…  success last year of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament elections was considered a bit of a …  but “It just means that I have done exactly what the Pirate Party promised before the election. I put all my energy on information …

…  established. The attempt was first announced in the Pirate Party UK irc channel, on June 30th, and has had a slow start, with a …  to do.” The torrent can be obtained from both the piratebay, and EZTV, or by using these magnet links for utorrent and Vuze. …

…  it’s meant to prevent ‘piracy’, the first thing that ‘pirates’ do, is remove or circumvent the DRM, so the only people who end up …

…  a mobile phone. You wouldn’t steal a DVD. Downloading pirated films is stealing…Stealing…Is Against…The Law…Piracy: It’s a …  really a parody) Update: The tune was actually “pirated” Another Parody (Zachary) Historical Piracy Warning …

…  Group created a new style of online TV series, which for pirates and geeks in general proved pretty entertaining, in an easily-pleased …

…  said the company was readying a legal assault on those who pirate their content online, even going as far as to suggest the UFC would …

Many governments are promoting the use of free and Open Source software, a move that stings the US pro-copyright lobby. In a recommendation to the US Trade Representative, lobbyists have now asked to put countries that promote Open Source software on a wat …

…  This wasn’t helping much though. You’re a liar, a pirate, and a thief and a no-body – you’re coming down buddy, don’t give me …  BS! Whoever you are, you’re THIEF AND A DELIBERATE PIRATE! I’m known to 100s of 1,000s of musician world-wide and they’re going …

…  offense, so when the cinema manager at Glendale spotted a pirate, the police were called in immediately. The man, who was probably unaware of the many high quality pirated copies that exist online, hoped to share the film with his wife at home …

…  the years the Pirate Bay crew has launched many brilliant web-projects that have enriched the …  2.0,” we read in a fresh doodle currently showing on the Pirate Bay homepage. “After years of extensive research and development …

…  stop piracy it should offer a superior product compared to pirated films. Right now, they are treating their paying customers as criminals …  The image linked below says it all. Check it out: Pirated vs. Legal DVD. …

…  users who wanted to access The Pirate Bay in the last two days found that it was actively blocked by their …  users not to visit the site. As most torrent sites, The Pirate Bay is bombarded with spam and scam related torrents every day. …  long enough to do some serious damage. This weekend The Pirate Bay fell prey to such a malicious advertiser. As a result AVG anti-virus …

…  by the music and movie industry to track down French pirates under the new ‘Hadopi’ anti-piracy law, has been spotted in action wasting resources in an attempt to stop a sole pirate. Over the last years we’ve seen many companies that try to stop …

…  employs spidering and fingerprinting techniques to track pirate material, can send DMCA takedown notices to infringers and offers legal …  adult ‘tube’ sites will be negotiated with to replace pirate content with trailers that promote legitimate content. But will it all …

…  sites, and that’s why you can also grab a copy from The Pirate Bay. Photo by …

…  solution to piracy. But it doesn’t seem likely that music pirates will fall over themselves to adopt this new filetype. This new …  bought MusicDNA files can be updated in this way – pirated versions can not. A regular MP3 from lets say, a ‘Scene’ source, is …

…  Federation Against Copyright Theft over the sale of pirate movies by traders, a council in the UK has taken the decision to shut …  of England took drastic action to stop people selling pirate DVDs and CDs at a street market. Market officials threw out the baby …

…  party established in the US is hard – just ask the US Pirate Party. Thus, many people will resort to cheap ‘grass-roots’ independent …

…  the format that made sense to me, then released it on The Pirate Bay and Mininova. The main interest in the downloads came from my …

…  that, I’d have probably used Ubuntu and Open Office or a pirated copy of Windows. Why am  I writing these lines? Because our world …  networks etc. Frankly speaking, ISPs in Russia allow  pirated games, movies and software on their FTP servers for their clients for …

…  Pirate Bay has been inaccessible to millions of people over the last few hours, …  servers. Despite prolonged downtime this weekend, The Pirate Bay is fine. FreakBits was told by the Pirate Bay team that the current downtime is related to routing issues. The …

After announcing the beginning of a legal campaign against sites who offer unauthorized streams of their events – and users who download them – the UFC have hit a bar owner with a $640,000 lawsuit Last month, Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Lorenzo F …

