Canadian Electoral Agency Clarifies Cryptocurrency Donations for Political Use
Canada’s electoral body has started consultations on how political parties should handle cryptocurrency donations ahead of general elections slated for October. Political parties have requested guidance from Elections Canada (EC) on accepting contributions and conducting other transactions in bitcoin. EC has now released a draft note that broadly takes the position that cryptocurrency donations are non-monetary, in-kind...
The Pirate Bay’s Stuck in Time, No New Uploads
The past year has been a rough one for The Pirate Bay. The site has repeatedly suffered downtime and, to a subset of users, it was unavailable for weeks on end. The Pirate Bay’s technical team hasn’t been very outspoken on the issues. However, a few days into the new year it’s clear that 2019 is not going to be spotless either. Starting a few days ago, The Pirate Bay’s upload functionality has become unusable....
Premier League Opens New Office to Fight Piracy
With English Premier League clubs reporting revenues of £4.5 billion for the period 2016/17, top-tier football is extremely lucrative. The Premier League itself has a three-year TV deal which came into effect during the same period, with a record-breaking £5.1 billion paid to the League by broadcasters Sky and BT. A new deal, effective 2019 to 2022, netted the Premier League £4.45 billion and the football...
Movie Company Tries But Fails to Expose Pirates Through a DMCA Subpoena
In the early 2000s, the RIAA filed lawsuits against tens of thousands of alleged music pirates. The music industry had just defeated Napster, but P2P file-sharing remained a massive problem. Millions of people flocked to alternatives such as KaZaA, Morpheus, Grokster, and eDonkey. Since regular education campaigns failed to curb this trend, the lawsuits were supported to alert the public that piracy is not without consequences. Filing...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 01/14/19
This week we have two newcomers in our chart. First Man 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 articles of the recent weekly movie download charts. This week’s most downloaded movies are: Movie Rank Rank last...
