Source: Torrentfreak
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Several torrent trackers just banned Windows 10
Windows 10 been bombarded by privacy complaints ever since it was released, and even well before that. A recent update to Microsoft's service agreement has been an especially popular target for...
Popcorn Time users are now being targeted by lawsuits
Copyright holders have been making examples of unfortunate Internet users who have allegedly shared copyrighted material for years, but most of these lawsuits have been directed at people using BitTorrent...
The MPAA almost had a censorship battle with some Internet giants
Internet companies like Facebook, Google, Tumblr, Twitter, and Yahoo almost ended up in a standoff with the MPAA after the organization tried to use a lawsuit to force them to...
The creator of BitTorrent wants to revolutionize live streaming
Peer-to-peer technologies have revolutionized how we download things, and now the inventor of BitTorrent wants to do the same thing to live streaming. For more than five years, Bram Cohen has...
Leaked emails reveal that the MPAA really, really doesn’t like Google
So many of the regulations that censor the Internet and violate the privacy of Internet users come in the form of ant-piracy measures, and as one of the tech world's...
Anti-piracy measures continue to threaten our privacy
It's strange how many of the rules and regulations that threaten our privacy on the Internet come in the form of anti-piracy measures. ICANN has a new proposal under review...
Fredrik Neij: Founding the Pirate Bay was worth going to prison for
Fredrik Neij may not be a name that you're familiar with, but you're definitely familiar with the website he helped to create: the Pirate Bay. Unfortunately for Neij, co-founding the...
Pornography is getting the Popcorn Time treatment as well
I'm sure you've all heard of Popcorn Time by now, the service that lets you stream pirated movies and television shows in much the same way that Netflix does with...
Even the UN believes anonymity and encryption must be protected
It's always good to have big organizations backing your beliefs and causes, and with governments across the globe waging a war against anonymity and encryption, it's relieving to hear that we...
The Pirate Bay’s co-founder is appealing Sweden’s domain seizure
In a major victory for the entertainment industry last week, two of the Pirate Bay's key domains were seized by the Swedish government on the grounds that they were tools...
It’s frighteningly easy to take control of piracy-related domains
Earlier this week, Swedish authorities took control of two major Pirate Bay domains on the grounds that they were the tools of an illegal operation to conduct its business. This...
Google Fiber customers are getting fined for alleged piracy
While mist ISPs prefer to just warn their customers that they're connections are being used to share copyright infringing material, Google is taking things a step further for Google Fiber customers...
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