Russian Court and Customs Prevent Import of Crypto Mining Equipment
A Russian cryptocurrency miner got into trouble with the customs office when trying to import mining equipment purchased online for personal use. After an appeal, the court sided with the customs office and barred the import of the mining equipment. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Importing Crypto Mining Equipment The Russian city court in Tobolsk has “banned the import of equipment for the...
Markets Update: Crypto Prices Take a Weekend Beating
Cryptocurrency markets are suffering from deep losses today, on June 10, 2018, as most digital assets are seeing 24-hour declines between 9 and 25 percent. The number one position, held by Bitcoin Core (BTC), dropped more than a $1,000 just a few hours ago, from $7,600 to $6,600, but prices have rebounded back to $6,787 per BTC. The fourth highest valued market, held by Bitcoin Cash (BCH), dropped around $225 in value after hovering...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 06/11/18
This week we have two newcomers in our chart. Tomb Raider is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart. This week’s most downloaded movies are: Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb...
Rampant Kodi Malware? It’s Time to Either Put Up or Shut Up
Faced with a tsunami of pirated movies and TV shows being accessed at will through millions of piracy-enabled set-top boxes, entertainment industry groups have had to come up with a new anti-piracy strategy. The main goal seems to demonize these devices in the press, creating the impression that anyone using them puts themselves in danger, either due to fire risk or exposure to the perils of viruses and malware. These claims are...
Amazon Sues Pirate Streaming Boxes, but Sells ‘Piracy’ Tutorials?
Last summer saw the birth of a new anti-piracy initiative, which has already made quite a few headlines. A coalition of the major Hollywood studios, Amazon, Netflix and several other media properties teamed up, launching the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). Their ultimate goal is to beat piracy, with pirate streaming boxes as the main target. In the months that followed, several third-party Kodi-addon developers...
