TorrentGalaxy Goes Offline With Mysterious Message to Users (Update)
Note: the site appears to be back online at a new domain name, see updates below. — In little over five years, TorrentGalaxy has grown out to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem. The site originally set out to ‘bridge the gap‘ between torrent and streaming sites, but it became much more than that. With a dedicated group of uploaders and an active community, TorrentGalaxy provided a safe haven for many avid torrenters. The...
Denuvo Owner Shuts Down Clone Sites, Perpertrators Seem Up For a Chase
Mirror and clone sites were once deployed to keep popular sites alive as they imploded under the weight of their own popularity and ensuing traffic. The strategy was famously deployed around Suprnova, one of the original torrent giants. Given how often the whole site went down, unable to cope with unprecedented success, in hindsight it was given an unintentionally appropriate name. Today, some clone and mirror sites still exist for...
TorrentGalaxy Goes Offline With Mysterious Message to Users
In little over five years, TorrentGalaxy has grown out to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem. The site originally set out to ‘bridge the gap‘ between torrent and streaming sites, but it became much more than that. With a dedicated group of uploaders and an active community, TorrentGalaxy provided a safe haven for many avid torrenters. The disappearance of other key torrent sources, including the demise of RARBG last...
Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention
In France, where laws were introduced with site-blocking and similar anti-piracy measures already baked in, entertainment giant Canal+ seems intent on taking full advantage. Like similar broadcasters with lucrative sports rights to exploit, Canal+ has a subset of viewers who prefer to consume from pirate sources which charge much less, or even nothing at all. To maximize its existing site-blocking efforts through local ISPs, the...
UEFA Targets Pirate EURO 2024 Live Streams Before They Start
UEFA is the international body that governs football throughout Europe. As part of FIFA, the organization holds the rights to several major competitions and tournaments, including the Champions League and the European Championships. These events are good for billions of euros in broadcasting rights and with these types of figures at stake, UEFA is understandably keeping a close eye on piracy. The job has become increasingly complex,...
Biggest IPTV Piracy Trial in U.S. History Underway and Already Controversial
Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law via two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. The indictment accused the defendants of reproducing tens of thousands of copyrighted TV shows without authorization, and distributing that content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers across the United States. At one point, Jetflicks was said to have made...
