When we started this site more than sixteen years ago, we never expected it to last this long. The fact that TorrentFreak is still around today is in large part thanks to our loyal readers. The commenters have played their part as well but, eventually, most things come to an end.
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Anti-piracy company MarkMonitor is a trusted partner of the major record labels. Among other things, the company provided evidence and testimony for the ongoing piracy lawsuit against Internet provider Bright House. This week, MarkMonitor asked the court to keep this information confidential, fearing that TorrentFreak will share it with the broader public, which could include pirates.
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The LimeWire name brings back many memories for many early adopters of P2P file-sharing. The popular application shut down well over a decade ago but according to many mainstream news outlets, it's making a comeback as an NFT marketplace. In reality, this new project has nothing to do with the original LimeWire, whose founder Mark Gorton is not happy with the confusion being created.
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Most Pirate Bay proxies only exist to mirror the original torrent sites but extreme situations can trigger unprecedented actions. The Russian-operated Pirate-bays.net, which has millions of monthly users, is taking a clear stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The site has ditched its advertisements in favor of a "Stop Putin" banner, which solicits donations to the Ukrainian army.
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The richest man on the planet tweeted a Pirate Bay-themed meme a few hours ago. Tesla CEO Elon Musk used the distracted boyfriend meme to suggest that paid streaming services have become a nightmare and that people are eying pirate alternatives instead.
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Google Drive is flagging text files that only contain a "1" or "0" as copyright infringements. These seemingly harmless bits are automatically targeted by the storage platform's filtering algorithm, apparently for a terms of service violation. As if that's not drastic enough, there is no option to challenge this arbitrary decision.
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A decade has passed since Megaupload's servers were raided on behalf of the U.S. Government. On the same day, helicopters and police swarmed the estate of founder Kim Dotcom. The criminal enforcement action was supposed to put the larger-than-life Internet entrepreneur in the shadows, but the opposite happened.
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