Market Update: Bullish Bitcoin S2F Chart, 6-Digit Prices, Liquidations Prime Crypto Values
The price of bitcoin and a number of cryptocurrencies have been sliding downward in value during the last 72 hours, after bitcoin touched a high of $9,700 on May 30, 2020. On Monday, June 1, the price is up 0.06% and trading for $9,578 per coin during the morning trading sessions. The market capitalization of the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem is around $270 billion, while 24-hour trade volume for all 5,000+ coins is $22 billion....
BREIN Shut Down 564 Pirate Sites & Blocked 258 Pirate Bay Proxies in 2019
Founded in 1998, BREIN is one of the world’s most recognizable anti-piracy groups and has taken on some of the largest names in piracy, including the infamous Pirate Bay. BREIN has a laundry list of significant anti-piracy victories under its belt, not only by introducing site blocking to the Netherlands via a case against The Pirate Bay but also winning a landmark decision in the Filmspeler case, which found that selling...
Publishers Sue the Internet Archive Over its Open Library, Declare it a Pirate Site
Back in March, the Internet Archive responded to the coronavirus pandemic by offering a new service to help “displaced learners”. Combining scanned books from three libraries, the Archive offered unlimited borrowing of more than a million books, so that people could continue to learn while in quarantine. While the move was welcomed by those in favor of open access to education, publishers and pro-copyright groups slammed...
Rights Alliance Reinforces Pirate Site Blocking Agreement With Danish ISPs
For more than a decade, Denmark has been a a frontrunner when it comes to pirate site blockades. The first blocks date back to 2006 when music industry group IFPI filed a complaint targeting the unlicensed Russian MP3 site AllofMP3. Not much later, Denmark became the first European country to force an ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay. Since then, many other pirate sites have received the same treatment. Denmark’s Voluntary...
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 06/01/20
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four new entries in the list. The computer-animated Scoob! is the most downloaded movie for the second week in a row. The Scooby-Doo film skipped the...