…  type of social news website. And this one is ran by pirates for pirates. Thisaintnews.com, a social bookmark site with a pirate theme, has …

…  them. Today, it is Bill Gates himself that has become the pirate. If you can’t beat them, join them? On Monday, the Asian …

…  for it. You still don’t have health care, but those sneaky pirates won’t be stealing pennies from the jars of the rich and famous anymore. …

…  an official press release recently that the Pirate Party of Australia is now accepting members, a scathing editorial was …  with over 200,000 votes. Going on record, the Pirate Party stated that they would gladly have sat down with the Sydney Herald …

…  completely unable to tell the difference between a pro pirate and a happy snapper. Fortunately, on Friday the prosecutors threw out …

…  the numerous lawsuits that have been targeted at The Pirate Bay, the notorious BitTorrent site welcomed its 4 millionth user last weekend. Founded in 2003, the initial goal of the Pirate Bay founders was to build the first Scandinavian BitTorrent community. …

…  for this story goes on for six or so paragraphs about how pirated copies of windows are more likely to get viruses. The exact same thing …

The Washington Post is reporting that a new study done by Global Web Index, a London based internet research organization, suggests the end of piracy is nigh. Streaming sites, they say, have taken over and could possibly become the nail in the coffin for i …

…  7 in the Philippines, Bessey warns users that by using a pirated version of their new OS, they open themselves up to “viruses”. …  online banking may be the biggest danger for those using pirated Operating Systems. Without the protection that Microsoft offers with …

…  Bright Star, Young Victoria, District 9, Julie & Julia, Pirate Radio, Away We Go, Taking Woodstock, A Serious Man, Coraline, Up, 9, …

…  about the butthurt they have endured at the hands of dirty pirates who steal their music. What they don’t realize is that these people …  whatever crap the artists decide to put out that week, pirates make them work to create good stuff. If a movie sucks, it’s not going …

…  Twitter actions in a rather lengthy response. Going after pirates on Twitter is not the most sensible thing to do for a director, but …  easier and gradually improve the quality of what is being pirated… to where a pirated copy will ultimately be indistinguishable in …

…  initiated a mass banning of modified consoles operating pirated games on Xbox Live. But was it right to do so? During the last …  has developed to detect modified Xbox 360 consoles running pirated games and took action to permanently ban them from the Xbox Live gaming …

…  is commonly understood.” Former US and International Pirate Party head Andrew Norton went further, suggesting that the secrecy is …

…  to recent statistics, around 60% of all iPhone apps are pirated. Now a new system called AntiCrack claims to “completely eliminate” …  by PinchMedia reveal that 60% of all iPhone apps have been pirated. Some of this piracy can be put down to Crackulous, the one-click …

…  ‘This Is It’. He said it would take around a day to be pirated and he was absolutely right. Poor Michael Jackson is only just cold …

…  Pirate Bay is up for sale again after the deal with the Swedish gaming company …  ‘free’ music, movies and apps have the future. Since the Pirate Bay is the leading distributor of free content it is only logical that …

…  Left Party bare a striking resemblance to those of the Pirate Party, but meet with approval from Rick Falkvinge. It seems that …  had an eye on some of the more popular elements of the Pirate Party’s politics. One of the sections in the Left’s new manifesto is …

…  more than a week already the Pirate Bay has been experiencing downtime due to technical issues. The question …  will things go back to normal? FreakBits contacted the Pirate Bay team to find out more, and we were told that “it’s coming back to …  have no idea how soon soon is, we do know that one of the Pirate Bay’s founders is getting married soon. Perhaps an extended bachelor …

…  of Lily’s views. Shakira is proving the most attractive to pirates so far. Shakira, Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado have added their …  further than most artists, Norah Jones isn’t going to give pirates a completely guilt free ride, but is nevertheless staying …

…  No access is available from Sweden, the home of Pirate Bay. On Sunday, YouTube will stream the Los Angeles stop on the U2 …  The citizens in the home of the world’s most notorious pirates will be unable to watch the performance. Officially at least. When I …

…  has spoken out against legislation that will allow alleged pirated to be disconnected from the Internet. The two parties, CDU and FDP, …

…  reveal that a massive 60% of all iPhone apps have been pirated. According to the company the real piracy rate might even be higher …  are tracked, more than 60% is available for for free in a ‘pirated’ version. The data further reveals that the piracy rate is higher in …

