DNS Provider Quad9 Sees Piracy Blocking Orders as “Existential Threat”
In May 2024, the Paris Judicial Court ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to block access to several pirate sports streaming sites. The move was a major enforcement escalation by French rightsholders, but in hindsight it was only the beginning. In the months that followed, additional rightsholders such as DAZN and beIN joined in on the action with similar requests, while more DNS providers were added as targets, including Quad9 and...
TorrentGalaxy.to ‘Returns’ as a Dubious Memecoin Promo Page
At the start of the year, TorrentGalaxy was one of the most-visited torrent sites, welcoming millions of users every day. Launched by former members of ExtraTorrent which had shut down in 2018, TorrentGalaxy soon established itself as one of the most stable torrent sites. TorrentGalaxy’s Mystery Shutdown In the summer of 2014, things changed when the original founders sold the site to a new, undisclosed party. The handover was...
