Tag: Piracy
Pleasuredome Shuts Down After 15 Years of Service
Pleasuredome, a popular ROM emulation site for sharing games, is dead now. After 15 years of run, the site's operators have decided to pull...
Snahp.it is Shutting Down Soon, Citing Security Concerns
Snahp.it, a popular DDL service for finding pirated content, is soon shutting down. This was announced by its operators, citing security concerns.
While they haven't...
Microsoft Argus: A Blockchain Based Piracy Reporting System
To tackle the spread of piracy, Microsoft has come up with a new blockchain-based solution called Argus.
Argus is an Ethereum based fully transparent program,...
Akamai Explained How it Can Reduce Piracy Distribution Significantly
In an interview with TorrentFreak, Akamai's Director of Industry Strategy has revealed how the piracy system works in the wild and ways that Akamai...
Mobdro Suspects Arrested and Servers Taken Down by European Police
Mobdro, one of the popular apps for piracy streaming has been jeopardized by the Eurojust lately. Reports from European Union Agency for Criminal Justice...
Court Ordered Telegram to Act Strictly on Groups Distributing Pirated Content
An Israeli anti-piracy group named ZIRA has successfully claimed an injunction order against Telegram to smash down the groups serving infringing content. After a...
Nintendo Took Down 379 Pirated Games from Game Jolt Using DMCA Notices
Nintendo's anti-piracy wing has fallen lately on Game Jolt, a popular repository of fangames. With several DMCA notices, Nintendo has forcibly removed hundreds of...
Music Piracy Site ‘Kingdom Leaks’ Shuts Down, Asks Users to Consider Spotify
Kingdom Leaks, a music piracy platform that has grown so big over seven years, has now announced to shut down. The site's operator reasoned...
La Liga Calls eBay, Shopify, Namecheap and Cloudflare as Notorious Markets
As right holders share their list of 'notorious markets' with USTR every year, La Liga, the Spanish football club has shown up with its...
GitHub Takes Down 18 Projects Used for Downloading YouTube Videos
Following the legal request from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), GitHub has taken down 18 projects from its platform. While one of...