Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/10/2023
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, which came out as a high-quality pirate release, is the most downloaded title. The...
Amateur Anti-Piracy Professionals Make Bank Sending DMCA Notices
Over the past couple of decades, thousands of people have leveraged the masses of pirated content available online to make a few bucks here and there. Others have thrown caution to the wind and set out in search of the big money. Launching full-blown pirate platforms or platforms that claim to be legitimate (but were actually full-blown pirate platforms), many believed that one day it would either be free drinks at the bar, or many...
Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands
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YTS Breaks Unique Settlement Agreement by Uploading Pirated Films
Traditionally, when copyright holders go after pirate sites, their main mission is to shut them down permanently. This strategy has resulted in the demise of thousands of websites over the past two decades. In some cases these shutdowns are easy, only requiring a cease and desist order to be delivered to the owner’s home address. In others, disputes can escalate into prolonged legal battles where judges or juries have the final say....
Hollywood Steps Up Anime Piracy War and Battles Domain-Hopping Evaders
Dozens of times each year, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment files DMCA subpoena applications at a court in California. Once obtained, these are served on service providers, mostly Cloudflare, requesting personal information on pirate site operators. While the quality of supplied information varies, the number of applications suggests that the world’s largest entertainment companies do indeed...