…  government and legislators, not to mention action against Pirate Bay,  fewer Swedes than ever before believe that downloading …  project manager at MMS, said that although IPRED and the Pirate Bay trial have been in the spotlight this year, “it is noteworthy that …

…  to BitTorrent during the last few hours. At least in ‘pirate format’ the game appears to be a very large download – around 13 gig …

…  Gaming Factory has been adament – the purchase of The Pirate Bay will go ahead. An announcement from the company today indicates this …  Global Gaming Factory (GGF), the company set to buy The Pirate Bay, made a statement which indicates that the acquisition of the …

…  against Sony’s machine, fully fledged homebrew and then pirate game playability will likely follow in the weeks and months to …  he told PSP Updates. Right at this moment playing pirate games is not yet possible. However, experience of hacks on Sony’s …

Starting a petition can be an effective way for UK citizens to encourage the Government to take action. Most recently an online petition resulted in a public apology to codebreaker Alan Turing for his horrendous treatment for being gay. This success led …

Accessing the Internet via mobile devices is an increasingly popular activity but the high consumption of bandwidth is causing problems for operators. Mobile 3G functionality is a dream come true for Internet users who aren’t tied to a desktop PC all da …

…  you consider yourself to be a supporter of The Pirate Bay and Pirate Parties? Here is a chance to show your support and to help a student out …

…  the fun times of The Pirate Bay will no doubt linger for a number of years yet, eventually the …  a nice replacement? When people discovered that The Pirate Bay would be sold, some really took it to heart, even setting about …  video. While others will continue to wear the famous pirate galleon on their chests with pride for years to come, others may like to …

…  month the UK Pirate Party announced that they had become officially registered. Now just …  than the Labour government. During August the UK’s Pirate Party became  officially registered at the Electoral Commission. The …  raise funds and gear up to fight the General Election,” Pirate Party Chairman, Andrew Robinson told TorrentFreak earlier. “The …

…  of Ireland’s biggest ISP can no longer access The Pirate Bay. Eircom settled with Ireland’s music industry and agreed to block …  blockade took effect on September 1 and since then all Pirate Bay’s domain names and IP addresses have inaccesible. However, not all …

…  of the informants who report their employers for using pirated or unlicensed PC software ask about financial rewards,” reports CW, …

Pearl Jam’s ninth studio album ‘Backspacer’ is set to be released a week from now. However, a digital copy of the album leaked before the official release and close to 200,000 BitTorrent users have already added it to their collection. ‘Backspacer’ will …

…  themselves as their novel anti-piracy solution causes a pirate to break cover – for gaming tips. An unsuspecting poster on the …

Every week thousands of people receive threatening emails form their ISPs, warning them that they’ve been caught downloading copyrighted material. It usually stays with a warning, but not for Sandy Johnson. Torrents ruined her life. Meet Sandy, a girl w …

…  the service declaring, “I’d rather be raped by The Pirate Bay.” But now, just under a month later, Uggla is angry again. …

…  do it immediately. And that is different between what the Pirate Bay does. It’s a shame because I’m afraid it might be the end of Mininova. Pirate Bay provides everything, so why go to Mininova when you can already get …

…  writer Unni Drougge has spoken out in defense of The Pirate Bay, put her latest book on the site for free and also held a speech at a Pirate Party rally. Writer Unni Drougge is no fan of the copyright lobby. …

…  they have a reason to be excited because this pirate hit landed the movie makers a TV-deal and a rerelease of the DVD in …

…  a spate of French releases continues to grow, and includes Pirates of The Caribbean III, Superman Returns and Valkyrie. Despite Warner …

At our sister site TorrentFreak we do a weekly roundup of the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, but there is of course more content on BitTorrent that is shared by many. Here’s an overview of the 10 most downloaded books on BitTorrent this year. Th …

…  PSP has been subjected to hacks that enable it to play pirate games. With the introduction of a new model, Sony hopes to stop the pirates. Some hope. From fairly complex and initially nail-biting hacks …

…  online as ‘brokep’, ex-Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde will be the key speaker at the iWeek Internet …

…  today the antivirus program Avast has started blocking The Pirate Bay. When users try to access the site they are warned that the site is …  site is unknown. Avast users who want to browse The Pirate Bay have to disable the web shield in order to gain access. An Avast …

