JW Player Suffers Severe Traffic Loss After Dynamic Piracy Blocking Blunder
JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer, Jeroen Wijering. During the mid to late 2,000s, most people who consumed video online encountered JW Player at least once; before Google bought YouTube, JW Player was YouTube’s video player of choice. According to the GitHub repo for the non-commercial version of JW Player, it can now be found on two million sites with a...
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...
