BREIN Takes Down Virtual Pirate Streaming Worlds on VRChat
Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to finish downloading. Times have changed. These days pirates can put on their VR headsets, join a virtual streaming world, and instantly stream their favorite new releases, all without paying. VR pirates currently operate in a relatively tight niche. The trend is expected to grow in the years to come but as pirates experiment with this new...
FrostWire Returns to Google Play Store After Music Industry Takedown
Back in 2004, when LimeWire was the file-sharing client of choice for millions of users, FrostWire appeared as the new kid on the block. The application began life as a LimeWire fork but underwent several changes over the years. In 2016, it added support for torrents and, five years later, it completely dropped its Gnutella base in favor of BitTorrent. Today, FrostWire is a well-established torrent client that’s available across the...
‘£1m’ Pirate TV Box Seller Avoids Prison Due to Private Prosecution Delays
TV drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ tells the story of the Post Office ‘Horizon’ scandal and the lives torn apart by 700 “successful” private prosecutions of entirely innocent self-employed subpostmasters. After the miniseries was seen by millions earlier this month, private prosecutions – which allow alleged victims of crime to prosecute their own criminal cases – are now a topic of national debate. As a result, the government is...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/15/2024
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Napoleon” is the most downloaded title. The most...
Share With Care: 2,217 Domains Blocked, The Majority For Circumvention
At the height of the online file-sharing boom, the phrase ‘Sharing is Caring’ was a reminder that peer-to-peer file-sharing systems lived or died on the availability of upload bandwidth. Its presentation allowed it to be about much more than that. The ‘give to get’ philosophy forms part of the BitTorrent protocol even today, but Sharing is Caring was a phrase that could influence human behavior, to the benefit of the wider...
Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites 2024
YTS remains at the top of the list in 2024, as the torrent indexer continues to draw millions of visitors per day. That’s quite an achievement considering the legal troubles the site has faced in the past, plus the fact that it only features movies. The annual list of popular torrent sites remains largely unchanged. There are a few positional changes, but the list almost entirely consists of the same names as last year. There is one...