…  since the three Pirate Bay founders were found guilty, the poor record labels have been waiting …  Enforcement Authority, to claim anything of value from the Pirate Bay defendants and in particular their share of sale of the …

…  today The Pirate Bay was taken offline by Swedish authorities. As a result many …  torrents, but in reality it is more than that. The Pirate Bay tracker is responsible for more than half of all BitTorrent traffic, …  off Mininova or isoHunt. This means that, when The Pirate Bay goes down, many torrents will slow down or stop working entirely. …

Last week it was reported that Singpore is among the latest additions to the list of countries considering 3 Strikes-style sanctions for illicit file-sharers. Now the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has ruled that out. File-sharers in Sin …

…  – has launched a new video campaign titled: ‘To Catch a Pirate‘ in which it celebrates police brutality with a reference to pedophiles. In the video the ‘to catch a pirate‘ team uses a decoy to trap a ‘real sicko’ software pirate. When they do …

…  whether the device is jailbroken, whether the app is pirated, how long the app has been used and the user’s co-ordinates (latitude …

…  an anonymous user had managed to create a backup of The Pirate Bay, yesterday we revealed that the owner of BTArena had put the entire …  our earlier article Download a Copy of The Pirate Bay Before It’s Gone, we broke the news that an almost complete copy of …

…  As always, the question is if this the work of hardcore pirates, or just some cheap promotion by the TV studio? Most shows that …

…  that it would start blocking customers access to The Pirate Bay in September. Censorship or a good way to prevent copyright …  (the local RIAA) and Christian Engstrom who represents The Pirate Party in the European Parliament, discuss the issue on Todayfm. While …

…  implementing 3 strikes regimes for alleged online pirates. As we earlier reported on TorrentFreak, South Korea has already taken …

…  industry. The company refuses to block users access to The Pirate Bay. Instead, UPC said that it would rather go to court. “UPC has …  threat of legal action if UPC fails to block access to Pirate Bay, UPC has every intention of vigorously defending its position in …

…  the case on October 12. If the copyright holders win, the Pirate Bay has to be blocked within several days. The entertainment industry …  believe that they have a duty to stop customers from using Pirate Bay,” Cato Strøm, the CEO of the local music licensing outfit said in a …

…  Pirate Party of Finland have just informed FreakBits that today they have been …  expanding freedom of information. Last September The Pirate Party of Finland (Piraattipuolue) began collecting the 5000 supporter …  support and our membership figures are climbing steadily. Pirates are an important part of our society”, says chairman Pasi …

…  Sunde, the former Pirate Bay spokesman and alleged co-founder, is working on his autobiography …  published somewhere in the future, after the rerun of the Pirate Bay trial has been dealt with. Sunde – who will get help from his …

Following up on a complaint from a local anti-piracy outfit, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture decided to order a shutdown and blockade of 28 sites that supposedly link to copyright infringing material. A few days ago the Portuguese Cultural Activities …

…  torrents have been appearing which taunt the RIAA. Now The Pirate Bay are promoting one such torrent on their homepage. Last month, …  which link to the songs that Tenenbaum shared, but now The Pirate Bay crew have fired possibly one of their last parting cannon shots at …

…  in the European Parliamentary elections, The Swedish Pirate Party will run in both the general and local elections next year, …  of open source software into schools and authorities, Piratepartiet also wants to increase the public’s right to access information …

…  youth party in Germany advised its members to ignore the Pirate Party and not give them any air time. “[They] currently get enough …

…  Swedish Pirate Party has won a seat at the European Parliament two months ago, and they …  is their weapon, before imploring people to vote for the Pirate Party. Got to say, it’s a nice looking video if nothing else, and …

…  the last 24 hours The Pirate Bay has been up and down  – well to be honest, mostly down. As usual …  FAIL,” say the team. FreakBits was further told by The Pirate Bay team that the downtime is due to server maintenance, and that they …

…  Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it would acquire The Pirate Bay and turn it into a legal file-sharing site. According to the Swedish …  August 27, only a few hours after the acquisition of The Pirate Bay will be discussed in a shareholders meeting. The company awaits the …

…  Activision. In fact, don’t hand over any money at all and pirate the game instead. Rightly or wrongly, some people will now choose …

…  a day. In common with fellow torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and isoHunt, Mininova hasn’t been spared from legal troubles. The …