawsuit

There have been many lawsuits filed against torrent sharing sites through the years, and through each one of these suits Google has kept its distance. Most of the torrent sharing sites agree that many of the accusations leveled against them could also be directed at Google, which is one of the reasons...
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Major Torrent sites face attack by U.S. Government

Many of the largest BitTorrent sharing sites are facing serious threat from the U.S. government, and not only the torrent sites in the U.S. are under scrutiny. In a list released by the United States Trade Representative, many of the names of major torrent sites are being brought to light in order to...
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